Planning, Tolling & Transformation Manager

This section describes the overall purpose of the role, why it exists and how it adds value to the business. It is a summary list of up to six statements for key result areas where the role holder will have decision making responsibility.

• Responsible for the Production Planning & details scheduling (PP&DS) within production assets and ensuring utilization of assets cost effectively.
• Responsible for scheduling required packaging materials and components to produce finished good as per plan and issue PO to vendors.
• Responsible for demand visibility to direct procurement  via timely release of required material schedules to drive supply reliability and reduced lead times
• Production order fulfilment analysis and summarization for continuous improvement.
• To lead ROP from SITE on monthly basis and coordinate with Planning Manger to firm up monthly production schedule and schedule future production plan based on rolling forecast
• Key POC for NPI(New Product Initiatives) implementation for mass production
• As a key representative of Syngenta and an intermediary with 3rd Party Manufacturers ensure full compliance of tollers with Syngenta's HSES and quality requirements and with regulatory, contractual, and financial frameworks. Maintain a tolling supply base delivering production flexibility and reliability at a competitive total cost, coordinate and consult the different Syngenta functions on tolling and toller related topics, acting as a single key point of contact at a managerial level.

Accountabilities:

• Understanding of company’s HSE policy and standards and ensure its implementation in routine work/day to day activities
• Working closely with the Planning and procurement manager, understand supply requirements with given monthly production plan.

• Accountabilities

  This is a summary list of 6-8 statements for key result areas. These accountabilities should normally be ongoing, and unlikely to change significantly from year to year. The focus should be on results rather than activities. When completing the role accountabilities you should: Use action verbs (e.g. ensure, provide, execute, manage, design, and translate); Provide a broad indication of the performance levels required (e.g. effectively, accurately, in line with defined standards); Ensure the accountabilities relate clearly to this role; Give an indication on freedom to act (e.g. independently, under supervision) and interdependencies with other roles.

   

• Understanding of company’s HSE policy and standards and ensure its implementation in routine work/day to day activities
• Working closely with the Planning and procurement manager, understand supply requirements with given monthly production plan.
• Maintaining a balanced rough cut capacity plan for a minimum of 0-12 months and a detail weekly capacity plan over the short-term, in order to meet the requirements of asset production & supplier scheduling
• To maintain & reflect agreed data in SAP for manufacturing lead time, process reliability and capacity availability
• Clearly define, own & regularly report performance measure that are aligned with country / regional requirement : Attaining report
• Control and manage production plan, activities, material flow to support production line smoothly in order to avoid downtime. 
• To ensure the effective introduction of new SUs and bulks, includes BOM, routings etc.
• Fully understand site production line flexibility and production capacity, labour constraints, well communicate with on line supervisors, and work out weekly production plan with 4 weeks rolling every Friday by effective use our assets.
• Communicate well in advance with kinds of issues, such as material constraints, and production line capacity issues, to check if monthly plan requires revise.
• Assist warehouse to set up material safety stock reasonably, work with team to achieve inventory target.
• Ensure all reporting & legal compliances at the tollers end
• Ensure utilisation of SAP and ensure maintenance of ERP discipline
• Coordinator for manufacturing cost budgeting, monitoring and control in close collaboration with finance and Site Leadership Team.
• Ensure reporting regimes in terms of plan fulfilment and MPS accuracy
• Utilisation of SAP and maintaining ERP discipline in PP & MM processes
• Analysis and gaps to be regularly shared and discussed with relevant stakeholders for plan fulfilment and assets utilization
• Manage tolling volumes and allotment of volumes to tollers in close collaboration with the planning and directs procurement manager
• Ensure periodic review and maintenance of SAP master data (including AGI code creation, extensions, etc.)
• Manage full tracking of raw material obsolescence, slow-moving stock and propose disposition
• Support and develop documentation of work instructions and SOPs as part of continuous improvement of the planning functions and activities
• Close liaison with HSE, Quality & production manager to ensure agreed monitoring and support regime for the tollers
• To actively participate in the resolution of issues related to PP (production planning) and MRP (material requirement planning).
• Coordinate reworking related works and ensure the efficiency of rework process.

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• Minimum graduate, preferably  Masters from reputable university
• Good experience in Manufacturing(Agrochemical background will be preferred)
• Strong knowledge and skill in ERP especially SAP, Supply Chain Management, SCOR
• Understand SOX & ISO
• Good grasp of 3rd party relationship management
• Good knowledge of HSE, Quality and Regulatory compliance frameworks
• Minimum of 3-5 years’ experience of production & Planning
• Good in written and spoken in English.
• Ability to analyse data trends to understand supply chain effectiveness.
• Strong stakeholder management
• Self-starter/autonomous
• Results oriented Strong interpersonal, communication and leadership skills

Syngenta Group is one of the world’s leading sustainable agriculture innovation companies, with roots going back more than 250 years. Our 53,000 people across more than 100 countries strive every day to transform agriculture through tailor-made solutions for the benefit of farmers, society and our planet – making us the world’s most local agricultural technology and innovation partner.

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