Assistant Planning Manager

Main Purpose: Manage and maintain the Clarks Group Planning and Production tracking processes, ensuring efficient and clear communications between 1st and 2nd tier suppliers, Dongguan based teams, CCNA and CI Sourcing and Supply Planning teams. Manage a team of planners to transact the process in accordance with agreed procedures. Support the Planning Manager in all areas acting as deputy in their absence and make appropriate decisions to progress the planning and production of shoes to meet the Regional demands and the Supply Chain strategy

* Job Description:
1. Deputise and make decisions as appropriate in the absence of the Planning Manager to ensure the continued progress of the Planning and Production process
2. Manage the issuing of production plans to factories and negotiating any changes
3. Manage the issuing of leather forecasts and communicate any exceptions received from tanneries
4. Gather all relevant production capacity constraints by season and week including all known holidays, for nominated factories and communicate to CCNA and CI Sourcing and Supply Planning teams to enable use in planning systems
5. Communicate appropriate allocation of styles to factory production resources to CCNA and CI Sourcing and Supply planning teams
6. Manage the updating of SAP systems with current and agreed PO Tracking dates through sharing of PO Tracking documents with nominated factories to gather information
7. Monitor the production plans and communicate the need for purchase orders to be placed on time to consume the planned production qtys
8. Communicate any exceptions to plans and negotiate solutions to issues between CCNA and CI Supply Planning teams and 1st and 2nd tier suppliers
9. Ensure with any Risk to supply / planning that risks (incl non production risks) are fed /communicated through to the planning and source office management in an urgent manner.
10. Responsible for ensuring the correct amount of sole moulds are available to cost effectively deliver the total Group requirements per program.
11. Gather total forecast and size profile information from CCNA and CI Supply Planning teams following range approval
12. Ensure the lowest levels of detail associated with different types of planning levels, PO types and Special customer requirements are understood and trained into the planning team
13. Manage and transact the Surplus materials process, actively seeking solutions to avoid extra costs associated with forecast changes
14. Publish weekly and monthly management reports related to: Arrears and PO’s not shipped, Factory and Tannery on-time delivery performance.
15. Manage and develop a team of planners ensuring high standards of accuracy, timeliness, efficiency and discipline and high levels of engagement
16. Establish key relationships at work with all levels in the business to help improve the planning process to operate smoothly and efficiently
17. Work to continually improve the business processes

* Key Outputs/Results:
1. Risk to supply lines are highlighted in detail to planning & source office management
2. The Planning Manager is well supported and feels confident in the decisions being taken on their behalf to ensure the continued progress of the planning activities
3. CCNA and CI Sourcing and Supply Planning teams are updated clearly with agreed available capacities and styles allocated to relevant production resources
4. SAP systems are always up to date with agreed Purchase Order tracking dates
5. Purchase Orders are placed in agreement with the Production Plans and any exceptions are
6. clearly understood
7. Factories, Tanneries and other nominated suppliers have a clear understanding of the production requirements of the Clarks Group.
8. Exceptions to the agreed production plans driven by planning or production issues in the factories or tanneries are understood and appropriate actions are agreed and taken
9. Sole Moulds and other relevant components are available to support the production plan
10. All requirements related to different planning levels, PO types and Special Customer requirements are adhered to
11. Surplus materials costs are kept to a minimum
12. Management reports are published clearly and on time
13. The planning team clearly understand their job role and tasks and show high levels of engagement
Other functions and relationships value and understand the role of the Sourcing Planning team and engage with them on a regular basis

* Working location: Clarks Vietnam office in Hochiminh City
• Long holiday
• Friendly working environment
• Premium Health care programme.
• This position is opened for local Vietnamese candidate only
• Salary: Negotiation
• Only reply for Selected CV for interviewing

* Successful Experience:
• Well communication & written of Chinese & English
• Basic computer skills like outlook, word, excel, SAP
• Awareness of shoe process
• Awareness of order process
• Ability to manage planning & process
• Ability to communicate with factories and suppliers clearly and concisely
• Ability to communicate with people at all levels

- Premium Health care programme
- Long holiday
- Friendly working environment

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