About Kerry
Kerry is the world's leading taste and nutrition company for the food, beverage and pharmaceutical industries. Every day we partner with customers to create healthier, tastier and more sustainable products that are consumed by billions of people across the world. Our vision is to be our customers most valued partner, creating a world of sustainable nutrition. A career with Kerry offers you an opportunity to shape the future of food while providing you opportunities to explore and grow in a truly global environment.
About The Role
The Supply Planning Lead drives accurate end‑to‑end supply planning, ensuring strong alignment across procurement, manufacturing, and commercial teams. The role oversees inventory performance, KPIs, and continuous improvement while leading the planning team.
Location Petaling Jaya
Reports to Planning Manager
Key responsibilities
- The Supply Planner is responsible for the area of Supply Planning within the Supply Chain function at plant level, including
- Responsible for the leadership and management of the Supply Planning team, as the expert on supply planning to influence team members in & outside of supply chain function fostering a high performing collaborative team and efficient work environment.
- Responsible for overseeing and managing the Supply Planner responsibilities as per below;
- Responsible for utilizing the commercial depletion demand signal, on-hand inventory, and inventory targets with DC replenishment requirements. Enable & deliver a comprehensive network supply plan within SAP which meet all financial requirements, operational capabilities, and service objectives including OTIF.
- Communicate and interact with demand planners, customer management, supply planners, sales, and finance to provide distributor and replenishment plans and exception-based reporting for assigned BU (Customer PSI and predictive OTIF reports). Make recommendations on actions needed to meet actual and forecasted demand.
- Responsible for reviewing that the system generated planned order generations align and are correctly converted to process orders within downstream PPDS process.
- Responsible for generating supply plans and dispatching materials to our third party manufactures to ensure service to our customers.
- Responsible for managing aging finished goods as part of Kerry's inventory control tower process and partners with commercial, demand planning, and senior supply chain stakeholders to reduce risk and prevent reoccurrence.
- Review MTO/ATO demand vs MTS demand within the master production schedule to ensure a balanced achievable plan is generated.
- Provide leadership to monitor and improve key metrics. i.e., on-time delivery, inventory efficiency. Responsible for the lean initiatives from a planning perspective to ensure the broad goal of overall supply chain is benefiting from the improvements.
- Build and maintain communication channels among all operational groups within the Supply Chain through information sharing, thought leadership, and tactical and strategic planning.
- Represent and lead the Supply Planning Team within
Qualifications And Skills
- Typically, 7+ years in supply chain or planning roles, with exposure to FMCG or food industry environments.
- Proven track record in managing supply planning processes, inventory performance, and S&OP/S&OE governance.
- Experience in leading teams and driving process improvements in a centralized or regional planning model.
- Familiarity with global supply chain operations and multi-site coordination.
- Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Logistics, Business, or related field.
- Professional certifications (e.g., APICS CPIM/CSCP) are advantageous.
- Proficiency in ERP systems (SAP preferred) and advanced Excel/data analysis skills.
- Strong understanding of planning principles, KPI frameworks, and operational excellence methodologies.
