Material Call Off Planner

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 Material Planner is responsible for managing material call-offs within the central supply chain function. This role involves close collaboration with the Central Supply Planner, Site Production Scheduler, Central Transport Planner, and cross-functional teams working collaboratively with Material Call Off. The primary objective is to ensure timely and complete material call-offs, enabling the achievement of committed output (OTIF).

Key responsibilities

• Responsible for Managing Alerts in the call off process including rescheduling alerts, over coverage, under coverage and short reporting.
• Responsible for the ordering process including converting purchase requisitions to purchase orders, sending purchase orders to vendor, and obtaining vendor confirmation.
• Responsible for the daily metrics review including inbound deliveries which are delivered short, taking care of material concerns and escalations, reviewing purchase orders not confirmed by the vendor.
• Responsible for managing Internal & External communications via SAP Cockpits and/or Email / Teams.
• Responsible for the process of Tolling and Sub-Contracting including the dispatch of materials to vendor and updating the component details into a purchase order (Where applicable).
• Maintaining & managing supplier OTIF, escalating as and where required to Category Material Planner whilst maintaining reasoning codes for failures.
• Responsible for checking and flagging required maintenance of relevant master data for skus including management of NPI impacting call-off to Planning Data Analyst

• Consulted in the process of actioning SAP alerts during the medium-term supply planning process.
• Support the management of Supplier OTIF failures and support on related Root Cause Corrective Actions (RCCA).
• Support in the review process of aged inventory during the Supply Planning process.
• Support management of Block/Rework & Leftover stock Reviews and Actions within the Inventory Management process.
• Support Supply & Production Planning in case of missing parts for orders within the production plan release process, including management of the Find & Replace process.
• Management of OpenText Accounts Payable queries, investigation of disputes and responsible for denying/approving/requesting credits.
• Support in managing received non-conformances in SAP and determine tech/non tech, investigating and creating RCCAs, escalating where required and closing out Supplier Non-Conformance on SAP as well as managing the feedback loop within the inbound complaints management process.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives for Raw Materials and Finished Goods planning and cost reductions.
• Support quality team on QI release challenges as and when they occur.