Head of Planning S&OP

Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP): 

Use sales forecasts and orders as inputs, with fulfillment of sales and customer demand as the primary objective; lead long-term supply-demand balancing across SPL product lines, support market-share and volume-growth targets, and coordinate open-order execution and delivery tracking.

• Lead the development of the annual and rolling 18-month capacity, output, and raw material charging plan. Build forward-looking capacity models by incorporating production line design capacity, equipment constraints, raw material availability, workforce capacity, maintenance windows, holidays, and other key operational factors, and coordinate cross-functional reviews, periodic reassessments, and timely plan adjustments.
• Based on AOP, rolling sales forecasts, capacity plans, and raw-material supply plans to design finished-goods inventory levels; set safety-stock and inventory limits; and lead inventory analysis, alerts, and consumption plans for near-expiry or slow-moving stock.
• Coordinate the S&OP meeting governance, agenda, and material requirements; organize cross-functional analysis of supply and demand, capacity, raw material charging plan, inventory, delivery, and quality risks; review meeting materials and drive follow-through and closure of key decisions and action items.
• Lead the development and management of standard order lead times; coordinate and resolve cross-functional differences in material preparation, production, testing, and release timelines; review order delivery date assessments and guide the handling and resolution of major delivery schedule issues.
• Lead the implementation of the make-to-order production model across products; coordinate with Sales to ensure product-specific demand orders are submitted; organize the review of delivery priorities and the corresponding production, release, and delivery schedules; and provide the reviewed plans to Sales
• Manage end-to-end delivery tracking for product-specific demand orders submitted by Sales and drive the execution and closure of all activities that may impact order delivery. Regularly integrate and analyze sales-production-supply-inventory business data reports for each product and provide issue and risk alerts.

Production Planning and Progress Control (PC):

Use product process routes and order demand as inputs, with timely delivery of each order as the core objective; coordinate order delivery-date feedback; develop and issue master production schedules and monthly production plans for each product line, and track execution.

• Lead weekly & monthly production plan review and coordination; guide plan adjustments, major exception handling, cross-functional resource coordination, and risk closure to ensure stable production order and achievement of delivery targets.
• Follow up the progress of finished-goods output testing, and release progress; guide major delivery risk assessments and priority setting; and coordinate cross-functional resources to close order delivery exceptions.

BOM-Based Production Material Planning & Control (MC):

Use production plans as inputs, with material supply assurance and production continuity as the core objective; coordinate BOM master data, material requirement planning, purchase requisition issuance, and tracking through release.

• Manage BOM master data process, including creation, review, approval, and change management in a timely manner.
• Lead annual and monthly calculation of BOM-based material requirements and purchase requisition planning; balance production demand, inventory, in-transit quantities, safety stock, and procurement lead times; and guide identification and response to key material supply risks.
• Lead tracking of arrival, testing, and release progress for key BOM-based materials; guide supply risk assessment and priority setting; coordinate escalation of major material exceptions and supervise issue closure.

System Development and Process Digitalization:

Leverage headquarters’4.0 Product and Service Delivery process architecture as the overarching framework, with a focus on operational efficiency, and tailor it to SPL’s business needs by leading the development and continuous improvement of required SPL-specific processes and digital systems.

• Lead the design and continuous improvement of S&OP and PMC management systems and processes; guide role-interface definition and key control-point setup; monitor process execution effectiveness and drive issue improvement.
• Lead the electronic enablement of S&OP and PMC processes and the digitalization of management information; plan business requirements, rules, and implementation priorities; guide system solution review, implementation, and acceptance; coordinate resources and promote system adoption.

Team Management and Talent Development:

Lead departmental organization and talent development, training, AOP, and performance management; guide goal cascading, performance communication and evaluation; coordinate with HR and drive implementation of talent development and performance management.