Description

Kenvue is currently recruiting for:

Associate External Manufactory Manager

Who We Are

At Kenvue, we realize the extraordinary power of everyday care. Built on over a century of heritage and rooted in science, we're the house of iconic brands - including NEUTROGENA®, AVEENO®, TYLENOL®, LISTERINE®, JOHNSON'S® and BAND-AID® that you already know and love. Science is our passion; care is our talent. Our global team is made up with 22, 000 diverse and brilliant people, passionate about insights, innovation and committed to deliver the best products to our customers. With expertise and empathy, being a Kenvuer means to have the power to impact life of millions of people every day. We put people first, care fiercely, earn trust with science and solve with courage - and have brilliant opportunities waiting for you! Join us in shaping our future-and yours. For more information, click here .

What You Will Do

The position is responsible for:

• Ensuring that there is end-to-end visibility between Kenvue and EM or inter-region affiliates on different elements of supply plan and allowing both parties to achieve an optimal plan.
• Creating and maintaining a constrained Master Production Schedule (MPS) that balances supply and demand.
• Generating once month in partnership with EM or inter-region affiliates a rough-cut capacity plan (RCCP) to review constraints and raise for decision making tradeoff between inventory, costs and service.
• Coordinating the integration of MPS output with the commercial plan through Sales & Operations Execution (S& OE)

Key Responsibilities

1. Collaborative RCCP

• Partner with EMs or inter-region affiliates to understand supply assumptions and translate assumptions into planning parameters/constraints of the supply planning system.
• Share net requirements to EMs or inter-regional affiliates and collaboratively construct a feasible and optimized RCCP.
• Controls RCCP while adhering to the contractual framework and service level agreement (SLA).
• Collaborates with EMs or inter-region affiliates to review RCCP, identify gaps, build alternatives, trade off scenarios and proposed solutions.

2. Collaborative Material Planning

• Collect raw and pack material requirements within Kenvue's sourcing responsibility and consolidate with broader material requirements to guarantee availability.
• Collaborate on right material planning strategy to enable end-to-end supply to support RCCP.

3. Collaborative MPS

• Maintain and update the planning assumptions gathered in the RCCP process and integrate these into Master Data.
• Share net requirements over the MPS horizon with EMs and inter-region affiliates and jointly review current plan status by balancing with capacity, material, inventory targets and latest open purchase order status.
• 4. Others
• Align with EMs and inter-region affiliates mid to long term supply plan and resources required for it.
• Provides supply response and inventory plan for Supply Review including any escalation for leadership approval and decision making.
• Collaborate with EMs and inter-region affiliates to provide short-term supply response to latest demand signal.
• Share purchase order with EM and inter-region affiliate and jointly keeping it updated according to SLAs, contracts, latest RCCP and MPS.
• Collaborate with Project Management Organization and Initiative Planning for execution of innovation projects and phase-in/phase-out.

Key Performance Indicators:

• Service: On-Time In-Full Delivery (OTIF-D), Supplier OTIF
• Inventory: DOS - Gross Inventory, SKU Inventory Health
• Cost: SLOB expense
• In-process KPIs: Master data quality, Capacity Utilization Rate, Schedule attainment

Qualifications:

Knowledge, Skills and Capabilities

• Has a good understanding of the financial flows and associated product flows.
• Proactive thinker with ability to see the big picture but being able to debate the details.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to interact with senior management
• In depth knowledge of Supply Planning and its discipline. Able to see the big picture as well as deep dive into the details in both processes, execution and systems
• Ability to communicate and present clearly, making the complex clear and compelling to all levels of the organization in both written & oral forms. Experience in developing issue sheets preferred.
• Able to make decisions based on data and business acumen.
• Ability to influence at his level within the Supply Chain, Commercial, Finance & other key cross functional partners, in a matrix environment and externally.
• Customer and business focused - determined to deliver successful outcomes in a cost-effective way.
• For DCL positions only, proficient in speaking and understanding Japanese language, preferably N2 level and above.

Education

• University Bachelors Degree or equivalent, MBA or equivalent is a plus
• Supply Chain Certification (APICS, IBF) is a plus

Experience:

• 3-7 years of experience
• Experience in ERP and planning systems, knowledge of digital capability tools

Working Conditions:

• This role will be expected to work standard office hours, with flexibility for evenings or weekends as needed based on project deadlines and urgent matters.

Kenvue is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identify, age, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.