Supply Chain Planning Expert

We are looking for a Supply Chain Planning Expert to join our team. As a key member of the Supply Chain Planning & Excellence department, you will be responsible for overseeing all planning activities, covering activity plans integration in medium, short term and scheduling horizon, including the integration of Demand and Supply plans for materials, people, logistics resources, services, contracts, etc.

You will work closely with Functional and Integrated Activity Planner Planners (IAPS) to deliver Supply Chain (SC) Integrated Demand Plan by making demand for SC resources (materials, people, logistics resources, services, contracts, etc.) visible. You will also collect SC demand requirements as per agreed process to provide materials & services, logistics (people/material/waste movements) through Star platform (or any other repository), including all functional demands from projects, turn arounds, drilling campaigns, etc.

Your role involves defining and agreeing demand data requirements with Functional/IAPS planners in terms of granularity at relevant planning horizons, systems/tools for demand capture, timing of demand capture, etc. You will actively support Planning/IAPS to sign off the agreed long, medium, and short-term Supply Plan through the integrated activity planning process (IAPS). Plan sign-off denotes SC commitment to deliver the plan;

You will agree the SC Integrated Supply Plan to support the asset goals and critical project milestones. Additionally, you will manage demand change (eg. Break-ins) by using the formal change request tools and techniques to ensure visibility, informed decision-making and minimum disruption to the business and SC;

As part of your duties, you will manage SC Demand and Capacity planning process performance and provide regular reporting on agreed KPI's. You will also support the SC Planning & Excellence manager in identifying and driving improvement opportunities;

Finally, you will perform planning activities in compliance with Shell Group standards and lead the transition of Manage Demand & Planning process to the new global framework;

Key Responsibilities:

• Deliver Supply Chain (SC) Integrated Demand Plan by making demand for SC resources (materials, people, logistics resources, services, contracts, etc.) visible through collaboration with Functional and Integrated Activity Planner Planners (IAPS)
• Collect SC demand requirements as per agreed process to provide materials & services, logistics (people/material/waste movements) through Star platform (or any other repository), including all functional demands from projects, turn arounds, drilling campaigns, etc.
• Define and agree demand data requirements with Functional/IAPS planners in terms of granularity at relevant planning horizons, systems/tools for demand capture, timing of demand capture, etc.
• Actively support Planning/IAPS to sign off the agreed long, medium, and short-term Supply Plan through the integrated activity planning process (IAPS). Plan sign-off denotes SC commitment to deliver the plan
• Agree the SC Integrated Supply Plan to support the asset goals and critical project milestones
• Manages demand change (eg. Break-ins) by using the formal change request tools and techniques to ensure visibility, informed decision-making and minimum disruption to the business and SC
• Manage SC Demand and Capacity planning process performance and provide regular reporting on agreed KPI's
• Support the SC Planning & Excellence manager in identifying and driving improvement opportunities
• Perform planning activities in compliance with Shell Group standards and lead the transition of Manage Demand & Planning process to the new global framework
• Improve demand planning process by leveraging our digital tools that addresses critical business needs while revealing the financial impact of inefficiencies, turning insights into action for transformative improvement

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in business, supply chain or other relevant fields;
• A minimum of 3 years of experience in Supply Chain, gained through operations or excellence roles in Planning/ Logistics/ Materials Management/ Contracting and Procurement;
• In-depth understanding of E2E SC Chain with the focus on SC planning and segmentation techniques to drive value delivery through timely visibility of demand. Experience in S&OP process is highly desirable;
• Able to understand the business activities, interpret business demand and translate this into SC demand to deliver a safe and rationalised SC Demand Plan balancing costs and agreed service level;
• Able to manage and analyse significant amounts of data to provide transparency of financial impacts of inefficiencies;
• Strong E2E process management thinking;
• Demonstrate solid mathematical and statistical knowledge;
• Be an effective and clear communicator able to engage and manage conflicts in a sensible, fair and efficient manner;
• Able to work with multiple internal and external stakeholders across the business and influence without authority;
• Be a creative thinker, demonstrating intellectual curiosity and challenging the status quo;