KPS Toys Planning & Logistics Specialist

Job Location: ​Pune​

Company description

Ferrero is a family-owned company with a truly progressive and global outlook and iconic brands such as Nutella®, Tic Tac®, Ferrero Rocher®, Raffaello®, Kinder Bueno® and Kinder Surprise®. As the love for our brands continues to grow, so too does our global reach. Represented in more than 50 countries, with products sold in more than 170, the Ferrero Group is loved by generations around the world. The secret to our global success? 38,767 dedicated employees who celebrate care and quality to craft a business, careers and brands we are proud of. Join us, and you could be one of them.

Diversity Statement

Ferrero is committed to building a diverse and inclusive culture in which all employees feel welcomed and appreciated and have the same opportunities. We believe all of our people are equally talented in their own way. In nurturing the curiosity and natural abilities of our employees, we provide them, generation after generation, the means to succeed personally and professionally, enabling them to craft their journey at Ferrero. The diversity of our talents is what makes our work environment multicultural, innovative and highly rewarding.

About the Role:

Supply chain operations functions, majorly in Planning and Logistics; responsibilities include Order processing, Planning and Logistics functions for Production, Dispatches, Stock control, Warehousing, Shipping and Distribution, knowledge of Exim Policy and Incoterms.

Main Responsibilities:

PLANNING:

• Planning and prioritizing operations to ensure maximum performance in production and dispatches for overall export & domestic shipments through our third-party manufacturers/partners without delays to Ferrero Global business
• Working closely with related cross functional departments such as Production, Engineering, Quality, Purchasing, Warehouse team and also with external parties to ensure effective process operations and for fulfilling business needs
• Regular Coordination with Overseas colleagues through online meetings, calls, emails and also with Indian suppliers and manufactures to determine our requirements, identify issues, and ensure all processes run to schedule
• Review supplier’s weekly delivery schedule reports and planning/forecasting the shipments.
• Maintain relationship with our key Partners to ensure smooth communication.
• Updating the Partners on weekly basis to meet requirements at Ferrero destination plants 
• Providing advance Container volume Forecast to Shipping lines and Freight forwarders as per the latest production and dispatch planning
• Maintaining & Providing monthly MIS excel reports and Power point presentation reports to do the analysis for the management team
• Ensure deliveries of toys to design department for history and future legal enquiries
• Planning accessories deliveries for leftover toys in case of legal or safety changes.

LOGISTICS:

• Manage and direct the operational execution of Logistics
• Liaising effectively with freight forwarders for Sea and Air import/export shipments for getting bookings and deliveries to ensure that all goods are delivered and received on time in a proper manner with accurate documentation
• Controlling productivity and costs by planning FCL/LCL containers as per desired business needs
• Maintain good coordination with other departments, who makes relevant purchase requisition, purchase orders and process vendor payments
• Coordinating meetings with freight forwarders to determine our requirements, identify issues, and ensure all processes run to schedule
• Checking invoices against source documents and then submitting them to finance for processing payments of suppliers and other vendors (like our third-party suppliers, freight forwarders, courier vendors, etc.)

SAP System:

• Sharing the accountability of supply planning data within SAP APO (Weekly upload)
• Creating and Issuing POs, SOs in the SAP system for our orders as per the agreement cost

Who we are looking for:

• Graduation – preferably in a technical field with 1-3 years experience

SPECIFIC KNOWLEGE (if required)

• Highly proficient in the use of Microsoft Office (Excel with VBA language, PowerPoint, Word)
• Proficient in the use of SAP (APO, ECC, Material manager module)
• Fluent in English. Any additional language is welcome.
• Problem solver 

Job Referral Code: C

How to be successful in the role and at Ferrero:

Consumers, quality and care are at the heart of everything we do. So, to be successful at Ferrero, you’ll need to be just as consumer and product centric as we are - dedicated to crafting brilliant results for consumers around the world.