Production Planner at Diageo

Key Responsibilities:

Production Planning


Drive the production planning process, ensuring the creation of feasible and robust plans that meet market requirements.
Manage the supply network plan (frozen period to planning horizon) for the assigned business area to deliver target OTIFNE service and inventory levels.
Translate demand signals into an achievable production plan that meets customer expectations.
Produce weekly and monthly reporting, including KPIs, health trackers, risk assessments, and SKU exceptions.
Collaborate with Production Site Management and schedulers to ensure seamless execution of plans.
Address supply disruptions through consensus-driven solutions or escalation where required.
Support innovation by aligning production planning to new product launches and improving speed to market.
Identify risks and opportunities across the supply plan and communicate these effectively to stakeholders.
Conduct root cause analysis across multiple information streams to support codification and continuous improvement.


Data Management


Maintain and update planning parameters within SAP APO to ensure accurate and reliable planning outputs.
Ensure operational capacities, constraints, and resources are accurately reflected in the system.
Continuously review demand signals within the planning horizon and adjust planning assumptions accordingly.
Evaluate batch sizes, cycle frequencies, MOQs and stock levels to drive optimal market availability.


S&OP Leadership


Represent Supply Planning within the S&OP process, ensuring supply and demand are effectively balanced.
Lead the Market Supply Review for your assigned market, providing clear insights and recommendations to support decision-making.


Capacity Planning


Regularly reassess production site capacity and highlight constraints or potential issues to the Supply Planning Manager and local market stakeholders.
Recommend solutions to mitigate capacity imbalances and protect service levels.


Innovation & Inventory Management


Monitor innovation inventory levels on an ongoing basis.
Partner with Supply and Commercial teams to manage stock-outs, stock breaches, and exceptional scenarios.
Identify potential SLOBs, assess risks of write-offs, and input findings into the S&OP cycle.