Date: 27 Aug 2025
Location: VN
Company: Coats
I. Principal Accountabilities and Key Activities
Data
Capacities, MRP Data integrity, Calendars, APO Custom Tables
Capacities, MRP Data integrity, Calendars, APO Custom Tables
Process
Follow monthly, weekly, daily processes required to achieve desired Supply Planning Outcome, Including the following:
Follow monthly, weekly, daily processes required to achieve desired Supply Planning Outcome, Including the following:
- Forecast revision, maintenance, and updates for Vietnam markets with a monthly ordering process for grey threads and raw materials
- Establish sourcing plans for the plants ordering grey thread from different vendors.
- Measuring forecast accuracy.
- Perform different analysis, tasks, and support for Central planning with measurement of grey thread KPIs, stocks and planning.
- Continuous control over movements, consumption, and necessary follow-ups
- Necessary responses/ reactions to changes made by suppliers and reacting to any demand changes by optimizing stock levels/ projected stocks.
- Review GT forecasts and action any necessary consumption overrides in SAP APO.
- Supervise the Masterdata settings for grey thread items in SAP.
- Followup and implementing necessary changes to sourcing matrix, changes to transportation lane settings.
- Establish and maintain continuous and close communication with both vendors and customers.
- Prepare list of unsatisfied sales orders and raw materials on the rationing list for daily information to Bulk Processing units and Customer service units.
- Analyse vendor performance to highlight problem areas and continuously tune lead-time settings for procurement planning.
- Continuously keep oneself updated about the latest SOPs and processes related to Grey Thread Planning
People
Communicate with all relevant departments in relation to achieving Supply plan
Communicate with all relevant departments in relation to achieving Supply plan
- Procurement
- Suppliers
- Quality
- Manufacturing (required capacity moving forward)
- Within Supply Chain
- Global Master Data
- Central Grey Thread Supply Planners
- IT Support (Power User)
Reporting
All relevant reporting for function
II. REQUIREMENTS:
- University graduated
- Strong statistical and mathematical knowledge.
- Good communication skills (Superior in English).
- Good Excel knowledge.
- Good problem resolving skills
- Good skill to observe the relation between different areas
- Deep understanding of Supply Chain Best Practice
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