Livia Diane
Supply Chain Manager
Johor
Summary
Results-driven Supply Chain professional with over 15 years in manufacturing, demand planning, and operations. Expertise in bridging production realities with planning strategies and collaborating with cross-functional teams to optimize processes. Proven ability to identify gaps and implement sustainable solutions that align with business objectives. Seeking to leverage planning experience and operational knowledge in a Supply Chain Management role to enhance efficiency and drive continuous improvement.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
Work History
Planning Manager
SK8 Engineering
06.2026 - Current
- Develop and monitor production schedules and capacity plans, covering fabrication activities from raw material preparation through cutting, bending, welding, painting and final assembly.
- Manage material requirements planning (MRP) based on project drawings, BOMs and production requirements.
- Coordinate with Procurement and suppliers to ensure raw materials and project-specific materials are available according to production schedules.
- Tracked material availability, inventory movement and project allocation to identify shortages, excess materials and traceability gaps, facilitating timely interventions.
- Review BOMs, drawings, purchase information and actual material usage to identify discrepancies and ensure accurate material planning.
- Coordinate with external fabrication vendors on production capacity, material requirements, progress and delivery schedules.
- Identify supply chain risks that may impact production or project delivery and escalate issues to relevant stakeholders for timely resolution.
- Developed planning trackers, dashboards and reporting tools to enhance visibility of material status, production progress, capacity and supply chain risks, supporting informed decision-making.
- Drive cross-functional discussions and continuous improvement initiatives to strengthen overall supply chain processes, accountability and operational visibility.
- Supported management with supply chain analysis and project status updates, highlighting risks and providing actionable recommendations for decision-making.
Supply Planner
Kerry Ingredients
07.2022 - 03.2026
- Develop continuous improvement activities to drive supply planning excellence through efficiency in capacity plan. Main contact point for Customer Service/Transport Planning/Demand Planner/Inter-Kerry planner
- Managed capacity and capability to supply and deliver end products to customers. Oversaw sales orders, inventories, and supply plans while monitoring excess, slow moving, aging, and phased-in and phased-out models.
- Develop a robust supply plan to ensure there is an appropriate level of products available to support the sales and increase customer service level.
- Improve supply service level through administering operational terms & criteria, supply planning efficiency & flexibility, capacity optimization and lead-time reduction.
- Create supply strategy and identify capability needs aligned to the business strategy and establish the supply foundations that will enable future growth.
- Executing the agreed standard supply planning processes, supporting the implementation of new projects and tools to ensure continuity of excellent supply plan.
- Establish planning control check point and processes to drive and uphold commitment & supply integrity.
- Established planning control checkpoints and processes to uphold commitment and maintain supply integrity.
- Proactively identify and report order, capacity & inventory risk.
- Improved supply service level by administering operational terms and criteria, enhancing supply planning efficiency and flexibility, optimizing capacity, and reducing lead time.
- Implement a mechanism to capture exceptional orders, cost and risk of order changes impact to capacity and recommend solutions.
- Managed order processing to ensure timely delivery of products. – advise Material Availability Date and work with cross-functional team to ensure stock delivers according to promise.
- Work closely with cross functional team to deliver and manage New Product Introduction (NPI) timeline.
Human Resource Lead
Bondflex Sumeng Group
03.2022 - 06.2022
- Lead the HR and Admin departments.
- Oversaw hiring process to ensure alignment with company needs and culture
- Verify monthly payroll reports
- Review/Prepare employment agreements, letters, addendum and other HR related documents
- Supervise / provide guidance to the team on employees' related issues and payroll matters
- Review/Prepare employment agreements, letters, addendum and other HR related documents
- Managed staff discipline by addressing violations and implementing corrective actions.
- Ongoing monitoring of HR processes and procedures
- Keep abreast of the latest updates and changes made by authorities on related matters
- Review of staff and clients' related documents, contracts etc.
- Work closely with various department heads
- Completed various ad-hoc jobs to support team and departmental needs. as required.
Assistant Manager
Biocon Sdn Bhd
09.2020 - 07.2021
- Coordinated with supply chain and production teams to develop effective production schedules.
- Organizing manpower according to shifts that cater to production needs.
- Coordinated daily operations to align production, quality, and supply chain activities.
- Monitored compliance with GMP, SOP, and internal quality requirements.
- Prepared management reports to support operational review and decision-making.
Production Team Lead
Resmed Malaysia Operations Sdn Bhd
07.2017 - 09.2020
- Plan and manage recruitment and selection of staff / Recruited more than 200 Administered payroll information by tracking employee attendance and leave accruals. operators – dealing with recruitment firms on hiring and deploying operators.
- Conducted training for new employees and identified training and development needs to enhance workforce capabilities.
- People management – performance of every operator, managing behaviors and disciplinary issues if any.
- Planned manpower capacity to align with production demands.
- Training for all new operators on the first level- including GMP, production-related subject.
- Given an opportunity to be the Kronos in charge person in JB office – training given by consultant.
- Training for all new operators on the first level- including GMP, production-related subjects.
Planning Executive
Evyap Sabun Malaysia Sdn Bhd
11.2014 - 06.2017
- Planned production based on sales forecasts from HQ, utilizing SAP for tracking product sales projections.
- Planning production with sales forecast given from HQ – can be traced through system (SAP) for every product sales forecast.
- Coordinated raw material planning by managing material arrival timelines, timely ordering, and ensuring continuous production supply.
- Coordinated raw material planning to ensure timely availability for production. – includes traffic light system, not to have high raw material in stock as every material has an expiring date – FIFO system.
- Collaborated with the logistics team to monitor shipment schedules and prevent missed deliveries.
- Collaborated with global sales and marketing teams to align on current product delivery demands and new product launch timelines.
- Generating report through SAP – for monthly and weekly meetings.
Process Planning Executive
Malaysian Mosaic Sdn Bhd
09.2013 - 09.2014
- Coordinate with the team on the whole process flow for the manufacturing plant from raw material to goods delivered.
- To understand in depth of the manufacturing plant, from the start of the first process to the product – work closely with the team, Production Manager, manufacturing engineer, production floor personnel.
- Work closely with the production team on the actual production versus plan schedule.
- Analyzed and monitored gas consumption and energy savings, collaborating with teams to achieve optimal targets.
- Compiled weekly and monthly production output and scrap analysis reports using Cognos Series (BI Server), Movex, and Microsoft Excel.
- Participated in production and new product development meetings to discuss progress and strategies. – Production Meetings & all New Product Development Meetings.
- Constant updates with production team and plant planners to meet product launch timeline.
- Implementation of Kaizen Training for the company cost efficiency – achieve to complete a few costs saving projects with production team.
Demand Planning Executive
Malaysian Mosaic Sdn Bhd
08.2012 - 09.2013
- Compiled monthly sales forecasts across markets and departments to align supply with demand.
- Collaborated with sales and marketing personnel to gather data for monthly forecasts at Head Office.
- Monthly order received tracking and monitoring order book movement.
- Tracked monthly orders and monitored order book movement to ensure accurate demand planning.
- Created templates for analysis (Average 12 months) with Microsoft Excel.
- Work closely with NPD team on all the new product launch timeline.
- Followed up with process and plant planners to ensure all new products launched on time.
- Attend meetings / prepare slides and data – Sales & Operations, Sales Conference & all NPDs.
- Travel to KL head office monthly for meeting with department heads on forecasting.
Assistant Planning
Malaysian Mosaic Sdn Bhd
08.2011 - 08.2012
- Prepared and reported daily outstanding orders and stock levels to ensure inventory accuracy.
- Planned and allocated stock for orders using FIFO system to optimize inventory turnover.
- Took orders and advised on available product varieties to enhance customer satisfaction.
- Completed various ad-hoc tasks to support team operations.
- Joined the Kaizen team to work on a cost-saving project, leading to a promotion to Demand Planning.
Education
BA (Hons) - Business Management & Human Resource Management
Keele University
UK01-2011
Diploma - Business Management
KDU College
01-2009
Skills
Operational excellence
Presentation development
Process optimization
Production scheduling
Inventory management
Stakeholder engagement
Excellent presentation skills
Team management
Cross-functional collaboration
Relationship building
Effective communication
Clear communication
Timeline
Planning Manager
SK8 Engineering
06.2026 - Current
Supply Planner
Kerry Ingredients
07.2022 - 03.2026
Human Resource Lead
Bondflex Sumeng Group
03.2022 - 06.2022
Assistant Manager
Biocon Sdn Bhd
09.2020 - 07.2021
Production Team Lead
Resmed Malaysia Operations Sdn Bhd
07.2017 - 09.2020
Planning Executive
Evyap Sabun Malaysia Sdn Bhd
11.2014 - 06.2017
Process Planning Executive
Malaysian Mosaic Sdn Bhd
09.2013 - 09.2014
Demand Planning Executive
Malaysian Mosaic Sdn Bhd
08.2012 - 09.2013
Assistant Planning
Malaysian Mosaic Sdn Bhd
08.2011 - 08.2012
Diploma - Business Management
KDU College
BA (Hons) - Business Management & Human Resource Management
Keele University