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Date Posted: Monday, October 09 2023, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

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Job Summary
Facilitate the planning, cost effecting sourcing of inputs, dispatch and delivery of finished products to different customer segments. Key outcome of the role is the effective and cost-efficient operations for the specified role in the value stream.

KEY ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
• Responsible for end-to-end planning of inventory from purchase requisition to customer invoice
• Develop production and inventory management plans to support sales and promotions.
• Facilitate meetings with sales teams to valid forecasts over and above core business sales.
• Conduct root cause analysis when necessary
• Identify current and potential product shortages, develop and execute recovery, advise stakeholders of status and recovery plans.
• Constant interactions with sales and assessment demand requirements. Reflect changes in SKU level forecast.
• Achieve consensus on operating plans, inventory goals and dispatch plans.
• Develop system and procedure required to meet service and inventory turn objectives.
• Maintenance and daily management of the MRP-SAP B1
• Develop master production schedule for specified products and production lines underlining all physical and crewing constraints on the lined planned.
• Monitor factory performance, challenging and understanding where performance is different from what was expected.
• Monitor stock cover daily, avoiding stock outs and over stocks where possible, raising these with the right stakeholders to address the same
• Monitor the daily availability of materials (packing and raw), challenging as necessary when materials are not available required.
• Capacity balancing of products across lines if balance cannot be achieved with the constraints of production/crewing, raise this at the scale and operations planning meeting.
• Ensure run rates, inventory targets, batch quantities, changeover times and other data key to planning accuracy are regularly reviewed and maintained correctly in appropriate systems.
• Understand forecast for specified products, monitor accuracy and challenge where necessary.
• Ensure all plans are feasible in terms of material supply, notify all stakeholders of potential shortfalls.
• Liaise with the commercial term on day-to-day dispatch scheduling / stock issues
• Coordinate product launches effectively to eliminate unnecessary downtime and packaging/material waste.
• Ensure complete and comprehensive master production scheduling is generated at the required intervals.
• Ensure required reports and KPIs are generated at the necessary frequency, monitored and utilized correctly to ensure improvement actions are generated and completed.
• Manage the monitoring of finished goods and highlight any potential write off in line with the department procedures for planning/commercial decision to be made to minimize impact.
• Take an active part in the continuous improvement of all operations.

Qualifications and Requirements required:
• Degree in Supply Chain, Procurement, Business or related field.
• Minimum 5 years in a warehousing, logistics, supply chain or similar environment.
• Substantial previous experience in a complex environment, working with multiple stakeholders
• Personal / behavioral Attributes
• Proven ability to maximize output from teams.
• Strong ability to think through and analyze complex problems.
• Strong commercial mentality and creativity.
• Responsiveness – addresses issues effectively, with a strong focus on action.
• Accountability – drive accountability and takes responsibility accordingly.
• Confident, enthusiastic and passionate person
• Ability to manage and deliver on complex projects.
• Analytical approach and problem diagnostic skills.
• Computer literate – preferably SAP Business 1 (ERP) and application packages.



Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 60

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

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