• Application Deadline:
• Position: Material Planning Manager


• Job Type Full Time


• Qualification BA/BSc/HND


• Experience 1 - 3 years


• Location Lagos


• Job Field Procurement / Store-keeping / Supply Chain 
  

Job Description

Material Requirements Planning

• Stock is to be managed within working capital targets.


• Ensure regular update and maintenance of MRP Master Data.


• Ensure planning parameters and information on MOQ, Lot size, shipping and clearance lead-times are updated in SAP.


• Ensure the integrity of Material Forecasts generated by ERP and work closely with suppliers to ensure supply capacity and reliability.


• Communicate with suppliers on material requirement forecasts on an ongoing basis and ensure purchase orders are issued to suppliers within the agreed lead-time and lot sizes.


• Establish material requirements to meet Production Plans with the use of MRP Planned Orders and ensure that all MRP orders are based on the latest production plans.


• Work closely with Supply Planning to ensure production plans are met timeously and ensuring that supply constraints are built into the forward plans.


• Establish and maintain appropriate safety stock levels for materials and highlight material constraints that could impact production plans.

Key Deliverables

Operational Effectiveness

Working Capital

• Use appropriate tools and Inventory Planning Models to determine safety stock targets.


• Manage call offs to suppliers in a manner that meets both working capital targets and cash flow needs


• Identify opportunities to reduce stock in transit values through reduced lead times and improved INCO terms.


• Conduct monthly analysis of full working capital portfolio and identify the key drivers and opportunities for stock day reduction.


• Managing slow and obsolete R&PM and ensure that provisions are raised timeously and ensure prompt write-offs.

Projects/Innovations

• Manage materials availability for innovation, launches, re-launches, SKU rationalisation, projects by working closely with Supply Planning to ensure that all plans are optimized and run out schedules are accurately maintained to ensure write-offs are minimised.


• Manage work-off plan for packaging and raw materials for projects and ensure that material write off risks are identified, and that write-off provisions are included in project plans.


• Liaise with R&D on all new packaging and raw material items.


• Provide timeous write off documentation and ensure that all materials are disposed of accurately and that these are correctly removed from the SAP system.

Organizational Effectiveness

• Compile and issue all relevant reports and information as required.


• Support the team of material planners on site; ensure a consolidated approach on key initiatives and ensure support is available for resolution of endemic system or other issues preventing the team from operating at their full capacity.


• Work closely with Supply Planning team in providing necessary information and maintain necessary records to enable proper control of inventory and prices


• Generate reports such as: Working Capital & Inventory reports, Critical Materials Report, Purchase Order Report, SLOBS List Report etc.


• S&OP meeting preparation and attendance for Supply Planning and Demand & Supply reconciliation meetings.

Requirements

• University Degree, Supply Chain (APICS) qualification advantage


• 1-3 Years exposure to broad based procurement.


• Working Knowledge of Operations Planning / Supply Chain modelling and optimisation


• Experience in managing external parties.


• Experience working and interacting with all levels in a business.


• Result Orientation


• Strong service mindset


• Attention to details


• Strong Accountability & Responsibility


• Well developed, mature emotional intelligence