• Application Deadline:
• Position: Planning Manager


• Job Type Full Time


• Qualification BA/BSc/HND , MBA/MSc/MA


• Experience 10 years


• Location Lagos


• Job Field Procurement / Store-keeping / Supply Chain  , Project Management 
  

Role Summary

Lead a professional Planning function across our Nigeria Packaged Foods Business operations to maximise service levels to customers while optimising stocks.

Responsibilities

• The Packaged Foods Business is centered around West Africa and now has 7 Manufacturing Plants in Nigeria across 6 product categories – Tomato Paste, Seasonings, Instant Noodles, Biscuits, Beverages, and Sweets & Candies.


• The Planning Manager will be responsible for Planning all the PFB Nigeria operations.


• The planning Manager will have the responsibility for Material planning, Supply planning, coordination of the S&OP process, and will facilitate demand planning.

Key Accountabilities

• Compliance to planning policies including inventory policy, and categorization of finished goods and raw and packaging material and align with the system integration.


• Manage stock levels within agreed policy levels for material and finished goods


• Facilitate the demand planning process for all the appropriate categories, focusing on eliminating bias and improving forecast accuracy.


• Production planning taking account of demand planning, supply chain policy, capacity limitations, and other production constraints


• Materials Requirement Planning. Create and maintain the materials requirement plan.


• Establish material safety stock and reorder levels with accurate lead times. Implement stock plans to achieve stock targets on materials and finished goods.


• Master Production Scheduling


• Distribution requirement planning / replenishment


• Evaluate risks and opportunities creating contingencies and making decisions


• Capacity management planning


• Drive business planning, and in particular, the annual volume planning process which includes interfacing closely with sales, Marketing and finance to ensure timeous delivery.


• Support innovation teams in launching new products


• Develop and train the Demand planners and supply planners across all operations

Development Projects

• Lead ERP projects, integration of SAP MRP. Establish MRP, MPS, and capacity planning processes and align with the system integration


• S&OP coordination by Planning Manager


• Complexity Management – regularly review SKU portfolio

Behavioral Competencies:

• Result Orientation


• Action oriented


• Team alignment


• Leadership

Education:

• B.Sc. in Engineering. (M.Sc. or MBA preferred)

Experience:

• Min 10 years of experience in supply chain in Leading Global Agri-Manufacturing/FMCG/


• Consumer companies with positions covering Demand Planning, Supply Planning, Stock


• Management and Primary Distribution. Experience of Lean, Six Sigma and/or TPM strongly preferred.

Skills:

• Excellent communication skills.


• Strong analytical skills