FMCG Head of Planning Job in Nairobi, Kenya 2019
Job Title: Head of Planning – FMCG
Industry: FMCG, Manufacturing
Location: Nairobi
Gross Salary: 70k – 100k
Our client is one of the leading manufacturer of edible oils, detergent and soaps based in Nairobi.
They are seeking to hire a head of planning in Supply Chain.
Role Summary: The candidate will be responsible for creating a feasible supply plan driven through interpreting differentiated planning strategies, satisfying customer requirements, optimizing stock and asset.
Responsibilities
1. Distribution Requirements Planning / Replenishment
- Determines and ensures execution of deployment strategies for Finished Goods i.e. push vs pull
- Understands and influences the planning parameters (In-House and External) and assumptions i.e. production cycle time, sequencing, volatility
- Derives Finished Goods (FG’s) stock policy using inventory planning models by stock holding location and determines gross requirements by distribution center or market
- Understands warehouse and transportation capacity planning as well as customer requirements in the short term (e.g. Lead time / min max stock)
2. Master Production Scheduling (MPS)
- Understands and influences the planning parameters (In-House and External) and assumptions e.g. changeovers, stock-building, warehouse Constraints etc
- Develops and implements the run strategy, Creates and understands rough cut capacity plan (RCCP)
- Creates cost contingency plans and scenarios, supported by the Finance team
- Communicates the Master Production Schedule and consequences to the business
3. Production Scheduling
- Optimizes and communicates the line schedule taking into account sequencing
- Creates feasible production schedules, considers constraints, e.g. line capacity, labour, batch sizes, run rates, bottlenecks, planned downtime
- Understands difference between re-order point and fixed cycle scheduling, and when to apply the relevant strategy
- Executes agreed manufacturing run strategy and updating the bill of material in system
- Influences the safety-stock holding of suppliers for Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI)
- Managing Inventory Planning, Materials Requirements Planning (MRP), Material Call Off
- Ensure of production compliance on the SOPs of operation process and usage of material
4. Agreeing Constrained Supply Plan
- Conducts effective dialogue on assumptions and articulation of facts and evidence
- Optimizes production and inventory to deliver the demand plan
- Negotiates and influences the decision making process and raises future capacity and stock issues
- Understands and manages the functional and individual biases
- Determines and agrees key outputs e.g. constrained supply plan, cost supply & inventory plan
- Determines continuous improvement plans and raises for discussion in Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) meeting
- Managing the end of month stock take and to be carried as per the SOPS
Qualifications:
- Bachelor Degree in supply chain, materials management, industrial engineering or other business related field. Masters is a plus
- Minimum 5 years of experience in Supply Chain Management
- 3-5 years of experience in production planning/ Master production scheduling/ capacity management in FMCG companies
- Must be familiar with OPM/ERP systems and PP/MM modules in sap
- Familiar with creating dashboard report in excel and other software
- Preference to Supply Chain Professionals/ CPIM holders
How to Apply
If you are up to the challenge, possess the necessary qualifications and experience; please send your CV only quoting the job title on the email subject (Head of planning – FMCG) to vacancies@corporatestaffing.co.ke on or before Friday 22nd March 2019
Kindly indicate current/last salary on your CV
N.B: We do not charge any fee for receiving your CV or for interviewing
Only candidates short-listed for interview will be contacted.