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    • Job Vacancies at Corporate Staffing Services Ltd

    Posted: Jul 9, 2019
    Deadline: Jul 15, 2019
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    Head of Planning - FMCG

    Job Description

    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

    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)

    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

    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

    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

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    Method of Application

    If you are up to the challenge, possess the necessary qualifications and experience; please send your CV only to jobs@corporatestaffing.co.ke quoting the job title on the subject on or before 15th July 2019

    Kindly indicate current/last salary on your CV

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