Material Planning Manager at Proten

Key Accountabilities

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.
• Monitor stock levels and work closely with the Procurement team and suppliers to ensure appropriate stock levels are maintained both on-site and at the suppliers to ensure that service level targets are met.
• Ensure MRP and call-off procedures are followed.
• Coordinate in conjunction with Procurement on material planning and sourcing activities. Keep track of materials usage versus BOM target and flag concerns to stakeholders accordingly. Manage relationship with suppliers
• Meet suppliers on a regular basis to identify and manage possible constraints, up to 52 weeks forward
• Work with Procurement to manage and ensure supply consistency and Supplier reliability. Provide data to establish and report Supplier performance rating scores.
• Attend supplier meetings with the Procurement team when needed and co-create SLAs with Procurement
• Input into the development, maintenance and monitoring of stock holding policy for materials at suppliers in line with projected volume requirements and agreed volatility (owned by Procurement Ops).

Procurement

• Ensure the timeous delivery of stocks to site and escalate to Procurement where required
• Track Working Capital of packaging and raw materials on a weekly basis.
• Support the annual financial planning process to ensure a robust supply plan is issued to Procurement for volume and cost planning purposes.
• Liaise with Suppliers on damages, rejected materials and short shipped consignments. 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.

General

• 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.

Qualifications

• University Degree, Supply Chain (APICS) qualification advantage
• 4-6 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.

Additional Information

• FMCG experience
• Result Orientation
• Strong service mindset
• Strong Bias for Action
• Attention to details
• Strong Accountability & Responsibility
• Well developed, mature emotional intelligence

Skills:

• Planning and functional business process knowledge
• Strong analytical skills
• Excellent communication skills
• Excellent rigor and order
• Knowledge of SAP or any ERP is required
• Good knowledge of Microsoft Excel, Word and Power Point