Material Requirement Planner at International Breweries

The key purpose of this role is to ensure consistent supply of materials to plants to satisfy production volumes while optimising cash flow.

Key roles and responsibilities:

• Deliver weekly and long term MRP runs
• Prepare and present materials related KPIs, gaps and opportunities in supply review
• Manage materials within cash flow budgets and against inventory policy
• Manage call offs from suppliers
• PR generations for all materials and Retpack
• Supplier management (operational level)
• Ensuring material supply against requirement
• Expediting of urgent deliveries
• Control/Loss Prevention and Obsolete Management
• Stock level management at Brewery and Supplier
• Materials management for NPD, Promotions and discontinuations, including phase in and phase out planning
• Risk identification and mitigation
• System and Master Data maintenance
• Identify and implement cost avoidance and cost reduction initiatives
• KPI tracking – DCBL material, Inventory Out of Range
• Reporting

Minimum Requirements:

• Min – HND
• B Tech Logistics or Equivalent qualification in Logistics or Commercial
• Min – 6 months on the job training. 
• Ability to negotiate and influence Suppliers
• Strong analytical skills
• Strong Problem-solving ability
• Familiarity with Supply chain principles, from Purchasing through to manufacturing
• Ability to use SAP, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint
• Excellent presentation, report drafting, and interpersonal skills
• Discipline and rigor around process and attention to detail
• Supply chain orientated degree, or degree in one of the numerical sciences preferred