Materials Planning Manager at Olam Nigeria Limited

Job Description

• Practical implementation of demand planning, demand communication and performance measurement. Capturing, interpreting and using consumer/customer information and demand drivers to create and communicate relevant and accurate demand information to support key Supply Chain and business decisions.  Co-ordinating closely with Marketing and Sales teams to produce feasible operational plans for Supply Chain and business activities. 
• Responsible for the quality of the demand planning process and the quality of resultant numbers. Manages key forecasting and demand planning process in conjunction with Sales, Marketing, Finance and related functions within Supply Chain ensuring delivery of financial targets by minimising forecast inaccuracy and bias. 

Key Accountabilities: 

• Communicate unconstrained demand forecasts to Marketing, Sales and other business stakeholders. 
• Provides input into company-wide demand planning processes & continuous improvement initiatives in this area. 
• Coordinate integration of activity plans coming from Sales and Marketing on top of baseline forecast to produce unconstrained demand forecast. 
• Responsible for the producing and managing baseline demand forecast. 
• Highlight risks and opportunities in sales volume based on statistical analysis, activity evaluations and Sales feedback.
• Develop and refine the forecasting process, models and tools leading to improved accuracy.
• Responsible for generating and improving the demand forecasts for the business by using a range of methods including base forecasting.
• Complexity Management – regularly review SKU portfolio with extended teams (Sales, Marketing, Finance and Supply chain) and make appropriate recommendations. Coordinate and manage with Marketing teams on new product, innovation and event/promotion plans and demand forecasting. 
• Manage and report all the KPIs selected for category / business scorecards (bias, inaccuracy, volume), Revenue channel based, OOS levels etc.
• Give the basic input for promotion evaluation and monitor promotion effectiveness.  Make weekly reviews for operational forecast.
• Ensure updated and agreed volume forecast are submitted for the financial forecasting.  Highlight risk opportunities to create the range forecasting.

Education:

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

Experience:

• Min 5 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
• Knowledge of SAP or any ERP is required