Jobs at Olam Nigeria Limited

Manages and ensure availability of locally sourced and imported raw/packaging materials. Maintain stock levels of ordered materials as per the agreed stock norms to help in achieving the supply chain objectives whilst optimising working capital and ensuring stock availability at the lowest cost.

Materials Planning Manager is responsible for the management and communication of material forecasts with suppliers and pro-actively identifying and managing any potential supply constraints. S/he also manages supplier relationships and accountability in conjunction with Procurement and resolve materials supply issues or conflict escalations from other internal stakeholders.

Key Deliverables

Materials Requirements Planning

• Stock is to be managed within working capital targets.
• Ensure regular update and maintenance of MRP Master Data.
• 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.
• 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.

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.

Requirements

Education:

• Bachelor’s Degree/HND in any discipline from a reputable Institution
• Supply Chain (APICS etc) qualification (added advantage)

EXPERIENCE:

Essential

• 3-5 Years exposure to broad based procurement.
• Working Knowledge of Operations Planning / Supply Chain modelling and optimization
• Experience in managing external parties.
• Experience working and interacting with all levels in a business.

Preferred

• FMCG experience

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Key Deliverables

• Brand strategy, including the setting of style guides, brand guidelines, brand vision and value proposition for short as well as long term.
• Carrying out market research in order to keep up to date with customer trends, as well as trying to predict future trends.
• Developing strategies and managing marketing campaigns across print, broadcast and online platforms to ensure that products and services meet customers’ expectations and to build the credibility of brands.
• Analyzing the success of marketing campaigns and creating reports.
• Creating and managing promotional collateral to establish and maintain product branding.
• Managing the budget for advertising and promotional items.
• Analyze brand positioning and consumer insights.
• Measure and report performance of all marketing campaigns and assess ROI and KPIs.
• Monitor market trends, research consumer markets and competitors’ activities.

Requirements

Essential

• Minimum of 5 years’ Brand experience.
• Brand awareness - a clear understanding of brands and the marketing mix.
• Proven ability to develop brand and marketing strategies and communicate recommendations to executives.
• Experience in identifying target audiences and devising effective campaigns.