Job Description
As a Materials, Purchase & Production Planning Manager, incumbent coordinates and conducts the purchase of ingredients, MRO, services, packaging to support production and CAAP equipment. Production management – Manages and counsels on manufacturing scheduling, product sourcing activities, warehouse/delivery and order taking operations. The position is responsible for maintaining positive and constructive relationships with vendors. The Buyer is responsible for the collaborative development of strategies and programs to optimize cost, rationalize the supply base and bring value to the Corporation while mitigating risk and ensures highest levels of service, quality standards, and cost efficiency.
Key Role & Responsibility:
Material planning for Factory RM, PM & Perishable purchase planning
o FG RM/PM
o Perishable
- Production management – Manage and counsel on manufacturing scheduling, product sourcing activities, warehouse/delivery and order taking operations.
- Liaising with suppliers to ensure the materials availability on time and as per agreed terms and conditions.
- Place the purchase orders to supplier.
- Prepare material scheduling plan and ensure the adherence to scheduling from supplier
- Execution of volume plan – Facilitate global budgets, capacity planning, inventory flow and levels with operations and finance to align inventory and customer service objectives.
- Timely review for critical inventory, SLOB and risk of expiry and highlight the same with respective stake holders.
- Close coordination with production team for day to day operations and weekly production planning
- Partner Collaboration – Collaborate with Supply Chain, Procurement, Production, Quality control, Engineering & Logistics, Demand planning team and external business partners to drive operational efficiencies, execute supply network strategies and achieve key performance indicators.
- Co-ordinate with Q/A for any vendor / customer quality issue.
- Co-ordinate with production and procurement team for the fulfilment of urgent production requirement.
- Co-ordinate with stores for time to time stock verification physical vs SAP stock.
- 100% System Driven Planning – support quarterly master data upkeep and SAP utilization processes to drive efficient automated planning processes.
- Assist procurement team in developing local vendors required for perishables.
- Maintain good relationship with Suppliers & performance management.
- Meet budgetary goals – Establish policies and targets for forward looking SKU stock coverage optimization, inventory glide-path projections, and month-end finished goods inventory Counting reports.
Education & Experience
- MBA / Food Graduate
- Minimum 5-8 years of experience in an Material Planning, Purchase & Production Planning, preferably in the food/ Beverage/ FMCG industry. SAP experience will be added advantage
Key Role & Responsibility:
Material planning for Factory RM, PM & Perishable purchase planning
o FG RM/PM
o Perishable
- Production management – Manage and counsel on manufacturing scheduling, product sourcing activities, warehouse/delivery and order taking operations.
- Liaising with suppliers to ensure the materials availability on time and as per agreed terms and conditions.
- Place the purchase orders to supplier.
- Prepare material scheduling plan and ensure the adherence to scheduling from supplier
- Execution of volume plan – Facilitate global budgets, capacity planning, inventory flow and levels with operations and finance to align inventory and customer service objectives.
- Timely review for critical inventory, SLOB and risk of expiry and highlight the same with respective stake holders.
- Close coordination with production team for day to day operations and weekly production planning
- Partner Collaboration – Collaborate with Supply Chain, Procurement, Production, Quality control, Engineering & Logistics, Demand planning team and external business partners to drive operational efficiencies, execute supply network strategies and achieve key performance indicators.
- Co-ordinate with Q/A for any vendor / customer quality issue.
- Co-ordinate with production and procurement team for the fulfilment of urgent production requirement.
- Co-ordinate with stores for time to time stock verification physical vs SAP stock.
- 100% System Driven Planning – support quarterly master data upkeep and SAP utilization processes to drive efficient automated planning processes.
- Assist procurement team in developing local vendors required for perishables.
- Maintain good relationship with Suppliers & performance management.
- Meet budgetary goals – Establish policies and targets for forward looking SKU stock coverage optimization, inventory glide-path projections, and month-end finished goods inventory Counting reports.
Education & Experience
- MBA / Food Graduate
- Minimum 5-8 years of experience in an Material Planning, Purchase & Production Planning, preferably in the food/ Beverage/ FMCG industry. SAP experience will be added advantage
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