Manager - Materials & Planning - FMCG industry

Roles and Responsibilities -

- Provide leadership and strategic direction to the Materials and Planning Functions.

- Ensure the highest level of Customer Service is provided.

- Interface with Network Operations and CS&L team to resolve issues, align service, inventory and financial strategies.

- Ensure greater utilization of SAP for planning and execution processes

- Manages the people, and Logistics processes to deliver site performance objectives, as measured by corporate and local KPI's.

- Empowers subordinates by way of training, information sharing, coaching, feedback, appraisals, and delegation, to ensure the development of people and organizational capabilities.

- Acts as a functional resource, providing support on task forces and major project support.

- Accountable for the integrity of the business processes related to finished goods inventory replenishment, and new product introductions.

- Manages monthly production planning & inventory control as well as raw & packaging material planning works closely with Operations, Sourcing and Network Operations team.

- Manages the production plan to be consistent with sales volume, marketing campaign and customer demands, to achieve business objectives, EHS policy and process simplification and standardization.