Demand Planner, West, East & Central Africa (WECA) Recruitment

Job Title: Demand Planner, West, East & Central Africa (WECA)

 Global VISA and Relocation Specifications:

Primary Location: Kenya- Flexible Location

Employment Type: Full Time


Job Description
Main responsibilities

Demand Planning

• Facilitate accurate demand forecasts for each stock-keeping unit for the areas of accountability, by week/month/location for the upcoming 0-18 month time horizon.
• Management of the category demand review process leading to the consensus agreement at Country Manager level by analyzing and driving the discussions.
• Proactive cross functional communication to manage execution of commercial plans, balancing short term business opportunities with supply capability.
• Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to simplify and standardize processes to improve forecasts, optimizing customer service and cash generation.
• Facilitate Supply Chain initiatives, e.g. Reduction of working capital, SKU reduction/delist and new product launch through project management tools.

Product Sourcing

• Identify and set-up product sourcing within product specification and cost requirements., working with EMEA regional planners.
• Negotiate SLA, including MOQ, production cycles, forecasting parameters, supply chain terms, and implement.
• Manages WEST Africa longer term forecasts with sourcing locations.
• Ensure Master Data integrity of SAP systems through regular system Health-Checks.

Supply Planning

• Calculate the optimal stock level for each stock keeping unit by considering deviation in forecast, service level expectations and the planning lead times.
• Plan the required quantity of finished goods for the West Africa Region based on forecasts and the required stock level.
• Create and Track Purchase Orders for Exports requirements.
• Co-ordinate net forecast requirements to supplier at required intervals.
• Work with Shipping co-ordinator(s) to ensure the orders are being delivered on time and mitigate risks of delays in Purchase Order deliveries.
• Regular feedback to stakeholder at Weekly S&OP meetings with regards to operational issues.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Business, Statistics, Supply Chain or a related discipline.
• Min 7 years of work experience, with 3 years or more of experience in planning functions, demand planning is an advantage.
• Thorough understanding of supply chain process, demand planning and S&OP is critical.
• Integration with the Suppliers and other Supply Chain activities.
• Thorough understanding of logistics and purchasing processes.
• SAP and BW end user training.
• Advance Excel proficiency is key.
• Fluency in English.
• French or Portuguese is an advantage.

NOTE:
The candidate for this role shall ensure the most accurate forecast is in place for the categories and business units, in order to plan the on time sourcing of products with right planning parameters, to meet the customer demand and meet the business results; manage demand deviations and exceptions to ensure high service levels are met, while optimizing the level of inventory for WECA.


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