Demand Planner
FMCG
Job Summary
Location : Thika Kenya
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Job type : Full Time
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FMCGJob Description
Roles & Responsibilities:
- Consolidating monthly sales volume requirements from all markets to produce a 12-month revolving forecast.
- Analyzing changing market trends and communicating effectively with the commercial team to predict future requirements.
- Evaluating raw material tonnages and fruit size distributions for canning and fresh operations by field and month to calculate solid recoveries and fresh size availability for a 12-month revolving forecast.
- Coordinating and leading meetings to analyze and reconcile significant deviations.
- Developing & maintaining a credible tool to combine sales demand, raw material supply, and finished goods inventories to produce a 12-month revolving production forecast by line item.
- Managing finished product inventory targets by month to ensure sufficient buffer to satisfy demand but without exceeding warehouse space constraints. Communicate with the commercial team if needed to move inventory to available overseas warehouses.
- Linking the demand planning model to the material requirement forecast to procure items
- Coordinating cross-functional meetings to facilitate short-term & long-term strategic planning addressing raw material supply, production capabilities, and sales demand.
- Working closely with Estimate and Fresh Logistics to adjust the weekly volumes based on the forecast.
- Comply with set company policies and be flexible to take up roles and duties as assigned by the supervisor.
Minimum Qualifications
- Degree or Diploma in a business-related field
- 4+ years of experience in a similar role in FMCG manufacturing
- Demonstrate a detailed understanding of the supply chain process