Demand and Supply Planner at Frigoglass Industries Nigeria Limited

Frigoglass Industries Nigeria Limited is the global leader in the Ice Cold Merchandisers (ICM) market and the principal supplier of glass packaging in the high growth markets of West Africa, supplying to more than 10 countries across the continent.

In our glass container business, we are focused on markets in Africa, which are increasingly the prime regions of investment for our customers. We aim to create value for our customers by building on our position as a leading supplier of glass bottles and complementary packaging solutions in West Africa.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Demand and Supply Planner

Location: Lagos

Job Purpose

• Responsible for curating a demand forecast by products based on sales history and sales plan.
• Also performs supply planning activities, ensuring stock availability/cover within target at optimized inventory and cost levels to meet current and future business needs.

Responsibilities

• Generate periodic (annual/quarterly/monthly) demand plan/forecasts and budget based on historical data, customer market visibility, stock level, business/sales trends, demand patterns etc. in order to ensure the level of detail needed for decision making.
• Coordinate demand planning process via detailed collaboration with sales team to drive demand accuracy.
• Responsible for supporting the monthly Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) process, to ensure the best possible demand forecast for timely and optimal product availability across business segments and inventory cycle management.
• Coordinate monthly demand-review meeting with sales team to evaluate forecast trends, challenge numbers assumptions, understand demand driver and insure a full consensus on figures.
• Generate and analyzes metrics for actual versus forecasted variances for variance reconciliation and refine forecast.
• Develop master production schedule for glass production, detailing production sequence and lead-time in alignment with Key Account Managers and Plant Managers for each month.
• Work on all related reports for production planning, Sales and Inventory outlook used for Material Requirement Planning, Cash flow & Warehouse planning.
• Seasonal (daily, weekly & monthly) review of production plan to reflect current and future market demand output.
• Intimate Key Account Managers (KAM), Supply Chain & warehouse Supervisors on stock and Sales Order (SOD) availability
• Weekly Projection of sales target in alignment with Key Account Managers (KAM) to keep all hands-on deck to maximize sales.
• Develop supply plans and strategies for existing Stock Keeping Units (SKUs), new products, and product phase-outs.
• Track production schedules and regularly assessed data to uncover optimization strategies
• Manage supply levels to keep adequate inventory in stock while avoiding overstock or obsolete inventory.
• Drive and optimize inventory management to achieve costs reduction/working capital via inventory dispatch planning and variance tracking.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor's Degree or Higher National Diploma (HND) in Science or Management or other related fields.
• Minimum of 3 years’ experience in a similar role
• High Analytical, Numerical & Presentation skills
• Knowledge of Microsoft Dynamics Navision or any other Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software
• Strong knowledge of MS Excel and MS PowerPoint Presentation

Application Closing Date
22nd September, 2023.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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