Planning Officer at May & Baker Nigeria Plc

May & Baker Nigeria Plc was founded on September 4, 1944 as Nigeria's first pharmaceutical company. It has its origin in England, the United Kingdom in 1834 where three chemists founded Grimwade, May & Pickett, a firm for manufacturing chemicals for pharmaceutical products.

We are recruiting qualified candidates to fill the position below:

Job Title: Planning Officer

Location: Ogun
Employment Type: Full time

Key Job Responsibilities

• To ensure prompt materials requirement planning and issuance of purchase requisitions for procurement of direct materials for production use.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Prepares monthly/quarterly/annual material requirement plans as per the sales forecasts and production phasing to ensure timely procurement of materials for production use.
• Participates in the Sales and Operations Planning Process (S&OP) through relevant planning reporting and summary of key planning constraints.
• Ensures purchase requisitions are executed promptly as required to foster effective procurement of materials.
• Responsible for monitoring raw and packaging materials stock levels, to avoid sudden stock outs.
• Maintains optimum inventory stock levels by reducing material wastages due to overstocking and expiration of materials.
• Maintains strong communications with production team and procurement officers to confirm production/shipping schedules and monitor open purchase orders.
• Establishes effective relationships with key internal stakeholders to achieve quality standards and improvements on a continuous basis.
• Prepares monthly report on planning activities.
• Any other responsibility as assigned by the Head, Planning and Procurement.

Key Performance Indicators

• Frequency of material stock-outs
• Inventory holding
• Purchase requisition timelines
• Openness, transparency and efficiency of the planning process.

Qualifications

• A B.Sc. in Science or related discipline.
• Minimum of 4 years cognate experience in similar role.

Competencies Required:

• Good knowledge of best practices in planning and procurement
• Analytical and Proactive
• Meticulous and detail-oriented
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Able to establish and maintain effective working relationships with internal stakeholders
• Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office Suite (MS Excel and other analytical tools), ERP - Microsoft Navision.

Application Closing Date
19th July, 2024.