Planning Manager at Olam Nigeria Limited

Olam Nigeria Limited is located in Lagos, Nigeria and is part of the Farm Support Services Industry. Olam Nigeria Limited has 3,000 employees at this location and generates $222.01 million in sales (USD).

With offices and operational units across all geopolitical zones of the Nigerian Federation, Olam has a wide and growing network of farmers, suppliers, wholesalers, local buying agents (LBAs), customers and service providers. Today, these networks encompass approximately 500,000 farmers and have created tens of thousands of jobs in indirect employment.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Planning Manager

Location: Nigeria
Function: Others
Sub-Function: Shipping

Role Summary

• Lead a professional Planning function across Caraway Nigeria Biscuits Confectionary and Snacks operations to maximise service levels to customers while optimizing stocks.
• Caraway is centered around West Africa and now has 7 Manufacturing Plants in Nigeria across 6 product categories – Tomato Paste, Seasonings, Instant Noodles, Biscuits, Beverages, and Sweets & Candies.
• The planning Manager of Biscuits Confectionary and Snacks will have the responsibility for Material planning, Supply planning, and coordination of the S&OP process and will facilitate demand planning across the designated categories.

Key Deliverables

• Compliance to planning policies including inventory policy, and categorization of finished goods and raw and packaging material and align with the system integration.
• Manage stock levels within agreed policy levels for material and finished goods
• Facilitate the demand planning process for all the appropriate categories, focusing on eliminating bias and improving forecast accuracy. 
• Production planning, taking account of demand planning, supply chain policy, capacity limitations, and other production constraints
• Materials requirement Planning. Create and maintain the materials requirement plan. Establish material safety stock and reorder levels with accurate lead times. Implement stock plans to achieve stock targets on materials and finished goods.
• Master Production Scheduling
• Distribution requirement planning/replenishment
• Evaluate risks and opportunities, creating contingencies and making decisions
• Capacity management planning
• Drive business planning, and in particular, the annual volume planning process, which includes interfacing closely with sales, Marketing and finance to ensure timeous delivery.
• Support innovation teams in launching new products
• Develop and train the Demand planners and supply planners across all operations

Requirements
Development Projects:

• Lead ERP projects, integration of SAP MRP. Establish MRP, MPS, and capacity planning processes and align with the system integration
• S&OP coordination by Planning Manager
• Complexity Management – Regularly review SKU portfolio

Education:

•  B.Sc. in Engineering. (M.Sc. or MBA preferred)

Experience:

• Minimum 10 years of experience in supply chain in Leading Global Agri-Manufacturing/FMCG/
• Consumer companies with positions covering Demand Planning, Supply Planning, Stock Management and Primary Distribution. Experience of Lean, Six Sigma and/or TPM strongly preferred.

Skills:

• Excellent communication skills.
• Strong analytical skills
• Knowledge of SAP or any ERP is required.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

Note

• Olam is an equal opportunity / affirmative action employer.
• All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, nationality, disability, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.
• Applicants are requested to complete all required steps in the application process including providing a resume/CV in order to be considered for open roles.