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Planning, Materials & Warehouse Manager
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About the role
Responsibilities
- Ensure end to end processes are aligned to deliver optimal production and material planning
- Coordinate capacities assessments (short/mid and long term) at supplier level and for the plant to ensure that the capacities are in place accordingly to our customers needs
- Support the S&OP process from a Plant Planning and Materials Planning perspective
- Drive the planning activities for the plant and enforce the right communication flows between Global Supply Chain, Suppliers and Plant stakeholders
- Lead cross functional production planning meetings
- Drive the supplier integration program for the plant
- Share our material forecasts to our suppliers, and ensure availabilities confirmation back accordingly to our needs
- Define and drive the right safety stock coverage strategies for components and for finished goods
- Manage the right level of inventories in order to ensure sales and to avoid slow/no movers
- Drive a reliable inventory management
- Key actor within our supplier’s monthly/quarterly and yearly business reviews
- Lifecycle management : build phase out and phase in plans covering all levels of bills of materials
- Analyze and report materials excess and obsolescence taking corrective / preventative actions that will minimize financial risk
- Support the Supply Chain Manager with accurate and timely information on planning to enable effective decision making
- Coach and mentor direct reports, develop talent pipeline
- Foster a team environment where high performance and team spirit are driven by our values
- Develop reporting systems and processes, utilizing new technology and SAP functionality. Continuously seek to identify improvement opportunities through the process
- Ensure communication and follow up of KPIs to monitor and improve performance
Skills and Experience
- End to End Supply Chain Processes
- Customer focus
- Leadership competencies and strong communication skills (both written and oral)
- Strong organizational skills, Networking and interpersonal relationship building
- Experience / Practice within SAP ECC & APO is mandatory
- Technically agile to trigger and analyze data within SAP environment
- MS Office strong knowledge
- Capability to overview, manage and co-ordinate multiple projects
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Critical thinking, detail oriented, autonomous and rigorous.
- Has a strong bias to action – delivers business results
- Ability to handle stressful, fast-paced, fast changing environment
- 5 years plus management experience in supply chain function, ideally in multinational FMCG
- Language skills : fluent French & English (written and oral)
Our culture
We share the passion and entrepreneurial flair of our founder and are guided by our three culture pillars - Fearless, Family and Founders, they inspire our Primos to be the best they can be and drive us forward in all we do. But what does this mean?
· Being Fearless; means adopting an agile mindset, being comfortable trying new things and taking risks. We are empowered to question, challenge and innovate.
· Family; We treat each other, and our communities, like Family. Always.
· Founders; The spirit of entrepreneurship is at the heart of everything we do. We see the business as if it’s our own. We do the right thing for the business and we all take accountability for our work.
When you join Bacardi, you become part of our family and gain more than just a job.
Disclaimer: Bacardi is an equal opportunity employer that values workforce diversity. Diversity is core to our business: by embedding diversity into all aspects of our culture, we maximize the opportunity to achieve sustainable business success and growth. The duties and responsibilities described in the role profile might not be a comprehensive list.