The Raw Material Planning Manager reports to the Supply Chain Manager and has primary responsibility to proactively manage inventory, ensuring each plant is supplied with optimal inventory levels and raw materials. This is achieved through effective management of business processes with discipline, speed, execution and accountability to continually improve the raw material requirements and finished good inventory planning process.

Primary Duties

• Take ownership of Inventory (Raw Materials, Packaging, and WIP). Establish and maintain inventory balances appropriate to meet production requirements, whilst optimizing use of working capital.

• Establish regular review of Inventory Levels to ensure inventory is at the aimed level to support target service levels

• Identify and resolve any materials management issues causing deviations from inventory and service level targets

• Collaboration with various stakeholders across functions to ensure timely communication of demand changes, translating the changes to their impact on the supply plan

• Initiate and determine disposition of excess, obsolete and slow-moving RM inventories and coordination of shelf-life extension with relevant Quality department and warehouse

• Facilitate daily/weekly/monthly meetings with all stakeholders

• Track key KPIs related to RM planning and assists with preparation of reports on outputs

• Identify and communicate real or potential capacity and material supply chain issues; initiate corrective actions, coordinate across functional boundaries and follow up to resolution

• Coordinate regular review and update of RM planning parameters and key assumptions

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, management or similar

• 5+ experience in a Supply Chain position

• APICS certification preferred

• Fluent in English

• Fully conversant ERP SC related transactions & reporting functions, preferably SAP

• Demonstrable abilities in change management, leadership, and teamwork

• Good interpersonal and communication skills within all levels of the organization

• Able to withstand pressure

• Excellent organization & time management skills

• Ability to take ownership of a project & make timely informed decisions