Title:  Supply Planning Manager

Department:

Supply Chain

Sub-Department:

Planning

Job Title: Supply Panning Manager

01.

JOB OVERVIEW

The job overview gives a brief summary, explaining why this role exists and what the job aims to achieve and deliver.

The Supply Planning Manager ensures that activities flowing from the Demand Planning process enable demand fulfilment to be met through the Supply Planning process that has manufacturing requirements related to planned maintenance, capital projects and research and development built into it. This role is also responsible for ensuring that the Materials function (Materials planning & warehousing) is well executed.

02.

LEVELS OF AUTHORITY

Levels of authority explain, amongst others, the signatory and authorisation power within the scope of the job.  This is divided into financial, people, business process and other matters.

FINANCIAL

Controls an operational budget of +/- R9 M and indirect impact on R100M L&B and R300M Material with a production of approximately 30M kg’s of production.

26M kilos

PEOPLE

3 Direct Reports

BUSINESS PROCESS

OTHER

03.

RELATIONSHIPS

This section describes all internal and external relationships of this position. It briefly describes the influence and frequency of such.

INTERNAL CUSTOMERS

Supply Chain, Sales

EXTERNAL CUSTOMERS

Suppliers, 4PL partner

04.

KEY PERFORMANCE AREAS AND INDICATORS

Key performance areas are basically main groups of activities that are performed. In other words, the KPA’s stress the end results. The indicators indicate how these activities are measured.

KPA

KPI

A

Planning Management

• Manages Scheduling and Material Supply teams to ensure effective department organisation and performance. 
• Executes and manages the process for preparing production schedules, materials procurement plans, receiving storage and supply of materials to manufacturing.
• Prepares, communicates and reviews forward plans with the Supply Chain Plant management team.
• Monitors and reports on performance against plans to drive improvement.
• Ensure on-pack and promotions changes in line with market needs, minimising materials and wastage loss. 
• Plans stock-builds where required to support in-market activities.

B

Operational Management

• Has regular meetings with Demand Planning & Customer Services Managers to ensure forecasts are met.
• Develops personnel to maximise their professional and personal potential consistent with Company needs.

• Co-ordinates and participates in all projects and activities impacting on production plans e.g. special promotions, product or pack changes, new product launches, equipment modification or replacement.
• Participates as a key member of the IBP leadership team.
• Ensures that plans take account of plant needs and keep managers aware of Supply Chain developments. 
• Drives understanding of the importance of schedule adherence and cyclicity reduction to Supply Chain performance.

• Ensures quality of activities and output of scheduling and material supply departments within the plant.
• Drives continuous improvement of department’s practices and procedures.
• Develops the most production and cost effective batch cycle planning to support improvement in plant productivity.

KPA

KPI

C

Health and Safety

• Ensures that GMP (Good manufacturing practices) encompassing food safety (HACCP) and sanitation standards are adhered to.
• Complies with and ensures that all health and safety rules are met and acts pro-actively by addressing any safety concerns which may be harmful to self or other employees.

• Ensures own adherence to Kellogg’s environmental management system.

D

People Management

• Ensure effective management and application of the performance management process.
• Assess manpower requirements and develop, implement and monitor succession planning principles.
• Plans appropriate employee training and development, in order to ensure the continued and smooth operation of the department.
• Develops and maintains an effective operational organisation to ensure maximum utilisation and development of subordinate staff.
• Co-ordinates and manages all plant staff training.

05.

DIMENSIONS, EDUCATION & RELEVANT YEARS JOB RELATED EXPERIENCE

This section describes necessary levels of education, experience, dimensions (skills) and management training necessary for acceptable performance in the position.

EDUCATION & RELEVANT YEARS JOB RELATED EXPERIENCE

A recognised professional qualification that enables Planning/Scheduling, coupled with a minimum of 5 years experience in production planning in a FMCG environment, of which at least 2 years should be at an entry management level.

DIMENSIONS, SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE

The ability to:

• Focus on results through customer focus, quality and safety awareness, managing work, planning and organising, strategic decision making and building of partnerships.
• Express potential through adaptability, initiating action, applied learning, work standards, impact, innovation, stress tolerance and work standards.
• Interact effectively through communication, building customer loyalty, building trust and strategic working relationships, managing conflict, negotiation and gaining commitment.
• Achieve goals by aligning performance for success, building a successful team, contributing to team success, inspiring others to action, follow up, information monitoring, developing others, facilitating change, meeting leadership and participation and leading through vision and values.

Sufficient / in depth,  knowledge of:

• Operational policies and procedures.
• MS Excel.
• Section 404 compliance.
• Planning and resourcing.
• SAP