Coca Cola Kwanza Ltd is offering an exciting opportunity within its Manufacturing Department. We are seeking a skilled individual with relevant expertise in the Manufacturing industry, specifically in Total Production Planning, for the position of Planning Manager based in Dar es Salaam. The successful candidate will directly report to the Manufacturing Director.
Vacancy: Planning Manager at Coca Cola Kwanza Ltd
| Closing Date | 2024/03/29 |
| Reference Number | CCB240311-1 |
| Job Title | Planning Manager |
| Job Category | Manufacturing |
| Company | Coca-Cola Kwanza (Tanzania) |
| Job Type | Permanent |
| Location – Country | Tanzania |
| Location – Province | Not Applicable |
| Location – Town / City | Dar es Salaam |
Key Responsibilities:
- Develop short-term, midterm, and long-term capacity plans for our plants and provide feedback to SPM, including annual maintenance shutdown and peak stock build.
- Conduct monthly Long-Term Planning, perform Capacity Checks against RE Forecasted Volume, and incorporate Shutdown Maintenance for the year.
- Review the business plan quarterly, addressing variances and ensuring realistic timelines and resource allocations.
- Communicate the business plan and progress to the team at agreed intervals.
- Monitor compliance with the short-term (13 weeks) capacity plan.
- Conduct weekly Operational review meetings covering KPIs such as Sales Forecast accuracy, Produce to Plan, and Order Fulfilment.
- Monitor customers, line utilization, raw material utilization, quality performance goals (product and package), and unit performance goal requirements.
- Identify short-term capacity issues or deviations from the agreed midterm plan and provide feedback to the Manufacturing Manager/Director.
- Perform capacity checks for the midterm plan through the Long-term plan and against sales volume.
- Monitor weekly execution against the production plan (Produce to Plan Accuracy report) and analyze reasons for deviations.
- Escalate issues to the Manufacturing Manager/Director if required.
- Adjust plans if necessary and track production trends for incorporation into future plans. Provide feedback to the Manufacturing Manager/Director (Produce to Plan Report).
- Conduct weekly Operational review meetings for KPIs like Sales Forecast accuracy, Produce to Plan, and Order Fulfilment. Obtain input from Team Leaders.
- Review and approve weekly production plans and manage the weekly operation plan from supply planners.
- Conduct weekly Operational Production Plan reviews.
- Approve Production Raw Materials Planning and monthly raw materials planning, liaising with Procurement on deliveries.
- Ensure Raw materials Days cover as per requirements.
- Serve as the Production Planning and Control Module Coordinator.
- Train and coach Super users, attend calls logged by SU’s.
- Ensure SAP PP knowledge and PP training records are available.
- Encourage full team participation in the change process.
- Solve systemic problems to save costs, minimize risk and losses, and improve productivity in line with benchmarks.
- Improve, revise, change, and design systems and processes as required. Apply solutions to other similar systemic problems.
- Involve relevant individuals and empower unit members to solve their own situational problems.
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Skills, Experience & Education:
The ideal candidate should possess at least a degree in Engineering, Production, Supply Chain, or a related field, along with 3-5 years of manufacturing planning experience and strong leadership skills in an FMCG environment. Additionally, the candidate should demonstrate strong communication, analytical, and numerical skills, as well as a demonstrated high level of integrity.
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