Demand Planning Manager

About Us

We are a global leader in food & beverage ingredients. Pioneers at heart, we operate at the forefront of consumer trends to provide food & beverage manufacturers with products and ingredients that will delight their consumers. Making a positive impact on people and planet is all part of the delight. With a deep-rooted presence in the countries where our ingredients are grown, we are closer to farmers, enabling better quality, and more reliable, traceable and transparent supply. Supplying products and ingredients at scale is just the start. We add value through our unique, complementary portfolio of natural, delicious and nutritious products. With our fresh thinking, we help our customers unleash the sensory and functional attributes of cocoa, coffee, dairy, nuts and spices so they can create naturally good food & beverage products that meet consumer expectations. And whoever we’re with, whatever we’re doing, we always make it real.

Product Information

Cocoa

We’re a super specialist in all things cocoa – beans, powders, butters and beyond. In fact, we are the number one

cocoa bean supplier globally with a leading presence in 10 key producing countries across Africa, Asia and South America. In our direct sourcing, our traceability from the farm to the factory allows us to drive sustainable practices across the cocoa supply chain.

Job Description

Reporting into the Head of Supply Chain, the role is responsible for executing the activities of logistics planning related to the Sales position (Sales Book + Forecast) and ensuring optimal utilisation of production capacity, including coverage of determine packaging and raw materials needed to cover production demand and to make sure the schedule is followed during production. This includes areas of demand planning, supply planning, production planning and inventory management including all the administrative and operational tasks and support related to planning and execution of production schedules.

Key Deliverables

• Consolidation demand reports and provide the Demand /Supply analyses.
• Oversee short- and medium-term positions for All product groups.
• Timely planning of S&OP driven meetings and resulting decision actions
• Actively adjust the S&OP plan at the time of capacity and/or quality issues
• Translate sales orders, sales contracts, and forecast into production plans and schedules to fulfil customer’s requirements.
• Coordinate and administrate production workflow for one or multiple products, ensuring sufficient raw materials, components, staff and other necessary items are procured and ready to create finished products according to the schedule specified.
• Allocate products available for shipments to meet contractual obligations with customers.
• Monitor manufacturing performance (e.g.: right first time, reject, etc.) and actively adjust production schedules in response to equipment failures or supply shortages.
• Liaise with Quality Assurance department to ensure that customer’s requirements are met and products are released on time.
• Liaise with Quality Control, SAP reporting + Reprocessing Planning.
• Work with our Raw materials (eg: Beans) on the Quality & Supply.
• Liaise with Shipping and Warehouse teams on daily shipment execution to unallocated and reallocate stocks when required.
• Liaise with the Commercial team on the acceptance and delivery of wider-specs products.
• Liaise with Customs/Logistics on Track/Trace special production runs. From beans to FG.
• Execute work order creation and closing in SAP
• Check and correct system transaction errors in SAP at month end close.
• Prepare reports outlining production activities and effectiveness.
• Directing work to be performed by his/her team & Instructing on the method of approach.
• Supervising the execution of the work (qualitatively and quantitatively), monitoring progress.
  
  

Requirements

• Minimum Bachelors or equivalent degree.
• Knowledge with SAP system is a must.
• Working knowledge of MS Office and ERP systems
• Advanced on Excel.
• Effective and good communication skills, (English B2)
• Excellent planning and organization skills
• Strong problem-solving skills
• Excellent knowledge of production planning and quality control principles
• Planning working experience (4+ years) in food manufacturing environment preferred
  
  

ofi 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.