External Manufacturing Planner

3 weeks ago


Johannesburg, South Africa Bacardi Full time

YOUR OPPORTUNITY
- This is a unique opportunity to be part of our SUBSA team and play an important Global role in our organization.

You will build deep partnership at a global and local level, across Bacardi.

You will play a major role in adding value driving the manufacturing process with external manufacturers in the region, ultimately helping Bacardi to deliver against our BEST10 growth aspirations to support sales.

ABOUT YOU
- You are skilled at consistently building deep, trusting partnership with sales, finance, and leaders. You have ability to work and negotiate with external copacks and add on to the procurement vendor base. Structured, focused and organised define your approach as you navigate multiple high priority. You are solution oriented with a fantastic attention to detail, great listening skills and proactive approach to anticipating business needs

**Responsibilities**:
**Planning**
- Manage inventory in line with agreed targets, preventing slow-non movers and write offs
- To manage days of supply of dry goods inventory in line with agreed targets
- Review RCCP with external manufacturer in the frame of the 3Years strategic plan
- Downtime incidents including appropriate corrective and preventative actions. The report should also include details of on hand inventory and obsolescence risk.
- To ensure that material supply policies are currently reviewed and updated to reflect current and future business needs.
- To understand the impact of, and proactively manage any major deviations (> +/- 15% to dry goods requirements).
- To supply weekly material requirements to the supply base covering the period of next day - 18 months.
- Ensure accuracy of system eg MRP, MD, stock

**Procurement**
- MRP Generation - raw material and packaging material planning
- PO management - creation, change management, GRNs, etc
- Point of contact Engaging with suppliers to ensure on time delivery
- Lead weekly material requirements to the supply base covering the period of 18-24 months demand horizon
- Provide suppliers with full visibility of material plans for the next 13 weeks rolling
- To manage the stock risk attached to dry goods packaging materials
- To operate within the agreed material escalation process
- Support supplier review meetings for what concerns operations planning
- To work with regional procurement team to ensure sufficient pipeline materials to support future bottling plans

**Logistics**
- Ensure orders are shipped respecting SLA, golden rules, performance standards and compliance (e.g. lead time, MOQs, safety, quantities, active and correct SKU, OTIF, invoice release)
- Facilitate continuous stock review (Finish products, raw and pack goods) and agree action to address slow moving items
- Track any order delay, report root causes through weekly process and make sure corrective actions are in place with the relevant stakeholders
- Inform and challenge internal team and Transport representative to achieve the perfect execution of order fulfilment throughout the manufacturing and delivery process
- Manage and follow export processes and relevant related requirements

**Sales & Operations Planning**
- Maintain relationship with copacker monitoring performances vs set SLA KPIs
- Coordinate new launches commercialization made at the external manufacturer
- Preparation of critical component supply issues information for the monthly plant S&OP process i.e. supply review.
- Preparation of critical component supply issues information for the monthly plant S & OP process.
- Provide weekly, monthly order fulfilment related reports
- Lead the supply review being part of the S&OP process with external manufacturer and operations’ functions stakeholders.
- Develop, maintain and broadcast relevant set of KPI to control Supply Chain performance (inventory, lead time, Planning Adherence, Replenishment Performance etc.) for the scope
- Create and complete missing standard operating procedures
- Work in close collaboration with market demand planner and customer service
- Drive quarterly review of sourced markets stocks with particular focus on projected stock levels to monitor end to end inventory in the network, in collaboration with local supply chain

Skills and Experience
- THE SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE NEEDED TO CREATE YOUR LEGACY- Proactivity, autonomy, and strong communication skills
- Excellent knowledge of processes within operations and best practices of supply and demand planning
- Knowledge of co pack operations and ability to negotiate and finalise new co-packs
- Business savvy and a good understanding of the consumer & customers’ needs
- Ability to influence, market, regional and central teams
- Demonstrate accountability and capability to work independently with confidence to ask for support when required
- Ability to find effective ways of working within a matrix organization, and within a fast-changing environment
- Extreme attention to detail
- Make sure document processes and activities


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