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Our Supply Chain and Manufacturing team are problem-solvers, sourcing, producing, and delivering our much-loved brands to delight customers around the globe. Over half of Diageo’s 30,000+ people work in Supply Chain and Manufacturing. It’s an intricate and sophisticated operation that’s the product of logistical, manufacturing, and technical collaborations.
Our teams in 100 sites in over 30 countries cover production facilities, supplier relationships, customer collaborations and third-party agreements. We’re committed to realising our ‘Society 2030: Spirit of Progress’ goals, to protect the environment and support our farmers and suppliers. Whatever your skills and experience, we’ll help you to thrive in our inclusive culture
Purpose of Role
- The Supply Planning & Scheduling Manager is responsible for leading the efforts for the production planning and scheduling for local SKUs in East Africa (Kenya, Uganda & Tanzania)
- Responsible for the liquid planning for all local SKUs
- Responsible for medium to long term capacity planning and recommending solutions to possible imbalances.
- Responsible for inventory management of local SKUs
- Responsible for the short- & medium-term strategy for the Africa planning function
Role Responsibilities:
Lead the Supply Planning and Scheduling Process:
- Delivery of optimal supply network plan to meet customer service targets and drive Diageo inventory performance to level of top 3 CPG companies.
- Lead adherence to inventory policy in partnership with markets to deliver upon agreed business targets and problem solving if shortages occur.
- Lead delivery of supply and product availability reporting including KPIs, monthly calls, weekly health tracker and/or risk assessments, SKU exceptions
- Lead Supply Review as part of S&OP process for the 18-month outlook to ensure markets has, balancing demand and supply signals whilst ensuring strategy and annual targets can be delivered
- Responsible to identify supply disruptions, risks and/or opportunities to the overall supply plan and execute necessary changes & communicate effectively to key stakeholders.
- Ensure that scheduled production is sound and robust, in order to guarantee availability of product to meet customer demand on time and in full to world-class standards while maximizing production efficiency.
- Manage short term capacity horizon at production, packaging and liquid processing plants, as well as rework sites to meet requirements and avoid outsourcing costs.
- Stakeholder management with Market exec and Supply Chain Director as well as all key stakeholders in the markets’ supply chains (i.e. Local management of Source, Make and Move functions)
- Demonstrate and champion a zero-harm safety culture.
- Work collaboratively with Supply Chain Directors, Sites’ leadership, IBP – Demand Planning Manager and S&OP Business Partners to deliver market requirements.
- Support Innovation and Renovation processes, balancing need for flexibility with commitments to service, cash, cost and quality.
- Build and maintain excellent relationships with key stakeholders at all levels (up to L2) within the organization, both in the above market, and in all the markets
- Play a lead role in running and improving the business, developing supply chain projects, and pursue a continuous improvement agenda.
Lead the Optimization, Automation, and Implementation of Systems:
- Always ensure to have a solid understanding of the maturity and gaps of processes responsible for
- Lead root cause analysis of multiple information streams as part of codification.
- Design and create Supply Planning strategy towards best-in-class maturity for their function through external knowledge.
- Accountable to embed Supply Planning systems and processes as per Global Best practice standards.
- Ensure that all master data pertaining to APO SNP (e.g., BOMs, recipes, lead-times, batch sizes etc.) is maintained in the appropriate information systems (e.g. SAP, ECC6, APO). Champion masterdata excellence
- Work with cross functional teams on how to ensure processes and systems are functioning at optimal levels – i.e. procurement, GBO and Logistics teams.
Lead a High-Performance Supply Planning & Scheduling Team:
- Provide clear direction and prioritization of workload across the team.
- Achieve best in class engagement scores through value survey process.
- Coach, mentor, and develop Production Planning & Scheduling team.
- Ensure the required Supply Chain functional and leadership capabilities are being continuously developed in line with Diageo capabilities.
- Develop short and mid-term strategies in order to optimize WoW within the team.
- Streamline weekly / monthly / quarterly cycles in order to achieve operational excellence.
Experience / skills required
Skills and Capabilities:
- Exceptional systems experience within supply chain optimization platforms (ERP / master data, time-phased replenishment planning systems) – APO, OMP preferred.
- Detailed understanding of end-to-end supply chain operational processes within Diageo e.g. DRP, MPS, inventory, conversion, logistics and customer service
- Exceptional influencing and stakeholder engagement skills
- Strategic thinking
- Ability to challenge senior stakeholders and manage tension in demand/supply and S&OP conversations.
- Exceptional communication skills – verbal, written and presentation.
- High degree of quantitative and analytical skills, with attention to detail
- Proficient in MS applications e.g. Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Access, Outlook
Experience:
- +10 years Supply Chain Planning (Production and Distribution) experience in CPG , FMCG and 3+ years in leading an effective planning team.
- Experience managing a highly skilled team from various cultures.
- Experience with advanced planning software with Supply Planning (SAP APO)
Qualifications:
- Degree or equivalent in appropriate supply chain, engineering, or business degree
- APICS CPIM or equivalent desirable
Feel inspired? Then this may be the opportunity for you.
Worker Type : Employee
Primary location : Nairobi, Kenya
Job Posting Start Date : 18th February 2025
