August 17, 2010

Job Opening - Planning Manager

One of our Clients is looking Planning Manager for the following role.  
POSITION TITLE
Planning Manager
POSITION BASED IN
UAE
CLIENT'S DETAIL
FMCG
GENDER
Equal Opportunity Employer
PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATION / EXPERIENCE

·          MBA/Post Graduate in Management with 8-10 years experience in handling Production planning in an FMCG company – preferred
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE & JOB RESPONSIBILITIES
·          Assess demand forecasts and recommend medium to long term capacity requirements.
·          Co-ordinate with Head-Sales to build accuracy of sales forecasts.
·          Convert quarterly sales forecasts to real time demand plans at an SKU level by factoring historical sales pattern, sales promotion program and marketing inputs in respect of PM/RM.
·          Ensure PM/RM availability to service production plans and fine tune.
·          Develop measures to compute SKU wise service levels to sales plan and customer orders. Endeavour to improve service level KPI’s and reduce the extent of lost sales.
·          Review and monitor non moving/slow moving stocks and escalate for liquidation well ahead of expiry.
·          Develop a distribution plan and day to day delivery plans in consonance with sales orders and in stock finished goods. Co-ordinate with Warehouse and Logistics Manager for order service status.
·          Develop measures for working capital employed on inventories RM/PM/FG and devise interventions to improve the KPI on working capital.
·          Carry out periodic studies on product SKU off takes and provide necessary intelligence for portfolio rationalization.
·          Negotiating skill on Sale & Purchase of goods to third party and intra group transfer
·          Pricing.
·          Conversant with Line Optimisation, Oil Commodity – Risk Management
Please send your resume at Farrukh.siddiqui@eswpak.com / jobs@eswpak.com before 30th August 2010 in WORD FORMAT .Incomplete or Irrelevant CVs will not be entertained. Please mark the title of the designation and the preferred city applying for in the Subject line