SNP Manager at International Breweries Plc

International Breweries Plc - Our Dream is to bring people together for a better world. Beer, the original social network, has been bringing people together for thousands of years. We are committed to building great brands that stand the test of time and to brewing the best beers using the finest natural ingredients.

Our diverse portfolio of well over 400 beer brands includes global brands Budweiser, Corona and Stella Artois; multi-country brands Beck’s, Castle, Castle Lite, Hoegaarden, and Leffe; and local champions such as Aguila, Bud Light, Jupiler, Klinskoye, Modelo Especial, Quilmes, Skol, and Victoria.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: SNP Manager

Job Identification: 30072751
Job Type: Full Time
Band: VI

Job Summary

• The Key Purpose of this role is to make proper and feasible production plans within a tactical 12-18 month horizon.
• This includes generating and driving adherence to the agreed finished goods inventory policy, ensuring demand fulfillment at the lowest cost, and optimizing the network allocation of finished products according to inventory policy.
• By connecting every element of the manufacturing supply chain—from demand to supply, logistics, and finance—this role aims to create monthly supply and inventory plans that achieve desired customer service levels while minimizing unnecessary distribution and obsolescence costs.

Key Roles and Responsibilities

• Implement and maintain adherence to the LCP processes linked to SNP, S&OP and Inventory Policy.
• SNP Monthly Business Cycle: Generating the monthly CONA (tactical horizon) production plan, distribution & inventory plans (using Llama soft/APO/Excel/and/or other business software and models).
• SNP Weekly Business Cycle – generating and agreement of weekly production plans
• SNP Yearly Business Cycle – Budget/LE: Producing a fully optimized supply plan run with at least 16 months horizon (4 months of current year + 12 months of next year) using budgeted sales and supply parameters.
• Inventory Policy: Generating/updating, agreeing, implementing & tracking the finished goods Inventory Policy within agreed frequencies.
• Master data: Driving regular routines to keep master data up to date in the planning tool (all SNP parameters including plants/ DC/ DPG/ products/ resources/ lanes/ efficiencies/ rates/ costs/ penalties), and regularly reviewing with relevant functions in the organization to ensure the data quality and accuracy.
• Tracking and Monitoring: Identifying and problem-solving risks, constraints, scenarios, performance, trends, opportunities, and KPI management.

Minimum Requirements

• Relevant Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Sciences or Commerce
• Preferably 3 – 5 years manufacturing or supply planning experience including production scheduling
• Knowledge of linear programming / optimisation analytics advantageous
• Experience of planning tools, techniques and accountabilities ranging from tactical planning, distribution and supplier management
• Proven experience with ability to influence and interface with senior stakeholders, specifically manufacturing
• Able to understand and interpret sales trends, manufacturing and distribution chains and to convert into appropriate production strategy.

Key Attributes and Competencies:

• Operational excellence and improvement bias.
• Good communicator across all levels within and external to the organisation with personal gravitas and credibility.
• Customer focused mind-set and approach.
• Proven problem solving skills with an ability to manage complexity and ambiguity.
• Excellent self-management practices.
• Proactive, energetic and committed.
• Flexible, adaptable and pragmatic.
• High tolerance for stress and managing the operational realities of the business.

Application Closing Date
13th November, 2024.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online