Supply Planning Coordinator - West Africa at Kerry Group Plc

About The Role

• The Supply Planning Coordinator is responsible for aligning and supporting the operational direction and strategy of the full Operations Function of Kerry West Africa from a business perspective.
• The successful candidate will be responsible for contract manufacturing/third party manufacturing partners across West Africa linking in with sites teams and aligning to regional goals and KPI’s. The coordinator will also be driving an effective and efficient supply chain for the West Africa region.

Key responsibilities

• Serve as the primary relationship manager between Third party Manufacturers, Copackers and Kerry.
• Deal with issues/escalations appropriately & as required.
• Strike & maintain close relationships with key Third party Manufacturers (TPM), Copackers leads/account managers/MDs etc.
• Act as single point of contact to operation planning for Kerry West Africa.
• Support and implement purchase plans for raw, packing & other related materials for short- & long-term supply in Liaison with the TPMs procurement team using the supply demand process & observing supply constraints, to meet customer service level objectives & maintain customer satisfaction.
• Implement purchase plans for TPM downpacker, packaging materials & other related materials for short- & long-term supply in Liaison with the Bakery Technologies operations team using the supply demand process & observing supply constraints, to meet customer service level objectives & maintain customer satisfaction.
• Manage the documentation for imports/exports, liaising with government agencies/interdepartmental & to deliver the goods on time against receipt of a full set of clean documents.
• Provide innovative supply chain solutions to support the West African team, ensuring the best solutions and operating companies are identified to meet the customers’ needs.
• Support and give inputs to the supply and operations planning process for West Africa to ensure on time delivery of customer orders.
• Build effective team and cross functional team working relationships.
• Committed monthly and other needed reports.
• Support the procurement team to negotiate with local suppliers for optimized prices and payment terms.
• Develop and maintain stock and logistics tracking tools for the TPM and Co Packer.
• Maintains general oversight and ensure accuracy of delivery timelines and orders for customers in the TPM plant.
• Enforces corporate policies regarding the ethical conduct of Kerry activities.
• Support the D&SP and customer care team in continuous improvement activities to drive planning excellence through efficiencies in capacity plan.
• Undertake any other tasks as may be desirably directed by the business.

Qualifications And Skills

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Economics, Supply Chain, or related field required
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in a Supply Chain role with at least 5 years’ experience.
• Minimum 3 years of experience working in Food & Beverage, Food Service, or Ingredients / Flavour industries.
• Cost management experience
• Good understanding of Food Management System, and Safety Environment Management System
• Proven capability to manage, monitor and review all import activities PO, shipment, eta port and eta warehouse
• Problem solving abilities, good organisational skills and follow through
• Excellent facilitation and negotiation skills
• Ability to multi-task in a fast-paced and changing environment
• Excellent interpersonal and project management skills