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Ref: HP698-9594
Job description / Role
Al-Futtaim Motors occupies the pre-eminent position of the largest distributor of automotive products in the Emirates and leads the rapid development of automobile business in the UAE,while continuing to contribute to Toyota's worldwide growth. Today Al- Futtaim Motors is synonymous with Toyota and Lexus,which enjoys undisputed leadership in the UAE in terms of the largest number of vehicles on the road.Besides Toyota,AF Motors also holds exclusive franchises for some of the world's top automobiloes and automotive products like Hino-Japan's leading heavy-duty vehicle manufacturer,Toyo & Chen shin/Maxxis tyres,GS & Panasonic batteries and many more.To provide full back-up support to these world-class franchises,AF Motors have an established network of showrooms and service & parts centre throughout the UAE.
Reporting Relationships: Production Planning Manager
Location: AFM Head Office - Dubai Festival City, Dubai
Department: Production Planning Department
Role Purpose:
Analyzes, forecasts and determines the right supply volume, at the right time to support the division's annual objectives
Key Responsibilities:
Support:
* Nenkei: Support the Nenkei plan with the annual, 6-month, and monthly order plans. Ensures ideal MOS (Months of Stock) for each model.
* Analysis: Provides an analysis of vehicle supply requirements using the Rundown tool, and incorporating various factors such as the sales plan, run rate, supplier restrictions, and campaign activities. Following this analysis, forecasts the ideal volume order by model.
* Presentation: Prepare a presentation showing the order recommendation and rationale behind this and presents them during the monthly Sales, Stock, and Order Planning (SSOP) meeting. Records the minutes
* Supply Planning: Ensures integration of sales plans, product plans, marketing and campaign activities, and order guidelines into the order plan.
* Risk Management: Analyze each model's supply flow and regularly anticipates opportunities and risks. Recommend proposals that either takes advantage of opportunities or mitigates effects of risks. Ensures proper advisory to all concerned.
* Negotiation: Holds regular discussions with TMC to negotiate for ideal allocation depending observing Heijunka (levelling). Must be able to consider short, medium and long term implications of each agreement. Must be able to balance conflicting priorities between principals and internals.
* Best Practices: Can easily adapt working styles and processes to conform to the Toyota Way. Actively participates in the company's Drive Magic Moments initiative, and conducts regular Impact Planning sessions.
Communication:
* Principals: Holds regular communication with principals to discuss allocation matters, production restrictions, Getsudo, and other TMC matters.
* Sales Channels: Holds regular communication with various AFM Channels to understand their requirements, limitations, as well as provide feedback on their supply situation. Ensures synchronization of plans with Sales Planning Dept.
* Internal Departments: Holds regular communications with other Departments within AFM to understand sales forecasting, campaign plans, marketing activities, product changes, logistics requirements, and other matters where supply is a factor.
* Internal Management: Â Can preside over the Sales Stock and Order Planning (SSOP) meeting, and hold a presentation to an audience made up of key management with authority.
* Production Planning: Must be able to communicate and coordinate effectively with the rest of the team in order to attain a common objective.
Innovation:
* Advanced proficiency in Excel.
* Continuously evaluates the Rundown to make this adaptive to market and customer requirements. Working experience using macros a key advantage.
* Working proficiencies in other MS Office applications a must.
* Familiarity with MS Visio is another advantage.
* Kaizen inspired thinking, and always looking to first standardize operations, and regularly propose solutions to making work and processes more simple and efficient. Identifying industry best practices, and incorporating those that are applicable.
* KPI driven: Develop new KPIs and update current.
Requirements
Knowledge:
* Customer (Guest): Customer First mindset. Feedback oriented
* Administration and Management: Attention to detail / Own initiative and accountability / Team player / Experience in an automobile distributor environment an advantage
* Sales and Marketing: Familiar with Supply and Demand and Supply Chain concepts / Toyota Way - an advantage.
* Financial and Accounting: Basic understanding of Finance / Forecasting capabilities
English Language: Effective communication skills with very high reading, speaking and writing acuity
Education:
Min - Bachelor's Degree holder
Experience:
Preferably 3 years of relevant Supply Chain experience
Job related Skills:
* Time Management: Calm under pressure. Can multitask and manage deadlines.
* Management of Personnel Resources: Team player. Works well with all levels of management
* Monitoring: Ability to develop and analyze KPIs / Attention to detail
* Active Learning: Kaizen and Customer First driven
* Stress Tolerance: Able to work in a dynamic environment with fluctuating levels of light to heavy loads. Overtime should not be an issue.
* Achievement/Effort: Results oriented
* Supervises: Order Specialist / Order & Administration Executive
About the Company
Established in the 1930's, the Al-Futtaim Group initially operated as a trading enterprise. Rapid development throughout the 1940's and 50's saw it establish itself regionally as an integrated commercial, industrial and services organisation, positioning itself one of the leading business houses in the lower Gulf region. Today, it operates collectively over 40 companies bearing the Al-Futtaim name, dominates many market segments in the UAE, and has expanded its sphere of operation to include Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman and Egypt.
The Group comprises a diverse range of strategically positioned operating subsidiaries and associate companies, structured to give the Al-Futtaim Group the flexibility and versatility to keep ahead of local competition while keeping pace with the ever-evolving global business scenario. The Groups continued investment in world-class systems technology is clear evidence of its commitment to maintain leading edge performance and service delivery.
The success of the Al-Futtaim Group can be attributed to a business approach that combines the ability to change with the traditional values of integrity, service and social responsibility that define its core business philosophy. This, linked with the Groups belief in decentralisation, gives the heads of the operating companies a high degree of functional autonomy and authority, providing the Group with essential flexibility, and individual employees a clearly defined work culture and sense of responsibility.