Material Planner

Unilever

Egypt

Ref: MP598-111

Job description / Role

Employment: Full Time

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Evaluate material requirements based on system generated MRP and requisition materials accordingly.
• Expedite and de-expedite raw and package materials to support and maintain a flexible production schedule while communicating with Business Units and support departments to achieve customer satisfaction.
• Monitor raw and package inventory to achieve continuous improvement in inventory optimization. Maintain and utilize inventory models.
• Interface with Purchasing, Supply Chain Planning, Vendors, TCU, IMG and Traffic.
• Maintain Bills of Material, material master data, factory invoices and internal KPI’s .
• Apply WCM principals to identify major loss areas, facilitate process improvement.
• Work closely with the production planners to get the material requirements and issue the planned orders.
• Plan raw material and corresponding packaging supply.
• Ensure that the correct prices are updated and request any prices update from the supply management.
• Coordinated with suppliers for issuing purchase orders, and monitored their supply progress.
• Monitored stock levels and maintained optimum business level; interfaced with production and consumption points to maintain min. stock levels.
• Implement consignment inventory goals, turnover targets.
• Issue forecast of the materials to the suppliers on periodic basis.
• Coordinate with the clearance team for shipment clearance.
• Coordinate with the warehousing team to manage the shipment receiving

Requirements

• 1 - 4 years of experience in Planning.
• Engineering Graduate is a must.
• Strong Communication Skills.
• SAP Background is preferable
• FMCG Experience is preferable.

About the Company

Unilever is one of the leading FMCG company with 400 brands spanning 14 categories of home, personal care and foods products, no other company touches so many people's lives in so many different ways.

Our brand portfolio has made us leaders in every field in which we work. It ranges from much-loved world favourites including Lipton, Knorr, Dove and Omo, to trusted local brands such as Blue Band and Suave.

From comforting soups to warm a winter's day, to sensuous soaps that make you feel fabulous, our products help people get more out of life.

We're constantly enhancing our brands to deliver more intense, rewarding product experiences. We invest €1 billion every year in cutting edge research and development, and have five laboratories around the world that explore new thinking and techniques to help develop our products.

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