Category Demand and Supply Planning Senior Manager
Nestlé Middle East
Total years of experience :25 years, 11 Months
Duties & Responsibilities in the current role :
Manage the total D&SP role for Nestlé Professionals, to ensure right stocks at the right time. Manage Working Capital, ensure all KPI’s are on track, all new investments including production and also Vending Machines are placed at the right venues. Ensure a robust demand plan and accurate supplies to all DC’s. One face to the business and reporting to the BEM of Nestlé Professionals.
Monitoring and analysing master schedule attainment, capacity resource planning of factories, Line efficiencies/speeds, capacity utilisation etc.
Organising shipments, planning production, coordination end to end from production to supply to the end customer.
Operating IT systems to manage timings, cost and stock levels.
Analysing data to assess performance, discover logistical problems and devise plans for improvement.
Negotiating and agreeing contracts.
- Duties & Responsibilities :
Review, analyse and take corrective actions to Improve on demand variability, demand plan accuracy, sales trends, run rates, cannibalisation assumptions, customer service level, stock service level, remaining shelf life, ageing stocks, stock cover policies, production cycles, Line Speeds, Capacity utilisation, etc.
Planning, ensuring and stabilising supply.
Provide best estimate of future dispatches to the producing and receiving countries and the implications in terms of projected stock cover and customer service level to the business.
Daily Liaison between factories (Producers), receiving countries, brand team and the business unit.
Consistently maintain and improve customer service levels and stock service levels.
Planning of promotions, activities, phase in phase-outs, source transitions etc.
Monthly reporting of stock cover of finished goods, semi-finished goods, raw and pack materials.
Control and Improve stock cover, working capital and future projections of stock cover.
Monitor material requirements planning and detailed production scheduling.
Review, analyse and reduce variations and fluctuations in production planning, stabilising
production and supply plans to have effective capacity resource planning.
Monitoring and analysing master schedule attainment, capacity resource planning of factories, Line efficiencies/speeds, capacity utilisation etc.
Improve Inter market demand, supply and production planning performances and processes through KPI’s.
Demand Planning, Distributor operations (MMI & NMC) & Warehousing of products (Brylcreem, Ambi-Pur, Kiwi, Radox, Sanex, Eskinol, etc).
1. Duties & Responsibilities :
Sales Forecasting and improving demand plan accuracy.
Conduct monthly demand review meetings, review sales forecasts, building blocks, activities, launch, re-launch, trade deals, etc.
Discuss past and current performance and take necessary action plans to achieve targets.
Lead Supply Planning and Logistics Coordination.
Weekly liaison with Suppliers, Sales team, Consumer Business Development team, Customer Service team and Warehouse team to ensure effective planning, execution & free movement of stocks.
Reporting monthly on out of stock (root cause of out of stock & the volume lost due to out of stock).
Providing feedback and suggestion to the management and supplier to reduce out of stock in the future.
Reporting on excess and remnant stocks if any, and taking necessary action on depletion plan.
Maintaining the minimum/optimum level of inventory, controlling working capital and maintain the availability of stocks.
Working with the GM, Brand Managers, Sales Manager and Sales team to achieve the targeted business plan, market growth etc.
Set up the Nestlé Operations in Oman as a separate exclusive Division. Worked closely with the Marketing Manager & was involved with the daily sales operation, setting up of targets, monitoring sales and placing orders with the Nestlé HO. Involved in setting up sales targets by Region, and sales Team. Later returned back to Oman in 2000 & was incharge for the Nizwa depot handling stocks for BAT, Colgate, Kraft & Nestlé.