Manager, Mid-term Material Planner (Sofia office)

About this role

Please note that the first wave of the application process will remain open for three weeks. Job Purpose: The Manager, Mid-Term Material Planner ensures that the rights materials are available for call-off at the right time, with the right quantity and at the right cost to meet the production plan and customer demands. The team manages all packaging materials and ingredients required to enable finished goods production of CCEP Beverages (e.g

glass bottles, cans, labels, printed board, sugar, concentrate). Key Responsibilities (max 10) Calculate and validates by using SAP IBP software the requirements for non-finished goods based on the mid-term supply plan at a finished goods level factoring in segmentation guidelines and the inventory strategy. Generate materials plan covering 18 months outlook; develop and maintain weekly materials requirement plans (MRPs) by materials code, date, supplier and location including requirements for concentrates, empties and pallets/requirements for co-/repackers Share Materials Plan with relevant stakeholders (suppliers to secure availability when required, sites, finance, procurement, ...) Analyses material inventories to limit slow movers and obsolescence and ensure inventory targets are met at the end of each quarter

Take the lead in identifying, communicating and mitigating risks to supply through influencing and escalation in relevant S&OP meetings; perform Root Cause Analysis to understand target variances and develop and implement actions based on these root causes Accountable to minimize raw material write off costs; work closely with the commercialization teams to support new products implementation through the supply of new raw materials aligned to the change agenda of the business Supplier engagement: build good work relationship with suppliers both operationally and tactically to enable mutual trust and the prioritization of our products Monitor Key Business Indicators and feedback (e.g. inventory turn, volume allocatio

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