CAREER OPPORTUNITY

DEMAND PLANNER (1POST)

Premier Foods Limited (PFL) is a leading food processing company in East Africa,
manufacturing over 50 different products under various brand names, including,
PEPTANG, PEP and ORCHID VALLEY. Our brands have been in use since 1935 and have
become well known household names in the region.

We are looking to hire a Demand Planner. This position will be based in Ruaraka, Nairobi
County.

The Demand Planner will be responsible for the process of anticipating demand and
planning materials and components to supply that demand, along with production,
marketing, distribution, and sales.

The main duties and responsibilities will entail: -

 To manage and maintain the relationship with key stakeholders by acting as the
overall company demand and supply planner.
 To execute forecast and demand management by investigating substantial demand
and supply imbalances.
 To support projects and initiatives such as new product development (NPDs), deals,
acquisitions or business development initiatives.
 Interact with sales, product, and the customer to understand demand forecast drivers
and plan for the same.
 Drive weekly operational demand and supply reviews to ensure production plans,
Material Requirement Plans and in Market Sales are aligned to the demand plan while
maintaining optimum stock levels and communicating constraints in a timely manner.
 Manage forecasting of imported and locally sourced raw materials and packaging
material by ensuring we have optimal cover and efficient working capital and follow
up with procurement for ordering of the same when re-order levels are reached.
 Provide necessary inputs to Materials Requirement Planning e.g. line availability,
planned shutdowns (PMs, holidays) key to generating requirements.
 Chair weekly production planning meetings by bringing together all key stakeholders
from sales, operations, and finance departments and with their inputs create a single
production plan.
 To manage the supply function in order fulfilment, shipping, warehousing and store
to ensure healthy inventory for product availability.
 To plan for the production of all new products and ensure that they are delivered to
market as per timetable.
 Develop and evaluate capacity plan both by line and SKU and advise manufacturing
on shift production patterns.
 Manage and develop strategy of assigned products to optimize service, inventory and
efficiency.
 Analyze short term constraints and establishing recommendations for resolution
 Cultivate and manage effective communications and working relationships cross-
functionally Ensure change over times, standard hours, rates and demonstrated
capacity are accurately reflected in the planning systems.
 Maintain schedule stability.
 Generate and share daily reports on production schedule adherence, Class A SKUs
availability and at risk of OOS SKUs.
 Produce weekly variance (forecast accuracy) report for continuous monitoring of
actual sales vs demand.

Career Opportunity at PFL

 CAREER OPPORTUNITY
 Share on a weekly basis the production plan for the week and rolling forecast for the
month and convene weekly production planning meeting to discuss the same.

The ideal candidate will have the following qualifications: -

 Bachelor’s degree in mathematics/statistics/accounting or related Manufacturing ERP

course.
 Master’s degree is an added advantage.
 At least 5 years on hands on managerial support level in a manufacturing
environment.
 Strong in analytical and statistical skills
 Advanced level knowledge of excel.
 Demonstrates strong collaboration, integrity & accountability.
 Good planning & communication skills.

Applicants should submit their application together with a detailed resume, copies of
testimonials and a daytime telephone number to the Head of Human Resources or email
to hr@peptang.com by 18th January, 2023.

Premier Foods Limited is an equal opportunity employer.

Career Opportunity at PFL