Manager, Mid Term Planning Raw Materials

ZipRecruiter; Little Gaddesden; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job description

Job Description

The Material Supply Manager is managing commodities spread over large multi-country territories ensuring specific Raw and Pack Materials are available for call off by local teams to meet the production plan in an optimal way to deliver the overall CCEP business plan. We are looking for a German who can communicate to the Factory sites in Germany. Candidates can be based across Europe but with the ability to travel to a CCEP site on a regular basis.

What to expect:

1. Accountable for preparing and communicating the feasible materials mid-term plan covering 1-18 months outlook.
2. Ensure outstanding levels of stock availability to all the concerned sites using these materials. Demonstrate agility to ensure suppliers react to the latest CCEP needs.
3. Running weekly IBP (Planning System) forecasts and adjusting supplier plans accordingly.
4. Running monthly IBP plans to ensure suppliers are planning enough capacity and contingency for CCEP needs.
5. Keep track of volume allocation agreements and agreed stock profiles.
6. Deliver the annual budget/seasonal updates for the commodities managed.
7. Supporting local BU and central S&OP processes ensuring data is supported by analysis and insight.
8. Ensure material forecasts reflect the latest material/vendor combinations managing expertly phase in/phase out timings, working with commercialisation teams on evolving priorities.
9. Pro-actively provide visibility to the business on season profiles, risks and opportunities and build contingency plans in collaboration with procurement and the sites.
10. Accountable to minimize raw material write off costs driven by the material change agenda.
11. Collaborate with BU Short Term Planning teams, Sites, Mid Term Planning, Procurement and other key stakeholders within the business.
12. Manage relationships with suppliers to enable mutual trust and the prioritization of our products. Become a SME (subject matter expert) in the end to end cycle of your commodity.
13. Monitor and feedback the performance of the suppliers, support procurement with the contract negotiation with suppliers and the SRM process.
14. Take the overall lead in the management of any shortage situations.

Skills & Essentials:

1. 8 years relevant work experience.
2. 5 years experience in supply environment with a strong affinity of the end-to-end supply chain including Sales & Operations Planning processes.
3. Excellent communication skills, the ability to build and sustain working relationships across multiple functions and sites.
4. Strong interpersonal skills to constructively challenge stakeholders.
5. Strong analytical skills with the ability to pay attention to detail, the ability to interrogate data and produce detailed outputs as well as overseeing the bigger picture.
6. Integrated understanding of financial drivers to be able to balance customer service levels, working capital, asset utilization and costs.
7. Excellence in execution working in a dynamic, complex and fast moving environment to manage expected and unexpected changes in the plan under time constraints and with limited information.
8. Systems knowledge: SAP IBP, SAP ECC, Excel (advanced level), PowerPoint, Share-point.
9. Degree level, experience considered on case-by-case basis.
10. Fluent German required.
11. Proficiency in other European languages advantageous.

Location:

EU location with the ability to travel to a CCEP site twice a week. 20% travel.

Please apply with a copy of your CV in English and we look forward to your application.

We are Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP) – a dedicated team of 42,000 people, serving customers in 31 countries, who work together to make, move and sell some of the world’s most loved drinks. We are a global business and one of the leading consumer goods companies in the world.

We help our 2.1 million customers grow, and we are constantly investing in exciting new products, innovative technologies and fresh ideas. This helps us to delight the 600 million people who enjoy our drinks every day. From diverse backgrounds and different abilities, we welcome people from all walks of life and empower unique perspectives.

We recognise we’ve got some way to go, but we’ll get there with the support of our people. It’s them who drive our future growth. To find out more about what it’s like to work at CCEP and our culture, we would welcome you to speak to one of our employees on our live chat platform.

We recognise some people prefer not to participate in alcohol related sales, interactions, or promotions. If that’s true for you – please raise this with your talent acquisition contact who will advise you on whether this role includes activities related to our alcohol portfolio.