Reporting to the Supply Chain Director, the incumbent for this position will be responsible for managing the integrated business planning process, and will provide strategic and tactical guidance in relation to demand, supply and inventory planning.

KPA’s

Establish a strong end-to-end Supply Chain Planning function and develop related capabilities

Leads the implementation of the Integrated Business Planning process

Reviews and validates the demand and supply plans

Lead the management business review process to executive level

Safeguard the businesses ability to meet its demand objectives

Establish optimal inventory methods and stock holding policies

Develop and implement suitable supply planning metrics

Ensuring that inventory levels are optimally maintained taking service, cost and risk considerations into account

Managing the MRP implementation project

Co-ordinating new product, customer and site introductions

Deploy advanced planning tools and technologies

Competencies and Experience

10 years relevant work experience

3 years focussed on Supply Chain planning and inventory optimization

A NFQ Level 6 qualification preferably in the field of Supply Chain or Industrial Engineering

High numerical reasoning ability

Ability to process and analyse high volumes of data

Analytical and logical thinking

Accurate and precise with information
Good communication and presentation skills

Ability to work in a cross functional environment

A self-motivated individual with good interpersonal relationship skills

Knowledge

Understanding of commercial activities (sales and marketing)
Production and operations management
Sales and operations planning
Inventory systems and Materials Requirement Planning (MRP)
Production systems
Master production scheduling and operations scheduling
Advanced planning and operations systems