RALIRWA Plc, Part of the Heineken Company, is engaged in the production, distribution and sales of a wide range of beer and beverage brands. A career with BRALIRWA offers great challenges combined with exciting opportunities to own and grow one’s career in line with their aspirations.

BRALIRWA is looking for a qualified, dedicated & experienced individual to fill the position of Planning Manager based in Kigali, reporting to the Import & Planning Manager.

JOB PURPOSE

The Planning Manager has an end-to-end accountability for the Demand and Supply planning and is responsible for facilitating the execution of Sales and Operations planning processes.

TASKS & RESPONSIBILITIES

Production Planning

• Translate demand plans into inventory plans, stocks plans and capacity plans for production resources (on aggregated and detailed level),
• Make cost-optimal decision regarding production allocation and determine the impact of different production planning decisions on costs and customer service,
• Coordinates the production planning process in a logical way taking into account interdependencies with demand planning, brewing and scheduling activities.
• Lead efforts to continuously improve Customer Service levels

Sales and Operations Planning

• Organize the S&OP Demand Review meeting and facilitates decision-making in S&OP cycle,
• Contribute to the S&OP process by ensuring timely and accurate information are produced,
• Identify gaps between actual and required performance using S&OP tools,
• Ensure clear decisions are taken in the S&OP cycles, define a concise action list, monitors its execution and report all taken decisions in the next cycle,
• Ensuring that taken decisions are aligned between all S&OP stakeholders,
• Coordinate all different functions (Sales and Supply Chain) to reach a high level of performance during the sales peak season period,
• Clarifies, communicates, and monitors tasks and responsibilities of all relevant stakeholders involved in the weekly S&OP process and daily S&OP meeting during the peak season.

Reporting

• Report gaps in planning processes and S&OP cycles,
• Communicate and align with all stakeholders on main issues related to planning processes,
• Communicate the impact of identified supply and demand constraints,
• Escalate issues to Management Team when the risk involved is major or high.

QUALIFICATION AND SKILLS

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Management, Economics, International Business or any other related field; A master’s degree will be an added advantage
• At least 4 of years of working experience in Planning and Importation department from a well-known organization;
• Working knowledge of MS Office packages-Word, Excel & Power Point, ERP System (Navision);
• Fluent in English and Kinyarwanda (both verbally and in writing), and French will be added advantage;

OTHER REQUIREMENTS

• Be able to work in multi-cultural, multi-national and multi-lingual organization
• Excellent and effective communication and interpersonal  skills
• Time Management and Organizational Skills
• High level of commitment and working with minimal supervision
• Must be proactive, reliable and able to pay keen attention to the smallest of details
• Ability to effectively work cross functionallly
• Ability to think operationally and contribute to strategic plans