Location(s):

Ireland

City/Cities:

Ballina

Travel Required:

Relocation Provided:

Job Posting End Date:

February 9, 2025

Shift:

Job Description Summary:

Function Specific Activities:

The overall responsibility of this role is to ensure supply of materials meet production plans & sales plans taking into consideration contracts, batch sizes, inventory policies and storage capacity. The scope includes procurement of packaging materials and direct materials of a dedicated categories in 4 plants. The material planner will also lead the relationship management activities with their suppliers, as they relate to operational or tactical processes.

What you can do for us

1.           Purchase Order Management

Create, release, submit and follow through of Purchase Orders to meet the demands of the production plan and Product Commercialization requirements for dedicated material categories and across the different concentrate Plants. Review MRP suggestions and exception messages on a daily basis and activate materials / ingredients purchase, re-schedule and cancellation accordingly to support the production plan.Ensure manufacturing requirements are met and inventory policy adhered to the different CPS plants.Follow through and monitor inbound deliveries with Suppliers, Global Quality Labs & Plants teams to ensure materials are available in-time for production and meeting inventory guidelines.Fix issues (problem solving) with the key stakeholders for ensuring Continuity of SupplyRevise delivery schedule in a timely manner to communicate changes either internally or externally driven (eg, changes in customer priorities) to the relevant parties.  Pull in or push out ingredients / packaging materials accordingly to ensure a healthy inventory situation.Liaise with Plant Champion, Planning & Logistic teams and Lab, Warehouse, Product Portfolio teams, Formulations and Customer Services as appropriateEnsure Purchase Order closure and perform Invoice verification with Finance & key stakeholders, as necessary.

2.           Materials Inventory Management

Purchase ingredients and materials in adherence to the inventory guidelines to support the production plan.Perform weekly shortage reporting and mitigate any associated risks to supplySupport the Materials Review Board (MRB) & AOS (Age of Stock) processes by ensuring inventory levels comply with company’s policy and write-off are minimized.Proactively support mitigation of raw materials inventory at risk and coordinate effort in minimizing ingredient write-off.Support UISS Process & Mandated stock target where applicable & maintain the policy

3.           Supplier Management and development

Develop existing suppliers by performing regular performance reviews on suppliers’ delivery and drive improvements.

4.           Master Data maintenance

As part controller for purchased items in SAP, review and manage the Master Data and planning parameters in SAP or other planning system on a continuous basis to ensure good accurate and reliable information are exploded from MRP.

5.           Registration of materials / ingredients with relevant Authorities

Understand and comply with the requirements of the local authorities. 

6.           Complaint Handling

Manage supplier’s quality and performance by submitting non-compliance report and following through till closure.   Perform root-caused analysis with suppliers and internal parties and ensure corrective actions are in-placed and complete closure of issues.

7.           Drive improvement initiatives

Ownership of MRP II / SCE measures for area of responsibility.Proactively identify and drive improvements in business processes. 

Educational Requirements:

Degree or Diploma in Business, Chemistry or Food Science or equivalent.MRPII or ERP knowledge is preferred.Quality systems ISO 9001, ISO 14001, OHSAS 18001 experience would be considered an advantage.Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) experience is required.SAP experience would be considered as an advantage.Supply Chain post-graduate studies APICS certification would be considered as an advantage.

Related Job Requirements/Qualifications:

Minimum of 5 years experience in multinational organization’s Supply Chain/ Purchasing / Procurement function.Excellent communication skills, with proficiency in English. Excellent PC skills in Microsoft and Power point.    Preference for candidates with good working knowledge of SAP.Preference for candidates with Food/ beverage processing or pharmaceutical manufacturing SC experience.Knowledge on Free Trade Agreement.Good level of analytical, problem solving and strategic thinking skills.Good negotiation and vendor management skills.Good analytical skills on inventory management and optimization.

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Our Purpose and Growth Culture:

We are taking deliberate action to nurture an inclusive culture that is grounded in our company purpose, to refresh the world and make a difference. We act with a growth mindset, take an expansive approach to what’s possible and believe in continuous learning to improve our business and ourselves. We focus on four key behaviors – curious, empowered, inclusive and agile – and value how we work as much as what we achieve. We believe that our culture is one of the reasons our company continues to thrive after 130+ years. Visit Our Purpose and Vision to learn more about these behaviors and how you can bring them to life in your next role at Coca-Cola.