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Job Title:    Demand Planner

Organization: Movit Products Limited

Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda

Reports to: Head of Planning

About US:

Movit Products Limited (MPL) is a leading Quality Cosmetics Manufacturing Company in Africa with operations in Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Rwanda, Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan. Movit Products Limited manufactures healthy beauty hair, skin and nail care products aimed at empowering every person to face life with confidence.

Job Summary:  The Demand Planner will be responsible for the Demand Planning aspect of Supply Chain activities in the country. The goal of this position is to continuously improve customer service (CS), drive and integrate the sales and operations process within the business, and simultaneously reduce finished goods inventory to achieve working capital (WC) targets, by improving forecast accuracy while supporting category growth.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Actively lead improvements in demand signal generation by embedding the S&OP process within demand planning.
• Manage and monitor the sales demand planning impacts through the planning horizon via continuous review and assessment of the demand management forecast.
• Drive forecasting improvements to meet targets for key products and packs, taking responsibility for training and development of colleagues in this area.
• Develop, modify, and communicate the short and long-range demand plan to Product Supply. This role functions as the pivotal communication point for supply and service constraints between supply planning and the business team.
• Actively work with Product Supply and Category Channel Sales Development Teams to proactively take actions that deliver business results.
• Coordinate all aspects of Demand Planning related to the delivery of projects that support growth objectives, innovation, cost reductions, operational efficiency improvements, and reduce business waste.

Financial Management

• Ensure optimization of working capital by maintaining the right stock levels based on Demand signals
• Input into the CCSD department budget as per the set guidelines
• Monitor and control the allocated budget

Risk Management

• Identify the department’s risks, and their various mitigations and keep track of them.

Compliance

• Ensure regulatory compliance in the execution of activities within Uganda
• Adherence to all Movit Group and In Country Policies and Procedures.
• Prepare and submit Demand Planning reports

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Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• The applicant must hold a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration or related field. Post Graduate Diploma in Business Administration preferred.
• Three to five years of relevant experience in the FMCG Industry preferably in a similar role or Sales Forecasting.
• Comprehensive understanding of the in-country consumer market with strong acumen for numbers.
• Must be of unquestionable integrity, Honesty, Trustworthiness, and
• Must be a team player
• Must be a self-starter and have an appreciation of business growth and priorities.
• Strong Leadership potential to effectively drive a business agenda and operational coordination of activities.
• Advanced experience with MS Office
• Commercially astute with the understanding of key commercial drivers
• Analytical Skills
• Strong consumer and customer marketing/sales capabilities
• Self-Starter and Action Oriented
• Ability to harness peer Relationships
• Agile and Driven
• Collaboration
• Problem-Solving
• Communication Skills

How to Apply:

All interested and qualified candidates are invited to send their updated CV to our email: hr@movitproducts.com

NB: Please indicate the Job Title in the subject line. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Deadline: 13^th July 2023

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