MRP Lead

PepsiCo needs an MRP Lead in New Cairo, Egypt, to keep raw and packaging materials available for production across local and export markets. The work runs from monthly material plans to supplier delivery schedules, purchase orders and shortages.

What the MRP lead job in New Cairo involves

The listing also calls the post Materials Planning Lead or Materials Planning Manager. Its stated purpose is reliable, cost-effective material availability with minimum inventory and waste, and it includes leading a materials planning team.

Responsibilities

• Turns forecasts and the production plan into monthly, weekly and daily raw and packaging material plans, balanced across export and local demand and the sales AOP targets
• Compares daily opening stock with production requirements, shares the plans with the sourcing team, and reviews raw material stocks with manufacturing against sales forecasts and finished goods stocks
• Issues purchase orders, creates new items and return POs in SAP, reviews PO status monthly and closes redundant ones, while keeping MRP/ERP/SAP, BOM and inventory data accurate
• Sends delivery schedules to suppliers and the raw material warehouse team, follows up deliveries against the production plan and storage capacity, and tracks supplier performance in the evaluation tracker
• Resolves shortages, over-deliveries, overdue supplier invoices and other supply disruptions, and manages raw material transfers between plants and 3PL warehouses
• Oversees obsolete materials, write-off cost and inventory risk, and keeps contingency plans in place
• Works with purchasing, logistics, engineering, production and marketing, including on new product launches, and looks for process improvements
• Reports KPIs and metrics to leadership, supports ISO certification and audits, manages budgets, develops planning strategies and policies, and leads and coaches the materials planning team

Requirements

• Hands-on experience in materials planning, MRP, production planning, inventory management or a comparable planning role
• Strong knowledge of MRP/ERP processes and SAP
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint, and the ability to turn planning data into KPIs, risks, scenarios and actions
• Understanding of supplier performance management, procurement interfaces, manufacturing requirements, warehousing, logistics and end-to-end supply chain processes
• Business acumen, communication, influencing and stakeholder-management skills
• Organizational, decision-making, resilience and continuous-improvement skills, with a focus on service, cost, inventory and compliance
• Professional proficiency in English

How to apply

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