Vacancy title:
Production & Planning Manager

Jobs at:
Mobisol Rwanda Ltd

Deadline of this Job:
23rd November 2018

Duty Station:
Kigali, Rwanda

Summary
Date Posted: 23rd October 2018 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed , Employment Type: Full-Time

About the Company

JOB DETAILS:

Mobisol, a leading player in decentralized solar electrification, offers a clean and affordable alternative to fossil fuels for tower-income households and small businesses in rural
Sub Saharan Africa. Combining solar energy with mobile payment technology, Mobisol designs, procures, distributes and services large solar home systems. This way, the Germany-based company enables rural families and business owners to power a range of complementary appliances, such as TVs, stereos, fridges, and thereby improve their standard of living and earn incremental income by establishing solar-powered businesses.

Mobisol provides a credible alternative to a grid connection that millions have been waiting for in vain, and ensures affordability through flexible payment plans

Mobisol is seeking to a self-motivated, highly accountable, result-oriented person, strong interpersonal skills, and proactive, flexible, creative, excellent team player to fill the position of "Production &Planning Manager”

Reporting to Mobisol Group COO, The Production & Planning Manger Responsibilities include delivering inventory performance with direct accountability for Demand and Supply
Planning activities and production flows across values streams from suppliers to delivery distribution and /or consumption of product by end customers.

Act as a strong liaison between CO’S and HQ addressing major risks related to Supply
and Demand fluctuations

Create tools to track major metrics related to Global Supply Chain Performance

JOB FUNCTIONS:

Demand planning

• Review sales historic and the forecast with local teams
  
• Lead inventory Plan& Strategies (optimize inventory turnover)
  
• Review and incorporate Service Network needs
  
• Review New Product Introduction (NPI) to include into Demand Planning
  
• Review B2B Sales to include into Demand Planning
  
• Release monthly Demand Planning
  

Supply planning :

• Assess Production and Logistics capability
  
• Provide monthly Material Requirement Planning (MRP) to HQ Supply team
  
• Review and support shipments planning and routing with HQ Logistics team in order to  reduce lead-time
  
• Review available inventories in china (or other production zones)
  
• Roll-out of inventory management tool (Information accuracy and ordering process )
  
• Credit back inventory from TechOps refurbishment items
  Continuous Improvement:
  
• Taking into account corporate strategy, improve any core processes related to or impacted to the above, or aiming at improving customer services.
  
• Preform actions aiming a reducing working capital and dead stock.
  

Requirements

• Master’s degree in Supply Chain or Operation Management
  
• Minimum 8+ years‘ experience in supply chain I Industrial project
  
• Skills in data analytics, forecasting, production planning, inventory management
  
• Proven team player
  
• Self-starter with a passion for Mobisol and its mission to plug in the world
  
• Quality value Engineering with local teams to improve efficiency
  
• Skills in manufacturing costs Analysis
  
• Multicultural team player, committed to deliver on time, Stress management
  
• Willingness to travel domestically! internationally
  
• Fluency in English