Management Trainee

Position Summary

The Coca-Cola Company's Supply chain function delivers value above and beyond just normal day to day operations and creates a value chain to always deliver right product at the right place on the right time. Our role as strategic business partners is to drive decision-making, translate insights into meaningful actions, and enable great ideas to come to life. As a member of our team, you will support some of the world's most well-known brands and embark on a career journey that enriches and accelerates your development.

Our comprehensive 2-year Supply Chain Management Trainee Program gives you hands-on experience and knowledge essential to begin a successful career in Finance & Accounting at The Coca-Cola Company.

Key Responsibilities

Conduct daily planning activity to resolve the imbalance of supply & demand.

The key objective of this role is to create monthly/weekly achievable production plans based on available capacity and in line with agreed S&OP volume, ensuring uninterrupted supply of concentrates and beverage base to customers.

Delegate for Planning Manager when required.

Perform as a power user of Production Planning Module.

Operational Planning

• Produce, own and present achievable S&OP to Pakistan CPS Leadership team
• Prepare the monthly production plan in agreement with area Managers to meet Customer needs and ensure inventory requirements are accomplished.
• Evaluate capacity to identify potential bottlenecks and take necessary action

Master Schedule Plan

• Monitor the execution of the Production Plan daily with area Managers/Finite Schedulers and communicate in a timely manner any changes that will impact other functions.
• Prepare reporting for CPS Pakistan LT on weekly production progress.
• Liaise with Vendor Schedulers, Finite Schedulers, QA, Production areas and Customer Services as appropriate.
• Support weekly schedule to ensure short-term manufacturing needs are agreed and monitored on a weekly basis in formal MPS meetings. Capacity plan is taken into consideration.
• Prepare capacity planning process to ensure demonstrated capacity and review critical work centres on a regular basis.
• Capacity & productivity factors are reviewed regularly. Process exists and the system is updated to reflect current.

Process Optimization & Governance

• Create and maintain SOPs for relevant business areas.
• Own full complement of MRP II / SCE metrics for Pakistan site. Prepare and support for Audit and local reporting.
• Create and maintain appropriate records to effectively track key business indicators for the areas of responsibility.
• Ensure customer satisfaction by responding to customer complaints/concerns in a timely manner and ensuring corrective actions are followed up and communicated.
• Improve operating efficiency, plant utilization and packaging rationalization by reducing areas of material wastage and/or line inefficiency.
• Participate in development of productivity enhancements for the operations and warehouse areas.

Inventory Planning

• Responsible for finished goods as well as the corresponding ingredients' inventory policy. Ensure long term and short-term plans align with the policy setting.
• Monitor planning parameter setting for all items to ensure system requirements and constraints are current. Monitor the Pareto analysis on planning parameter change. Ensure high accuracy in the route of material.

Warehousing & logistics

• Responsible for driving inventory counting accuracy and helping team perform counts as and when required as per process.
• Managing & planning inbounds & outbounds in line with capacity optimization.
• Helping team drive best in class GMP in warehousing operations.
• Responsible for ensuring storage conditions are met as per standards and supporting P&L manager with improvements in operations.

Education Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in management, Supply Chain, or related field from a reputable university
• Preferred cumulative GPA of 3.0 or above

Experience

• Previous experience / Internship or other practical experience in a FMCG industry preferred.
• Leadership experience in an extra-curricular activity or organization

Additional Requirements

• Available to start the program immediately

Knowledge & Skills

• Risk takers who challenge the status quo, aren't afraid to try and fail, and who set high expectations for themselves and others.
• Collaborative problem solvers and doers who hold themselves and their teammates accountable.
• Self-starters who are results-oriented, analytical, innovative, intellectually curious and who take initiative.
• Strong communicators who exhibit leadership skills and demonstrate the outstanding ability to learn quickly in a fast-paced environment.

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