Ongoing Recruitment at Seven-Up Bottling Company Limited

Seven-Up Bottling Company Limited is one of the largest manufacturing companies in Nigeria, producing and distributing some of the nation’s most- loved beverages in the country like; Pepsi, 7Up, Mirinda, Teem, Mountain Dew, H2oH!, Lipton Ice Tea and Aquafina premium drinking water. SBC has recently entered into Home & Personal Care category with the 2SURE brand and launched its first product, a Hand & Surface Sanitizer. Seven Up boasts of nine bottling plants with state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities strategically located across various regions in the country.

We are recruiting to fill the positions below:

Job Title: Demand Planning Manager

Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

Responsibilities
We are looking to hire a Demand Planning Manager who will be responsible for the following;

Monitor forecast accuracy, proactively communicating variances to appropriate stakeholders and the impact to manufacturing and supply chain.
Collaborate extensively with stakeholders to determine manufacturing and inventory levels
Enable financial forecast accuracy improvement, business planning, operation excellence and supply chain stability.
Liaise with regional demand and supply planners in the preparation of reports to support various S&OP meetings.
Review historical sales trends and demand drives for continuous improvement of forecasting systems and models.

Requirements

Candidates should possess a Bachelor's / Master's Degree with 3 - 7 years work experience.

Job Title: Category Specialist - Raw and Packaging Materials

Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

Responsibilities
We are looking to hire a Category Specialist to handle the following responsibilities:

Drafts detailed contracts with suppliers, negotiate pricing, quantity, and delivery schedules.
Analyze and calculate costs of procurement and suggest methods to decrease expenditure.
Conduct periodic competitor analysis and benchmarking to drive competitive pricing for material inputs.
Handle & resolve diverse supplier or operational issues when they arise and escalate if not amicably resolved.
Evaluate market conditions and risk management plans.
Support with the implementation and operational execution of efficient sourcing strategies.
Optimize sourcing procedures to attain maximum efficiency and ensuring transparency of spending.

Requirements

Candidates should possess a Bachelor's Degree with 3 - 5 years work experience.

Job Title: Material Planning Manager

Location: Lagos

Responsibilities
We are looking to hire a Material Planning Manager to handle the following responsibilities:

Ensure that material scheduling strategy and processes are in place and work effectively in order to ensure material supply meets production requirements with minimum stock levels, whilst optimizing costs
Oversee processes to ensure correct categories assemblies reach end users at the correct time
Take a coordinating lead, working closely with internal and external parties to ensure supply of materials to satisfy production requirements
Ensure the integrity of Bill of Materials (BOM) and inventory accuracy at all times and manage and control inventory levels and movements
Seek and recommend solutions to overcome issues arising in order to meet production requirements and address operational risks
Assess volume requirements against planning assumption.

Requirements