SNP PLANNER at Anheuser-Busch in Dar es Salaam, Coastal Zone, Tanzania

Dreaming big is in our DNA. It’s who we are as a company. It’s our culture. It’s our heritage. And more than ever, it’s our future. A future where we’re always looking forward. Always serving up new ways to meet life’s moments. A future where we keep dreaming bigger. We look for people with passion, talent, and curiosity, and provide them with the teammates, resources and opportunities to unleash their full potential. The power we create together – when we combine your strengths with ours – is unstoppable. Are you ready to join a team that dreams as big as you do?

The Key Purpose of this role is to develop and manage short-term brewing, distilling, and packaging plans that meet forecasted sales demand while optimizing inventory levels, maximizing GLY, maintaining inventory policies, and ensuring high customer service levels through effective supply planning and cross-functional collaboration.

Key Roles and Responsibilities:

Supply & Production Planning

• Develop and publish short-term brewing, distilling, and packaging plans (1-14 days) aligned to forecasted demand and production capacity.
• Optimize production schedules and inventory allocation to prevent lost sales and identify risks, constraints, and opportunities proactively.
• Conduct scenario planning to evaluate capacity, inventory, and service level trade-offs.
• Balance demand, capacity, and inventory while supporting commercial objectives and service level targets.
• Translate production plans into operational KPIs, including GLY, NST, and OAE, ensuring alignment across production teams.

Brewing, Distilling & Packaging Scheduling

• Plan brewhouse, filtration, racking, distilling, blending, and packaging activities to ensure stock availability.
• Publish and monitor brewing, distilling, and packaging schedules to maintain adequate inventory by brand and pack.
• Ensure all resources, including materials, packaging components, empties, and labour requirements, are available to execute approved plans.
• Monitor production execution and adjust schedules where required to maintain service levels.

Inventory & Data Management

• Manage master data and planning parameters within planning systems.
• Maintain accurate product, resource, transportation, and inventory master data.
• Ensure transactional data, including inventory levels, production plans, transfers, in-transit stock, and sales orders, is current and accurate.
• Continuously review inventory performance and recommend actions to optimize stock holding and working capital.

Performance Management & Reporting

• Monitor, analyze, and report supply chain and planning KPIs on a daily, weekly, and monthly basis.
• Facilitate adherence to LCP planning routines, standards, and governance requirements.
• Drive root cause analysis and corrective actions for out-of-range KPIs using structured problem-solving methodologies.
• Ensure timely publication of reports and planning outputs in accordance with business requirements.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives through standardized work practices, SOPs, and Operational Work Diagnoses (OWDs).

Stakeholder Management

• Serve as the primary link between Demand and Supply teams to ensure alignment on short-term plans.
• Collaborate closely with SNP Planners, MRP Planners, Inventory Deployment Teams, Logistics Managers, Production Teams, Retpack Execution Specialists, and Zone Planning Teams.
• Effectively communicate risks, opportunities, and recommended actions to key stakeholders.

Key Competencies and Attributes:

• Supply chain and production planning expertise.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Inventory management and optimization capability.
• Data analysis and reporting proficiency.
• Planning systems and ERP knowledge (e.g., SAP/APO, IBP, SYSPRO, or equivalent).
• Strong commercial and customer service orientation.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Attention to detail and high levels of accuracy.
• Decision-making and scenario planning capability.
• Continuous improvement mindset.
• Results-driven with strong organizational and time management skills.

Minimum Requirements:

• National Diploma or Bachelor's Degree in Supply Chain Management, Logistics, Industrial Engineering, Operations Management, Commerce, or a related field.
• 3-5 years' experience in supply planning, production planning, or supply chain operations.
• Experience within FMCG, beverage, manufacturing, or process industries preferred.
• Proven experience in inventory management, production scheduling, and demand-supply balancing.
• Experience working with ERP and supply planning systems.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills.
• Strong understanding of production, inventory, and supply chain planning processes.
• Knowledge of KPI management and performance reporting.
• Experience with planning methodologies and continuous improvement practices.

Additional Information:

• Band: VIII

ABInBev is an equal opportunity employer, and all appointments will be made in line with ABInBev employment equity plan and talent requirements. The advert has minimum requirements listed. Management reserves the right to use additional/ relevant information as criteria for short-listing.