MRP Assistant Manager

Location: Suez, Egypt (On-site, Full Time)

Experience: 4 to 6 years — Manager level

Salary: Confidential + bonus

Categories: Logistics/Supply Chain, Purchasing/Procurement

Team Goals and Performance: Set team goals and objectives in line with management and company goals; monitor workplace performance and lead training initiatives to improve employees.

Budgets and Plans: Contribute to preparing and submitting the department budget; prepare and recommend the planning budget and monitor financial performance against it, so that anticipated costs are known, unsatisfactory performance is rectified promptly, and improvement opportunities are captured.

Policies, Systems, Processes & Procedures: Recommend policy improvements and direct the implementation of instructions covering all MRP planning activities, fulfilling procedural and legislative requirements while delivering a quality, cost-effective service. Understand customer and internal audit requirements and meet their objectives.

Leadership: Lead the MRP planning team through setting individual objectives, managing performance, recruiting qualified staff, developing and motivating staff, and providing formal and informal feedback and appraisal.

Day-to-Day Operations:

• Ensure material scheduling strategy and processes work effectively so material supply meets production requirements with minimum stock levels while optimising costs.
• Take ownership of material planning issues, including over/under delivery, and follow up especially on material shortages affecting production.
• Assess volume requirements against planning assumptions; manage inventory risk and ensure contingency plans are in place.
• Recommend solutions to meet production requirements and address operational risks; design and implement flexible solutions that drive process improvements.
• Ensure the MRP / IT system is effective and its data accurate and up to date; investigate and implement system enhancements.
• Achieve inventory optimization by updating the safety stock policy quarterly; ensure BOM integrity and inventory accuracy, and control inventory levels and movements.
• Own the obsolete parts process to minimize liability and waste.
• Report monthly on projected days cover at SKU and total-materials level; drive year-on-year inventory reduction and take corrective action when demand drops.
• Apply phase-in / phase-out with minimal leftover quantities, deplete carry-over stock, and obtain approvals for any write-offs.
• Develop interactive MRP reports based on a weekly bucket plan instead of a monthly plan.
• Share the monthly forecast (net supply plan) with procurement every S&OP cycle, and share MRP constraints and demand-change impacts with the Supply Chain Manager.
• Follow up required materials with the warehouse and purchasing teams; issue and follow up the PR cycle for packaging, chemicals, additives and oil on Oracle.
• Review materials on hand vs. planned stock levels weekly; review and update RM/PM safety stocks and reorder points quarterly to minimize FG out-of-stock risk.
• Issue weekly RM/PM POs for approval based on the production plan and inventory norms to meet working capital targets.
• Prepare the monthly RM/PM KPI report, including RM aging (freshness & expiry) and the Materials Availability Index at SKU level.
• Coordinate weekly with the production planner on whether the MPS is feasible from a materials standpoint.
• Monitor supplier delivery and quality performance, feed back to procurement, and analyze and resolve issues caused by supplier delays or demand increases.
• Investigate over-deliveries, delivery shortages and quality-related returns with suppliers.
• Develop a monthly vendor schedule with weekly item-level breakdown, considering promotions, discontinuations and new launches; review and maintain material master files quarterly.

Production Scheduling Changes: Expedite, de-expedite, create or cancel RM/PM POs to meet scheduling changes (machine breakdowns, manpower, supplier issues, commercial needs).

Materials Review: Monthly review of non-moving, slow-moving and moving materials with clear root cause analysis and time-bound corrective actions.

Standards & Regulations: Ensure activities are monitored and regulatory compliance audits and inspections are conducted.

Projects: Initiate and carry out projects that improve efficiency and/or reduce operating costs.

Reporting: Ensure all function reports are prepared timely and accurately to BU requirements, policies and standards.

Health, Safety & Environment: Ensure compliance with all relevant safety and environmental procedures and controls across planning.