Materials Scheduler

**Purchase Order Management**
- Create, release, submit and follow through of Purchase Orders to meet the demands of the production plan and Product Commercialization requirements for dedicated material categories and across 1 to 12 concentrate Plants.
- Review MRP suggestions and exception messages on a daily basis and activate materials / ingredients purchase, re-schedule and cancellation accordingly to support the production plan.
- Ensure manufacturing requirements are met and inventory policy adhered to the 12 Plants in Europe, Africa, Asia.
- Follow through and monitor inbound deliveries with Suppliers, Warehouse, 3PL and QA to ensure materials are available in-time for production and meeting inventory guidelines.
- Follow through and monitor inbound deliveries with Suppliers warehouse, 3PL and QA to expedite the activities leading to the receiving of inbound materials to support production usage and trials
- Revise delivery schedule in a timely manner to communicate changes either internally or externally driven (eg, changes in customer priorities) to the relevant parties. Pull in or push out ingredients / packaging materials accordingly to ensure a healthy inventory situation.
- Liaise with Plant Champion, Master Planner, Planning and Logistic Manager and team, Lab, Warehouse, Product Portfolio team, Formulations and Customer Services as appropriate.
- Ensure Purchase Order closure and perform Invoice verification with Finance, as necessary.
- Ownership of MRP II / SCE measures for area of responsibility.
- Proactively manage Aging stock to mitigate the impact on P&L

**Materials Inventory Management**
- Purchase ingredients and materials in adherence to the inventory guidelines to support the production plan.
- Support the Materials Review Board (MRB) process by ensuring inventory levels comply with company’s policy and write-off are minimized.
- Proactively support mitigation of ingredients inventory at risk and coordinate effort in minimizing ingredient write-off.

**Business Planning**
- Perform budget preparation of materials / ingredients requirement.

**Supplier management and development**
- Develop existing suppliers by performing regular performance reviews on suppliers’ delivery and drive improvement

**Master data maintenance**
- As part controller for purchased items in SAP, review and manage the Master Data and planning parameters in SAP or other planning system on a continuous basis to ensure good accurate and reliable information are exploded from MRP.

**Complaint Handling**
- Manage supplier’s quality and performance by submitting non-compliance report and following through till closure.
- Perform root-caused analysis with suppliers and internal parties and ensure corrective actions are in-placed and complete closure of issues.

**Drive improvement initiatives**
- Ownership of MRP II / SCE measures for area of responsibility.

Proactively identify and drive improvements in business processes.

**D) Job Requirements / Qualifications**

**Core Competency**:

- Drive Innovation
- Collaborate with the System, Customers and Key Stakeholders
- Act Like and Owner
- Inspire Others
- Develop Self and Others

**Functional Skills**:

- Integrated supply chain concepts (MRP, ERP systems)
- Familiarity with SAP
- Strong communication and presentation skills
- Strong analytical abilities
- Customer service management abilities (Listen, empathy, proactivity)
- Microsoft software tools proficiency (Excel, MS Word and Power Point)
- Quality assurance general knowledge
- ** Independent Judgment**:
Good people and problem solving skills are required for this role.

**Skills**

Taking Initiative; Customer Follow-Ups; Prioritization; Business; Workforce Planning; Strategic Planning; Compliance; Teamwork
**Our Purpose and Growth Culture**:
We are taking deliberate action to nurture an inclusive culture that is grounded in our company purpose, to refresh the world and make a difference. We act with a growth mindset, take an expansive approach to what’s possible and believe in continuous learning to improve our business and ourselves. We focus on four key behaviors - curious, empowered, inclusive and agile - and value how we work as much as what we achieve. We believe that our culture is one of the reasons our company continues to thrive after 130+ years. Visit Our Purpose and Vision to learn more about these behaviors and how you can bring them to life in your next role at Coca-Cola.