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Ret Pack Analyst

Zambia Breweries | Lusaka

Zambia Breweries

Innovating the future of tech solutions in Zambia.

Job Description

Job description

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 be responsible for managing and optimizing the returnable packaging processes, ensuring efficiency, cost-effectiveness, and compliance with environmental standards. This role is crucial in supporting the company’s sustainability initiatives and operational efficiency.
Key roles and responsibilities:

Management of the CAPEX budget

  • Execute injection requirements against given budget
  • Manage container requirements and plans for NPD’s
  • Liaise with Procurement, Zone and Mubex to ensure continuity of container supply
  • Expediting of urgent orders
  • Follow up that all inventory is GRN in time (within 48 hours) and that GIT is always clean
  • Reconcile actual injected units on monthly basis and submit to Zone

Short Term Container Requirements Planning And Tracking

  • Develop and maintain short term container population models for each container group
  • Analyze container movements on daily basis and track container metrics
  • Monitor and plan movements of empties between plants and DC’s to balance injections, production, inventory targets daily from the short-term horizon

Supplier management

  • Fully understand commercial terms of each supplier
  • Issue PO’s for each SKU at brewery level
  • Follow up with supplier monthly on any account related problems and facilitate speedy reconciliation of accounts.
  • Manage container injection call offs against manufacturing campaigns per country

Cost management

  • Identify and implement cost avoidance and cost reduction initiatives

KPI’s, Routines & Reports

  • Ensures that Daily, Weekly and Monthly Meeting routines are adhered to in line with mandatory LCP & internal guidelines
  • Ensures that processes are standardized via SOP’s and work standards are monitored and improved by using Operational Work Diagnoses (OWD’s);
  • Track KPI’s on a daily, weekly and monthly basis in line with LCP requirements
  • Ensures that appropriate problem-solving tools are applied for out of range KPI’s in line with LCP methodology.
  • Publish reports on time as per LCP guidelines and internal processes.

Profile:

  • Bachelor’s degree in supply chain management, Business Administration, Logistics, or a related field.
  • Experience: Minimum of 2-3 years of experience in material planning, inventory management, or supply chain analysis.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
  • Proficiency in MRP software and tools (e.g., SAP, Oracle).
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
  • Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
  • Strong organizational and time-management skills.
  • Knowledge of supply chain and inventory management principles.
  • Certifications: CILT, APICS CPIM or CSCP certification is a plus.

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