Planning Analyst | SAB

SAB Vacancies – Planning Analyst

The key purpose of this role to is to analyze and use complex data to develop actionable steps that will improve short term key KPI”s and performance in the planning space and cross functionally in logistics  A key focus will be Service Level analysis.  This role will have to be able to think and communicate cross functionally and identify points of improvement that may impact Service Level and other key metrics such as VLC; Allocation Efficiency and WSNP and IDP delivery.

Key outputs and responsibilities:

• Determine operational objectives by studying business functions, gathering information and evaluating output requirements and formats
• Construct workflow charts and diagrams, studying system capabilities and writing specifications
• Daily deep dive into planning KPIs and identify factors influencing Service Level; WSNP; SNP and demand
• Recommend controls by identifying problems and writing improved procedures
• Analyze raw data and optimize processes and improvements.
• Revision of the functions plans to protect OOS and Service levels
• Understanding the relationship between full beer, empties, materials, inbound & exports and balanced stock levels
• Review of Supply plans vs Demand and IDP to improve Service level
• Review of WSNP; Glass and 13 week plans to identify risks to downtime.
• Investigating of OOS and impact on Service levels and convert findings into routine reporting and analysis
• Analyze the relationship between  planning outputs across Logistics planning teams to create visibility in the form of presentations to internal and external stakeholders
• Standardize the reports across the Bus
• Standardize the Zone Planning Reports and presentations

Profile:

• Relevant Bachelors degree in Planning, Supply Chain Management Data Analytics.  ​
• 3 – 5 years operational or planning experience​
• Deep Knowledge of Data analytics and understanding the business’ key drivers​
• Understanding of ABInBev Logistics and Planning principles​
• Improvement through root cause and trends analysis using Belt methodology​
• Demonstrable problem solving skills with an ability to manage complexity and ambiguity​
• Must be able to work under continuous pressure for extended periods​
• Clear and strong communication skills​
• Innovative thinker​
• Critical decision making ability​
• Customer centric