About Us:
Diageo’s performance ambition is to become the most trusted
and respected CPG; our “must dos” set out where we aim to win in order to
achieve this aspiration. Within Supply Chain this translates into goals that
aim to deliver world class performance at best cost, drive value through
exceptional service and enable new growth opportunities.
To enable this, an above-the-market Centre of Excellence has
been established to perform key functional areas within PLAN, spanning over all
Diageo’s markets in Africa, leveraging a central pool of expertise that ensures
standard and effective practices across countries.
Purpose of Role:
The Production Scheduler in the Plan COE is responsible for
scheduling the production lines in the local operations. It is locally based reporting
to the Scheduling Manager.
Working closely with production planners, site operations
and local material schedulers and site operations the role schedules the
production lines for the agreed frozen period to ensure fulfilment of customer
demand while scheduling production to optimise available production capacity.
This role must be capable balancing the need for excellent
customer service with the requirement to maximise available capacity and meet
site OEE targets. To do this the role requires excellent knowledge of local
production operations and constraints and excellent communication and
negotiation skills while possessing skills in root cause and trend analysis.
Dimensions:
Functions
- Production
line scheduling.
- Tracking
performance and course correction
- Production
line performance measurement.
- Data
maintenance
KPIs (at operation level):
- Capacity
Utilisation.
- Adherence
to agreed production plan
- Conformance
to Schedule (MAKE KPI)
- OEE
measurement. (MAKE KPI)
Direct Reports:
- None
Top Accountabilities:
Manage the local Production Scheduling process
- Schedule
the production lines under your control within the agreed frozen period
for the operation
- Review
daily and weekly production line performance and reschedule to align with
current daily position.
- Advise
planning teams of any significant variances to agreed schedule that impact
inventory or customer service
- Align
weekly production schedule with local operations team balancing
operational efficiency with service and inventory targets.
- Support
process improvement through interpretation of performance analytics.
- Ensure
an ongoing tracking of relevant materials supply chain and operational
efficiency metrics.
- Perform
root cause and trend analysis on issues relating to production line
conformance to schedule.
Drive standardisation and automation of systems and
processes:
- Ensure
local production scheduling systems and processes in place are aligned to
global supply planning codification strategy and standards.
- Ensure
effective ways of working with Data, CoE and local production/technical
teams to ensure schedules are created within agreed capacity for the
operation.
- Ensure
that all master data pertaining to production scheduling (e.g., BOMs,
recipes, batch sizes etc.) is maintained in the appropriate information
systems (e.g. SAP ECC6, APO).
- Implement/contribute
to process improvements across the wider CoE.
Qualifications and Experience Required
Skills and Capabilities
- Knowledge
of MPS/MRP and scheduling methodology.
- Experience
in material or production scheduling.
- Understanding
and experience in plant operations.
- Experience
within supply chain optimisation platforms (ERP / master data, time-phased
replenishment planning systems).
- Detailed
understanding of end to end supply chain operational processes within
Diageo e.g. DRP, MPS, inventory, conversion, logistics and customer
service.
- Influencing
and stakeholder engagement skills.
- Good
communication skills – verbal, written and presentation.
- Customer
centric mind set.
- High
degree of quantitative and analytical skills, with attention to detail.
- Proficient in MS applications e.g. Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Access, Outlook.
Experience:
- +3
years in a planning or production environment in CPG (Production
planning/scheduling, production systems/management, Materials Planning)
- Additionally,
some wider cross functional experience and beverage materials categories
preferable. E.g. procurement, packaging, raw materials.
- Experience
with advanced Supply Planning platform (e.g SAP ECC6 MRP/Materials
management and SAP APO would be an advantage).
Qualifications:
- Degree
or equivalent in appropriate supply chain, engineering, or business
degree.
- APICS
CPIM / CSCP or equivalent desirable.
Flexible Working options / Travel requirements:
Role is part of the Planning Centre of Excellence function.
Depending on location some travel may be required to and
between sites.
Diversity statement:
Celebrating our inclusive and diverse culture is core to
Diageo’s purpose of “celebrating life every day everywhere”. This purpose is,
in itself, inclusive in nature, as it values everybody irrespective of
background, disability, religion, gender or ethnicity.
We know that for our business to thrive and for Diageo to
realize its ambition, we depend on having diverse talent with a range of
backgrounds, skills and capabilities in each of the 180 countries in which we
operate and to reflect our broad consumer base. We view diversity as one of the
key enablers that helps our business to grow and our values, purpose and
standards set the conditions for us to respect the unique contribution each
person brings.
