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About Almarai

Founded in 1977 and headquartered in Riyadh, Almarai Company is recognized as the world’s largest vertically integrated dairy company and the largest food and beverage manufacturing and distribution company in the MENA region. It holds the position of the number one FMCG Brand in MENA and is a market leader across all its categories in the GCC, Egypt, and Jordan. Almarai is committed to its core principle: “Quality you can trust,” providing nutritious products under more than 20 brands, including dairy, juices, baked goods, poultry, infant formula, and bottled water. The company employs over 43,000 professionals across its operational regions.

The Senior Planning Officer Role

The Senior Planning Officer is responsible for ensuring that inventory levels in all sales depots align with the established inventory policy for every active SKU. This full-time role involves continuous monitoring of stock levels, analyzing sales trends, and proactively identifying aging stock to minimize expiry. The officer will play a crucial part in the replenishment process, from suggesting quantities to monitoring confirmed orders and generating performance reports.

Key Responsibilities

• Monitor stock fluctuations to identify areas requiring replenishment or order adjustments.
• Analyze sales trends to develop effective stock replenishment plans.
• Identify aging stock to reduce product expiry within depots.
• Suggest replenishment stock quantities and submit consolidated planned orders to CPP for confirmation.
• Offload CPP approved replenishment stocks into SAP.
• Monitor CPP confirmed orders in collaboration with sales depots.
• Generate service level reports to track performance.
• Generate weekly reefer turnaround delay reports.

Required Experience

Candidates for this position should possess 2 to 5 years of relevant professional experience in planning, inventory management, or a similar supply chain role.

Benefits and Rewards

Almarai offers a comprehensive remuneration and benefits package, reflecting its commitment to its employees. This includes a competitive salary, generous leave provisions, medical coverage, and a discretionary bonus. The company also provides opportunities for training and development to support career growth within a successful and expanding global business.

Location

This position is based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.