Anzaa Consultants

Overview
The role involves managing multi-location contract manufacturing partners, ensuring seamless operations, compliance, quality, and cost optimisation while coordinating with internal and external stakeholders.
Key Responsibilities:
1. Production Planning &amp; Budgeting
<ul>
<li>Prepare data for annual budgeting (last year vs. budget vs. projections)</li>
<li>Monitor actual vs. budgeted costs and recommend corrective actions</li>
<li>Support cost optimisation initiatives to align with business goals</li>
</ul>
2. Contract Manufacturing Management
<ul>
<li>Identify and onboard 3rd party manufacturers across locations/geographies</li>
<li>Finalise agreements with contract manufacturers, including SLAs and commercial terms</li>
<li>Ensure smooth setup and ongoing operations in compliance with legal, quality, and packaging standards</li>
<li>Monitor project timelines using Gantt charts and escalate risks to ensure timely completion</li>
</ul>
3. Operations &amp; Execution
<ul>
<li>Manage transition projects such as regulatory changes, product relaunches, and new product development (NPD)</li>
<li>Ensure production of goods as per defined quality standards</li>
<li>Follow up with manufacturers to ensure finished goods availability as per dispatch plans</li>
<li>Resolve and escalate operational issues faced by contract manufacturers</li>
</ul>
4. Stakeholder Management
<ul>
<li>Collaborate with internal teams including Marketing, Finance, Quality, R&amp;D, and Warehousing</li>
<li>Ensure smooth coordination to maintain product availability and business continuity</li>
</ul>
5. Reporting &amp; Analysis
<ul>
<li>Generate and analyse production reports from contract manufacturing units</li>
<li>Support S &amp;OP planning by providing relevant data</li>
<li>Review financial cost data and highlight key variances during quarterly reviews</li>
</ul>
Must Have
<ul>
<li>Graduation Degree (Engineering background preferred)</li>
<li>Prior experience in 3rd party/contract manufacturing within the FMCG industry (GCC exposure preferred)</li>
<li>Strong working knowledge of SAP and Microsoft Excel</li>
<li>Dispatch adherence as per weekly plan</li>
<li>Cost optimisation (including reduction in key ingredient costs)</li>
<li>Timely and accurate reporting to management</li>
<li>Effective coordination ensuring uninterrupted product supply</li>
</ul>
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