Weatherford have a great opportunity for an experienced DRP Coordinator (Distribution Requirements Planning) to join the team in Luanda, Angola.

The DRP Coordinator will be responsible for ensuring optimal inventory levels across Weatherford's SSA operations which includes Angola, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon and Congo. This position plays a critical role in maintaining supply chain efficiency by coordinating material movements, forecasting requirements, and supporting operational needs for oil and gas projects throughout Africa.

Job Responsibilities:

Execute Replenishment Plan at warehouse/plant locations ensuring timely delivery of purchased inventory. Effectively implement and use JD Edwards DRP messages and ensure full usage by Supply chain and product line. Balance supply with demand on replenishment inventory orders. Analyze demand during lead time, identify abnormal demand patterns and verify causes with our sales/marketing team and warehouse/plant locations. Maintain the SKU inventory levels, and safety stocks by customer/warehouse to support the desired level of customer service while maintaining cost effective levels of inventory. (SKU: Stock Keeping Unit). Plan and track inventory and work with regional and local personnel to manage on hand inventory levels as appropriate. Lead and participate in cross-functional teams working on inventory related issues.   Maintain and coordinate the relationship between Product line, procurement and A&I team as well as ensuring integration with other Supply Chain processes.  Review and act upon plan exception messages (rescheduling open orders as feasible and coordinating with cross functional team to manage demand when supply is not adequate) from the daily re-planning of resources.  Maintain master data integrity to ensure system accuracy  Execute the timely release of stock transfers and redeployment of inventory. Monitor, analyze and propose corrective action. Analyze customer SKU order demand patterns, collaborate with warehouse/plant locations, marketing/product manager, sales reps and demand planner to validate the demand forecast for each SKU. Communicate production/Supplier delivery issues, supply changes, deviations from plan and potential resolutions to cross functional stakeholders. Track order performance and address any delays.

Required:

Bachelor’s degree in supply chain / business management, or related experience is required (note: other disciplines would be considered with demonstrated successful Supply Chain experience). 3-5 years’ experience in manufacturing, customer service, production planning role, JD Edwards competency role or equivalent.  Proficiency with JD Edwards or similar Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system.  Strong communication skills, inclusive of verbal, written and presentations. Excellent English language skills both written and verbal. Ability to conduct root cause problem solving and prioritization  Experience working on cross-functional teams and interaction with contacts in different regions. Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to interact and work with associates at all levels. Strong analytical skills. Knowledge of process improvement tools and techniques. Advanced Excel skills (big data analysis, pivot table, VLOOKUP and etc).

Preferred:

Planning and Master Scheduling experience. Inventory/Forecasting experience. Power BI experience. Oil/gas experience.