- Location
- Nairobi, Kenya · Nairobi Office
- Department
- Manufacturing
- Education
- Bachelor
Description
Sourcing Unit Planner
Location: Nairobi, Kenya
About the role
We are looking for a highly analytical and proactive Sourcing Unit Planner to play a critical role in ensuring the reliable delivery of customer demand through world-class production planning, inventory optimization, and capacity management. Reporting to the Head of Factory -Kenya, this role sits at the heart of our factory operations, connecting demand, supply, manufacturing, and procurement to drive service excellence and operational efficiency.
What you'll do
As Sourcing Unit Planner, you will be responsible for:
- Translating demand forecasts into executable production plans that ensure consistent product availability and customer service
- Optimizing factory capacity, production schedules, and resource utilization to improve operational performance
- Ensuring material availability while maintaining healthy inventory levels and supporting working capital objectives
- Driving planning excellence through Integrated Business Planning (IBP), data-driven decision making, and continuous improvement initiatives
- Partnering with stakeholders across Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Procurement, and Demand Planning to manage risks and enable seamless execution
- Contribute to improvements in customer service and product availability, Forecast accuracy and planning effectiveness, production plan attainment and schedule adherence, capacity utilization and operational efficiency, inventory performance and material availability.
What does it take to be successful?
- Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Operations Management, Business Management, or a related field
- 3-5 years' experience in production, supply, or manufacturing planning
- Experience within FMCG, food manufacturing, consumer goods, pharmaceutical, or industrial manufacturing environments
- Hands-on experience in Integrated Business Planning (IBP), Master Production Scheduling (MPS) and Detailed Production Scheduling (DPS) using SAP or similar Advanced Planning Systems
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and effective stakeholder management skills
- A continuous improvement mindset with the ability to influence and drive results across teams.
What’s next?
This is an opportunity to shape supply excellence, service delivery, operational excellence, and business performance while working in a collaborative and fast-paced manufacturing environment. You'll help shape planning decisions that support growth, resilience, and supply chain excellence.
If you are ready, apply now and help us deliver excellence from plan to production. We prefer to receive your application before 26th August 2026.
We understand your resume might not be up to date and recommend that you apply with what you have or your LinkedIn Profile. Flora Food Group is dedicated to building an inclusive and diverse workplace, we understand that you might not meet all the requirements stated in the description, but we encourage you to apply anyway. You might be the right candidate for this role or other roles.
Flora Food Group is an employer committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace and equal opportunities for all. We recruit based only on values, qualifications, performance, skills, behaviours, experience, and knowledge. We ensure job advertisements are free from unintentional bias.
No personal characteristics should be a barrier to joining Flora Food Group. We prohibit discrimination and harassment based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or other personal characteristics.
