Supply Chain Specialist - Johannesburg, South Africa - BASF South Africa (Pty.) Ltd.

BASF South Africa (Pty.) Ltd.

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Johannesburg, South Africa

2 weeks ago

Posted by:

Thabo Mthembu

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Description

We are the world's leading chemical company because we offer intelligent solutions for our customers and for a sustainable future.

We link and develop people with diverse talents all over the world. For you, this means a variety of ways to advance. Not only your performance, but also your personality matter to us. At BASF, careers develop from opportunities.

BASF's regional division EMEA Europe, Middle East, Emerging Europe and Africa. BASF operates in more than 50 countries in the region. For BASF the EMEA region is our most important market.

What you can expect

The successful incumbent will be responsible for managing the demand forecast and planning process for the South and Southern Africa Cluster.

The incumbent will manage average and point-in-time inventory and tracking of inbound an outbound shipping.

Duties will include the following:

Manage logistics service providers, contractors, and internal stakeholders
Manage the coordination and implementation for medium to long term supply chain solutions within South and Southern Africa
Ensure supply chain compliance alignment according to BASF Group guidelines, policies, and procedures
Manage the demand forecast and planning process for South and Southern Africa Cluster
Accountable for full year forecast of all relevant materials for AP, aligned to needs of the market and uploading of forecast into Integrated Business Planning (IBP) tool
Analyse and challenge bottomup demand planning from sales
Maintaining article numbers in SAP and IBP
Manage halfyear and yearend stock takes
Ensure inventory adjustments and stock variance at 3rd party warehouses are processed timeously
Relabeling of products for South and Southern Africa, sourcing the labels and packaging material, communicating with all relevant stakeholders in Procurement and 3rd Party Warehousing service provide
Tracking of vessels and updating all stakeholders on the ETA
Managing inbound stock from a POA (port of arrival) point of view
Managing stock transfers from Johannesburg, Durban, and Paarl warehouse
Reconciliation and followup of the inbound open purchase order (PO) report
PR/PO creation, goods receipts requests, submissions of invoices to ICEbox for local & foreign logistics vendors for ordering stock
Processing of warehouse invoices from 3rd Party service provider
Investigate, follow up and closing of supply and production Non
Conformance Management (NCM)
Acting as business partner and assist divisional units regarding ad hoc analyses, providing background explanation and possible leverages.
Identify efficiency in processes / system enhancement
Ensure that deadlines are met, and that quality information is delivered; and presented in a comprehensive way

What we expect

A Tertiary qualification in Supply Chain Management
Minimum 5 years experience in similar role
SAP and Microsoft excel experience
Experience in demand planning, supply chain and inventory management
Good proficiency and ability to communicate and build creditability with internal functions
A commercial mindset

**Closing date : 21 August 2023