MRP AdvisorTechnicalSupply Chain - Postmasburg, South Africa - De Beers Group

    De Beers Group
    De Beers Group Postmasburg, South Africa

    2 weeks ago

    De Beers Group background
    Associate / Permanent Employee
    Description
    Job Description:

    This role will support integrated planning practices with the aim of ensuring optimal parts availability through streamlined physical networks to achieve step-change performance.

    Your duties will include:


    • Identify ways to support specific safety, health & sustainability opportunities and risks and ensure that materials planning activities complies with all Safety, Health & Environmental requirements.


    • Manage the effective implementation of the Supply Chain strategy within the Physical Supply Chain and materials planning environment


    • Embrace an agile Supply Chain by being adaptive and flexible to accommodate and focus on emerging and changing business priorities


    • Implement the Materials Plan based upon inputs from end-users and historical data analysis to meet end-user requirements at optimal inventory levels


    • Execute the operation and output of reliable planning and suggested inventory models based on detailed inputs from end-users, MRP analysts and forecasting models to inform category decisions across the region


    • Adhere to the standards and guidelines for inventory management
    • Execute the fulfilment modes for material segments/items


    • Ensure that master data parameters for new and existing items are updated to the correct standards e.g. attributes


    • Drive the working capital optimization opportunities for execution e.g. disposal of excess and obsolete stock


    • Provide input into frontloading, identification and sizing of initiatives relating to working capital benefits


    • Ensure that inventory optimization events are planned, scheduled, resourced, and executed in a timely and visible manner


    • Implement inventory optimization initiatives to minimize wastage at the operations to minimize Anglo American's carbon footprint


    • Implement working capital optimization opportunities and identify and ensure the execution of cost reduction initiatives that positively impacts cost to serve


    • Maintain stakeholder relationships within the Supply Chain, key suppliers and internal end-users (maintenance & production teams) to enable effective planning and fulfilment of demand


    • Provide advice to stakeholders regarding MRP and demand planning processes


    • Embrace a Supply Chain team culture of diversity and inclusiveness

    Qualifications:
  • An undergraduate qualification - Bachelor degree level or equivalent, alternatively relevant tertiary qualification
  • Desirable: A postgraduate qualification in a relevant discipline OR a proven track record of extensive practical experience in a role and context of similar complexity.

    • Experience and Technical Knowledge:


    • Sound knowledge of systematic capabilities and systems materials planning, i.e., demand algorithms and statistical models and operation thereof


    • Experience working in a complex environment and managing multiple internal and external stakeholder perspectives


    • Experience in demand forecasting and planning abilities


    • Material Planning (Advanced)


    • Planning (Competent)


    • SC Systems & Processes (Competent)


    • Stakeholder Engagement and Communication (Competent)


    • Project Management (Developing)


    • Technical Analysis (Competent)


    • Safety knowledge (Competent)


    • Business Acumen (Developing)


    • Logistics Management (Competent)


    • Warehouse Management (Developing)


    • Driving Performance (Developing)


    • Leading Change (Developing)


    • Optimization (Developing)