Supply Planner - Cape Town, South Africa - PSM Personnel

PSM Personnel

Verified Company

Cape Town, South Africa

1 week ago

Posted by:

Thabo Mthembu

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Description

Supply Planner Supply Chain

Cape Town South-Western Cape ~ Cape Town North-Western Cape

Employees are the most important asset for our client whose goal is to attract, develop and retain the best talent mix while focusing on their purpose of caring for life.

This is a company with great leadership and endless opportunities to grow you in your chosen career.

Our client is looking for Supply Planner to join their team of high achievers.

The purpose of the job:

Coordinate with demand planning team and manufacturing sites/3rd party suppliers and commercial team to optimize inventory and stock supply security.

Manage and coordinate the supply plan commitments, determining priorities and implementing strategies to reduce out-of-stock and over-stock issues.

Manage, analyse, and coordinate the supply planning portfolios for the company's African based manufacturing sites and own, manage and lead the demand fulfilment and customer service for 3rd party suppliers.

Some of the key responsibilities include:

Support, analyse and reporting for Supply S&OP Process
Lead and manage relevant sales and operations execution meetings with suppliers
Assess stock prioritization, pull forward and deferral request based on demand movements in conjunction with demand planner to maintain optimum stock levels.
Manage, analyse and propose stock to norm (STN) requirements for all SKU's. Ensure stock holding conforms with inventory policy and targets and investigate deviations for corrective actions. Alternatively provide scenarios for decision making on proposed stock holding.
Identify and review items with excess inventory and propose action plan.
Manage short, dated stock and drive demand shaping with Marketing, mitigation planning with Commercial team.
Minimise write off costs on slow moving stock by proposing change in stock policy or demand shaping actions to reduce write off.
Preparation of supply planning related reports for monthly supplier engagement meetings, Supply S&OP meetings and compiling of presentation decks
Providing commentary monthly on excess and shortfall stock as well as key drivers to inventory forward.

Experience and qualifications required

Relevant Graduate University degree in Supply Chain Management (BComm), Logistics (BComm) or Engineering (BIng)
3+ years experience in supply planning, supply chain analytics, industrial engineering
Exposure to supply chain and S&OP is advantageous
Experience in Demand Planning including replenishment forecasting is a plus
Previous exposure on working with statistical forecast is a plus
Previous experience in data analytics/science is a plus
CPF or CPIM an advantage
Experience in the FMCG/Pharmaceutical industries is advantageous
Knowledge of exports/imports is advantageous
Good working knowledge with ERP systems (SAP), Integrated Business Planning (IBP) and BI Platforms