Planning Specialist - Cape Town, South Africa - Hire Resolve

Description

Hire Resolve is currently working with a well-established food and beverage company in the Western Cape, which is looking to hire a Planning Specialist. The Planning Specialist will be responsible for overseeing the end-to-end supply chain planning process in the food and beverage industry, ensuring efficient production planning, inventory management, and on-time delivery of products.

Responsibilities:

• Delivering key performance indicators (KPIs) such as cover days and service level targets
• Using SAP PP for master production scheduling and running material requirements planning (MRP)
• Creating weekly production plans considering productivity and capacity
• Collaborating with sales, production, and supply chain departments to ensure effective supply and material planning
• Managing material orders in coordination with Sales, production, and supply chain departments
• Continuously monitoring production plans, safety stock levels, and MRP parameters
• Setting up and maintaining PP related master data in the ERP system
• Conducting material controlling according to production planning and shipping plans
• Running daily follow-up of raw material, product, and material stocks and entering daily data to the SAP system
• Participating in forecasting meetings with sales and other departments and leading additional planning meetings
• Assisting with capacity requirements during the annual operating plan
• Performing other related duties as required

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Operations Management, Business Administration or a related field
• 3+ years of experience in planning, production, or supply chain management within the food and beverage industry
• Experience in the food and beverage industry is strongly preferred
• Excellent communication skills in English
• Professional experience with SAP/R3 PP/PI
• Strong knowledge of Microsoft Office Programs
• Effective time management and planning skills
• Rational decision-making, negotiating, and influencing skills
• Analytical work style
• Ability to collaborate effectively with other departments

Benefits

• Salary: Negotiable

Contact Hire Resolve today for your next career-changing move

• Our client is offering a highly competitive salary for this role based on experience.
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We will contact you telephonically in 3 days should you be suitable for this vacancy. If you are not suitable, we will put your CV on file and contact you regarding any future vacancies that arise.