Supply Planner - Cape Town - Clicks Group Limited

    Clicks Group Limited
    Clicks Group Limited Cape Town

    1 day ago

    Clicks Group Limited background
    Accounting / Finance
    Description

    Job Description

    The role of a Supply Planner at Clicks Group Limited involves effectively executing the inventory strategy in assigned categories to manage inventory flow into DC's and out to stores, thereby ensuring optimum inventory levels.

    The primary objectives of this role include:

    1. To develop and achieve replenishment plans based on establishing and maintaining business rules for lead times, safety stock, network, etc. and setting all replenishment parameters.
    2. To manage and monitor budgets, receipt, and inventory flow.
    3. To validate monthly forecast and manage open to buy budget.
    4. To achieve Infill and DC Availability metrics.
    5. To work with vendors and the DC on capacity planning in order to manage cost to serve.
    6. To provide forward visibility into all replenishment and ordering requirements both DC and store to minimize stock-outs and/or inventory overruns.
    7. To drive maintaining the distribution network, safety stock levels, and improving customer service by making the product available to meet the demands throughout the distribution network.
    8. To review and act on out of stocks, anticipated out of stocks, and low stocks.
    9. To work with the Demand Planner to create a match between supply and demand.
    10. To review causal data and determine reasons for inventory overages, underage's, excess, and aged stock and resolve with relevant stakeholders.
    11. To review promotional activities while in-flight to determine opportunities.
    12. To review and approve purchase orders and place manual purchase orders as necessary.
    13. To ensure sufficient knowledge of all inventory locations and be able to source products from alternate locations to meet demand (deployment).
    14. To ensure continuous supplier reviews based on on-time and in-full delivery and engage to ensure corrective measures are taken.
    15. To collaborate with buyers, demand planners, suppliers, stores, warehousing, and transportation on inventory flow opportunities to drive cost savings and improved stock efficiency.
    16. To ensure effective people management and development.

    Key Responsibilities

    • Industry insight related to supply chain management, inventory management, and vendor relationship management.
    • Familiarity with FMCG, Supply Chain, and Logistics.
    • Commercial acumen – external focus.
    • Working knowledge and ability to adjust and manage distribution networks, safety stock levels, replenishment parameters, and customer service level needs.
    • Requires knowledge on S&OP (Sales and Operations Planning) and consensus processes.
    • Understanding of customer needs and wants, trends, competitive environment, and market share.
    • Deep understanding of the consistent management and planning of the supplier base performance metrics, promotional planning cycle, product lifecycle, supply chain optimization for their products, business analysis, and reporting.
    • Financial planning models and methodologies.

    Required Skills

    • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, to build relationships and drive consensus and collaboration across functional groups.
    • Forecasting consumer trends and buying habits 9–24 months in the future.
    • Presentation skills with focus being on oral and written communication skills.
    • Proficiency on MS Office Excel, Word, Outlook, and Power Point.
    • Problem solving.
    • Strong negotiating and influencing skills.
    • Analytics required to enable above.
    • Merchant math capability (variance to last year, percent of total, turn, Open-to-Buy etc.).
    • Business and financial analysis skills and knowledge to solve business problems and influence decision making.
    • Business math acumen and analysis to comprehend financial information and reporting to make business decisions.
    • 3-5 years re-buying experience and/or inventory analysis.
    • Experience with retail buying or supply chain.
    • Experience with Demand Planning or Supply Planning software preferred.
    • Experience in managing and leading teams preferred.

    Education

    Bachelor's Degree in Statistics, Math, Logistics, Supply Chain.

    Competencies:

    • Deciding and Initiating Action.
    • Leading and Supervising.
    • Working with People.
    • Relating and Networking.
    • Persuading and Influencing.
    • Planning and Organising.
    • Delivering Results & Meeting Customer Expectations.
    • Achieving Personal Work Goals and Objectives.
    • Entrepreneurial and Commercial Thinking.
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