Supply Planner – FMCG Company – R600K – R500K Full Time

RPO Recruitment’s client is a FMCG company based in Gauteng and is seeking the expertise of an experienced Supply Planner to join their team of professionals.

Responsibilities:

• Optimize the supply network based on predetermined, most cost-effective supply channel, factory, route
• Ensure stock are replenished from most optimal factory location (where similar and non-similar factories are packing) at optimal costs when trade-offs need to be made regarding additional supply locations while freshness of stock and the OFR% are maintained
• Ensure Container arrival are optimized and planned of peak planning
• Define and revise buffer levels by determining risk of changes in demand or supply by SKU/prod group to ensure target OFR% and product freshness
• Analyze the total supply chain function to ensure target OFR % are met and maintained
• Identify and facilitate mitigating actions where OFR% deviations occurred in the supply chain and pathway forward
• Planning optimal stock levels for semi/finished goods as well as on Principal stock to ensure predefined customer service levels are on target
• Apply the constraints/factors of (long lead times, forecast accuracy, minimum order quantity, whs constraints, shelf life, network constraints/design) in principal planning to ensure stocks are optimized with the best possible trade off solution
• Communicate potential short, dated stock problems to the Demand team and ensure stock is moved to a location/s as require for additional sales to limit the short, dated stock/write offs
• Ensure constant supply of a product group/SKU’S in the channel by timeous communication and request by means of add on orders placed on Principal if this should have an impact on supply
• Ensure daily reporting at summary level of channel information (Obsolete stock, constraints, impact of supply disruption, potential supply problems) by monitoring, identifying, and implementing corrective measures in the supply channel
• Identify bottlenecks, processes, constraints that has an impaction current supply and possible solutions/corrective measures
• Ensure transactional data timings
• Act as link between the Planning development team and the Supply planning team
• Monitor and take responsibility of masters, updating of master’s data

Requirements:

• Degree
• Business English: Fluent
• Relevant experience in applying job related concepts, techniques, and processes at the required level
• Computer literacy (Advanced)
• Communicates effectively
• Solves problems through effective decision making
• Brings a strategic contribution
• Administrative capabilities
• Thinking and reasoning logically
  

Benefits:

• Salary: R500K/yr – R600K/yr, salary negotiable
• Training & Development
• Paid Time Off (if applicable)

If you meet the above requirements and want to make a career-changing move, apply today by either filling in the online application form or emailing your CV to RPO Recruitment at logistics@rpo-recruit.za.com

Alternatively, you are also welcome to contact Shannon Thomson and Jamie-lee McCallum on LinkedIn or call them on 021 180 0776.

Please note that correspondence will only be conducted with shortlisted candidates for this position. Should you not hear from us within 3 days, please consider your application unsuccessful.