Demand Planner - Citrus / Agriculture

EnableSA; Gqeberha; On-site; ZAR 360,000 - 600,000; Full time

Job summary

EnableSA is seeking an experienced Demand Planner for the Port Elizabeth area to manage citrus and agricultural demand forecasting and pack planning. You will translate customer demand into production requirements and monitor shifts between forecast and actual output.

You will collaborate with commercial and production teams to prioritise strategic fruit allocations, identify shortages or surplus, and optimise pack plans while maintaining clear communication with packhouses.

Qualifications

• Formal Grade 12 qualification.
• Preferable industrial engineering background.
• Minimum 2 years in a relevant citrus/agriculture planning role.

Responsibilities

• Receive and analyse production forecasts.
• Identify changes between forecast and actual production.
• Analyse customer demand from commercial team by variety, grade and count.
• Develop and maintain pack plans and translate demand into production requirements.
• Monitor plan adherence and flag deviations early.
• Present pack plans to commercial and production teams weekly.
• Coordinate with packhouses on production dates, quantities, grades and delays.

Skills

Forecasting

Data analysis

Stakeholder communication

Education

Grade 12

Industrial engineering background

Tools

Coding / systems development

Job description

Port Elizabeth, South Africa | Posted on 10/22/2026

Our client is seeking an experienced Demand Planner - Citrus / Agriculture to join their Port Elizabeth team in early 2027

• Receiveand analyse production forecasts
• Identifychanges between forecast and actual production
• Receive and analyse customerdemand from commercial team.
• Understand commercial demandby customer, and customer requirements by variety, grade and count
• Identify shortages, excessesand potential stock risks
• Identify products that needalternative customers, and where sales should be increased or reduced
• Advise thecommercial team on what’s available to sell, shortages, excesses, and wheresubstitutions or exchanges may be required
• Recommendwhich customers should receive specific fruit, prioritising strategic customersand the best commercial return – based of the commercial strategy provided
• Help thebusiness avoid overselling a variety, count or grade, underutilising availablefruit, or allocating the wrong fruit to the wrong customer
• Own thecompany’s pack plans
• Prepare thedemand analysis before weekly commercial meetings
• Translatedemand into practical pack requirements and adjust plans as production changes
• Monitorwhether pack plans are being achieved and identify deviations early
• Present thepack plans to the commercial and production teams on a weekly basis
• Analysebudgeted production vs actual production. Identify reasons for variances.
• Maintaindirect communication with packhouses on expected production, packing dates,produce orders, grade and count splits, quality information, and delays orunexpected changes
• Maintaindirect communication with the production teams in the packhouses
  

Requirements

• Grade12
  
• Ideally anindustrial engineering background
• Minimum of 2 yearsrelevant experience, preferably gained in the citrus industry
  
• The abilityto code / develop systems is a strong advantage