Demand Planning Manager

Role Purpose

Join Lactalis South Africa at our offices in the Western Cape and take on the challenging role of Demand Planning Manager. In this role the incumbent, along with their team, will be responsible for leading integration and promoting alignment between Commercial and Supply Chain. The incumbent will help ensure that Customers' demands are fulfilled through integrated business planning while supporting functions to achieve their respective performance objectives.

Requirements

• Relevant Degree in BCom or Industrial Engineering
• 5-8 years’ Supply Chain experience
• Data Analytics experience would be advantageous
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Highly analytical
• Resilient and strong interpersonal skills
• Strong communication and presentation skills
• Resourceful and adaptable individual with strong self-management attributes

Duties and Responsibilities

• The incumbent will be responsible for the Sales Forecast that is used in short-term supply planning as well as long-term volume forecasts for input into quarterly/annual financial forecasts, capacity reviews, and critical raw material allocation (Raw Milk).
• Mature and further develop the Integrated Business Planning (S&OP) philosophy at LSA by constantly finding ways to improve and streamline the process and dashboards.
• Prepare and coordinate weekly Demand Reviews with Commercial teams to enable improvement in Sales Forecast Accuracy, contribute to lowering working capital, and maximize customer demand fulfillment.
• Collaborate with Commercial to improve Promotional volume planning and phasing.
• Develop and encourage the use of systems and BI analytics to improve the supply chain’s effectiveness.
• Drive a continuous improvement and skills development philosophy in the team.