Hybrid Planning Team Lead - Inventory & S&OP Excellence

Arbex; Springs; Hybrid; ZAR 700,000 - 950,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Job summary

Arbex, based at Enstra Mill in Springs, South Africa, is seeking a Planning Team Leader to guide strategic, tactical, and mill planning for in-house and sourced products, delivering excellent service and optimizing inventory across the region.

You will lead a team, drive S&OP, and partner with regional affiliates to improve availability and planning execution, while developing people and improving processes in a fast-paced supply chain.

Qualifications

• Experience leading planning, inventory management, or supply chain teams.
• Strong understanding of supply planning, inventory management, and customer service processes.
• Demonstrated stakeholder management and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Ability to drive process improvements and influence change across multiple functions.
• Excellent analytical skills.
• SAP or RPO knowledge would be advantageous; familiarity with Power BI and Excel is expected.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a team of planners responsible for strategic, tactical, and mill planning across in-house produced products and bought-in goods.
• Deliver target customer service levels across the South African region.
• Develop and execute inventory management strategies to achieve inventory and service objectives.
• Ensure effective management of raw material and semi-finished inventory levels at mill locations.
• Support regional promotional activities to ensure product availability.
• Drive collaboration with regional affiliates to improve service, availability, communication, portfolio management, and planning execution.
• Support statistically managed inventory initiatives focused on year-over-year inventory improvements.
• Champion best practices and standardized S&OP processes across Product Supply.

Skills

Planning leadership

Inventory management

Stakeholder management

Process improvement

Analytical skills

Power BI / Excel

Tools

SAP

Power BI

Excel

Job description

Arbex, based at Enstra Mill in Springs, South Africa, is seeking a Planning Team Leader to guide strategic, tactical, and mill planning for in-house and sourced products, delivering excellent service and optimizing inventory across the region.

You will lead a team, drive S&OP, and partner with regional affiliates to improve availability and planning execution, while developing people and improving processes in a fast-paced supply chain.