Planning Clerk (Intern)

Halewood South Africa; Benoni; On-site; ZAR 61,000 - 95,000; Part time

Job summary

Halewood South Africa is seeking a driven graduate to support demand, supply and production planning. You will maintain planning data in SYSPRO, assist with weekly/daily schedules and help generate data packs and reports to improve forecasting and capacity planning.

This internship-oriented role emphasizes analytics, MRP understanding and reporting using Excel/Power BI. Candidates should be organized, numerate and detail-focused, with a completed related degree or diploma.

Qualifications

• Completed degree or diploma in Supply Chain, Logistics, Operations Management, Industrial Engineering or Commerce.
• Strong aptitude assessment results.
• Unemployed graduate eligible for an internship programme (where linked to SETA / YES funding).
• SYSPRO exposure (advantage).
• Understanding of MRP, forecasting and production scheduling concepts.
• Power BI (advantage).
• Analytical and numerate.
• Organised and detail-focused.

Responsibilities

• Maintain planning data in SYSPRO: BOMs, lead times, stock levels, open orders and job status.
• Help prepare the weekly and daily production schedule and issue it to Packaging, QC & Processing and Warehousing.
• Track plan attainment, material shortages and schedule changes; report exceptions at the daily huddle.
• Monitor finished-goods stock cover against demand and flag risks.
• Support co-packing coordination and the Head Buyer & Planner with data requests.
• Help build the integrated S&OP process, including data packs, capacity and forecast-accuracy reporting.
• Develop planning dashboards and automate repeat reports in Excel / Power BI.
• Help improve the accuracy of planning master data.

Skills

Supply chain theory

Forecasting

Production scheduling

Analytical thinking

Detail-oriented

Education

Degree/diploma in SCM/Logistics/Operations/Industrial Eng/Commerce

Tools

SYSPRO

Power BI

Job description

Support the demand, supply and production planning process by maintaining accurate planning data in SYSPRO, preparing schedules and reports, and tracking plan attainment. This builds future planning capability in the function.

• Maintain planning data in SYSPRO: bills of materials, lead times, stock levels, open orders and job status.
• Help prepare the weekly and daily production schedule and issue it to Packaging, QC & Processing and Warehousing.
• Track plan attainment, material shortages and schedule changes; report exceptions at the daily huddle.
• Monitor finished-goods stock cover against demand and flag risks.
• Support co-packing coordination and the Head Buyer & Planner with data requests.
• Help build the integrated S&OP process, including data packs, capacity and forecast-accuracy reporting.
• Develop planning dashboards and automate repeat reports in Excel / Power BI.
• Help improve the accuracy of planning master data.

Qualifications & experience

• Completed degree or diploma in Supply Chain, Logistics, Operations Management, Industrial Engineering or Commerce.
• Strong aptitude assessment results.
• Unemployed graduate eligible for an internship programme (where linked to SETA / YES funding).
• SYSPRO exposure (advantage).
• Understanding of MRP, forecasting and production scheduling concepts.
• Power BI (advantage).
• Analytical and numerate.
• Organised and detail-focused.