Supply Chain Planner (Midrand) Permanent

MyCareerCraft; Centurion; On-site; ZAR 450,000 - 700,000; Full time

Job summary

MyCareerCraft is seeking a Supply Chain Planner for a permanent role in Midrand. This hands-on position focuses on demand and replenishment planning, supplier purchase orders, and master data maintenance within an ERP environment.

You will track supplier performance and manage order books to ensure inbound visibility and on-time deliveries. The ideal candidate has 4–6 years in a similar planning function, a relevant degree, and may hold APICS/ASCM certification.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Supply Chain, Commerce, or related field.
• APICS / ASCM certification is advantageous.
• 4–6 years in supply planning, replenishment, purchasing, or a similar operational planning role.
• Proven experience with purchase order placement, supplier follow-up, and order book management.
• Experience maintaining planning master data and ordering parameters in an ERP environment.
• Exposure to supplier OTIF reporting and exception management.
• Import, wholesale, or retail environment experience.

Responsibilities

• Review and validate AI-generated demand and replenishment outputs against agreed business rules.
• Place and manage supplier purchase orders; maintain an accurate order book with full inbound visibility.
• Follow up on open orders, late confirmations, short shipments, and delivery date changes.
• Maintain planning master data including lead times, MOQs, order multiples, and supplier calendars.
• Track and report supplier OTIF performance; monitor and resolve supply exceptions.
• Prepare standard planning, purchase order, and exception reports for management.
• Coordinate order and milestone information with Commercial, Inventory, Logistics, Finance, and Imports teams.
• Escalate non-routine issues, supply risks, and material variances to the Supply Chain Manager.

Skills

Demand planning

Replenishment planning

ERP systems

OTIF reporting

Exception management

Supplier follow-up

Education

Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain/Commerce

APICS / ASCM certification

Tools

ERP systems

Job description

Supply Chain Planner (Midrand) Permanent

About the job Supply Chain Planner (Midrand) Permanent

We are recruiting a Supply Chain Planner on behalf of a well-established client. You will be responsible for demand and replenishment planning, supplier purchase order management, planning master data maintenance, and supplier performance tracking. This is a hands‑on operational role suited to someone who is accurate, disciplined, and confident working within structured processes and ERP systems.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree in Supply Chain, Commerce, or a related field.
• APICS / ASCM certification is advantageous.
• 4–6 years in supply planning, replenishment, purchasing, or a similar operational planning role.
• Proven experience with purchase order placement, supplier follow-up, and order book management.
• Experience maintaining planning master data and ordering parameters in an ERP environment.
• Exposure to supplier OTIF reporting and exception management.
• Import, wholesale, or retail environment experience

Duties:

• Review and validate AI-generated demand and replenishment outputs against agreed business rules.
• Place and manage supplier purchase orders; maintain an accurate order book with full inbound visibility.
• Follow up on open orders, late confirmations, short shipments, and delivery date changes.
• Maintain planning master data including lead times, MOQs, order multiples, and supplier calendars.
• Track and report supplier OTIF performance; monitor and resolve supply exceptions.
• Prepare standard planning, purchase order, and exception reports for management.
• Coordinate order and milestone information with Commercial, Inventory, Logistics, Finance, and Imports teams.
• Escalate non-routine issues, supply risks, and material variances to the Supply Chain Manager.