Supply Planner

Signal Hill Products; Centurion; On-site; ZAR 300,000 - 600,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the beverage sector seeks a motivated Supply Chain Manager to generate efficient packaging and brewing plans. The role demands strong collaboration and communication skills, with a focus on managing KPIs and ensuring stock availability. The ideal candidate will hold a relevant degree and demonstrate problem-solving abilities, making them a crucial part of the team to enhance operational success.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Logistics/Supply Chain Management, Industrial Engineering or relevant qualification.
• Strong collaborator and communicator.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Compile realistic weekly Packaging and Brewing Plans.
• Lead the 18-month Supply Review and manage tactical routines.
• Engage with Brewery teams to lock in weekly plans.

Skills

Collaboration

Communication

Organizational skills

Time management

Problem-Solving

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Logistics/Supply Chain Management

Industrial Engineering

Tools

Microsoft Office suite

Job description

Overall Responsibility:

Generates a realistic packaging and brewing plan taking into account all relevant constraints and variability to ensure sufficient stock for the system to meet customer requirements, leads the weekly S&OP engagements and the Monthly Supply Review to support stock availability alongside two production schedulers who reports directly into the role

Focus Area 1

Compile realistic weekly Packaging and Brewing Plans to support our customers

• 18 months Pack and Brew plan compilation on weekly aggregation
• Inclusive of Capacity constraints (efficiencies, shutdown plans)
• Aligned with production stakeholders

Focus Area 2

Manage Tactical and Operational routines

• Leads the 18-month Supply Review ensuring visibility on any gaps within the plan to meet the business objective
• Runs the weekly S&OP routine to support the Monthly S&OP objective and creating cross-functional visibility
• Attends New product development meetings to support inculcating these in the Supply Plans
• Engages with the Brewery teams to lock in weekly plans

Focus Area 3

Manage relevant KPIs

• Reports and compiles actions on Tactical KPIs to improve supply chain variability
• Manages operational KPIs with the production schedulers to enable weekly success on business requirements

Requirements of the Role Qualification:

• Bachelor’s degree in Logistics/Supply Chain Management, Industrial Engineering or other relevant qualification

Preferred Skills:

• Strong collaborator and communicator
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Highly Proficient in Microsoft Office suite (Excel, Word, Outlook)
• Strong organizational and time management skills and the ability to stick to deadlines
• Strong Problem-Solving skills
• Willingness to learn and develop project management skills

NB: Specific duties/responsibilities will vary from time to time: the above list is intended to indicate the general nature of the post and is not exhaustive. The post holder will be expected to be flexible in supporting the business by undertaking any other responsibilities which are aligned with this job level