Supply Planner

Nestlé; Randburg; On-site; ZAR 350,000 - 520,000; Full time

Job summary

Nestlé in Bryanston is seeking a Supply & IMS Planner to build supply and production plans, ensuring finished goods are available with high freshness at the right location and on time to meet customer demand. The role focuses on balancing capacity, inventory costs, and service levels across domestic and IMS markets.

The ideal candidate holds a degree or diploma in Industrial Engineering or B-Tech with planning or logistics majors and has at least two years of relevant operational experience at

Qualifications

• Two or more years of relevant operational experience at market/business level
• Experience in Production Planning or Supply Network Planning/IMS Planning is preferred
• Experience in Demand & Supply Planning positions is advantageous

Responsibilities

• MPS/IMS Planning: Analyze and evaluate the supply plan and net dispatch requirements to satisfy customer needs taking into account the network complexity and the supply constraints.
• Inventory Management: Balance the need for product availability versus the need to minimize costs of inventory to ensure optimum stocks of the right material in the right location.
• Exceptions management: Analyze exceptions, take business decisions and adjust planning results accordingly; follow up production plans.
• Consistently achieve sustainable Customer Service Level for domestic and IMS customers within Working Capital and Freshness objectives.
• Establish stock policies for Finished Goods for Inter Market Supply and review stock levels across markets.
• Identify issues with volume variance impacting supply and drive improvements in planning processes and tools.

Skills

MPS/IMS Planning

Inventory Management

Exceptions management

Demand & Supply Planning

Education

Degree or national diploma in Industrial Engineering or B-Tech (Planning, Logistics majors)

Job description

Company: Nestlé

Location: Bryanston

Qualification: Degree or national diploma in Industrial Engineering or B-Tech or an equivalent where Planning, Logistics was one of the majors.

Experience: Two or more years of relevant operational experience at market/business level

Closing Date: 19 August 2026

Position Summary

With a history spanning over 150 years, Nestlé didn’t become the world’s leading food and beverages brand by chance. Perfection is at the heart of what we do, and our people are always looking for the next big idea to cement our status. We are now looking for a Supply & IMS Planner to be based in Bryanston.

The Supply & IMS Planner is responsible to build supply/ production plans respecting the agreed level of available capacity to ensure that finished goods are available with high freshness, at the right stock location, on time‑in full to meet customer demand at the optimum total delivered cost.

A day in the life of a Supply & IMS Planner:

• MPS/IMS Planning: Analyze and evaluate the supply plan and net dispatch requirements to satisfy customer needs taking into account the network complexity and the supply constraints. Responsible for 18 months production plans for the factory in the scope.
• Inventory Management: Balance the need for product availability versus the need to minimize costs of inventory to ensure optimum stocks of the right material in the right location.
• Exceptions management: Analyze exceptions, take business decisions (based on priorities or after arbitration) and adjust planning results accordingly. Establish production requirements for short and long term and to follow up production plans.
• Consistently achieve sustainable Customer Service Level for domestic and Inter‑Market Supply (IMS) customers within the Working Capital and Freshness objectives by ensuring minimal bad goods impact whilst meeting demand.
• Establish stock policies for Finished Goods for Inter Market Supply together with Planners of Receiving Markets. Periodically review the stock level of the domestic and the receiving markets to proactively look for solutions in case of deviations.
• Determine key issues with volume variance that may impact supply, challenge existing Logistics and Supply Planning processes and tools - implementing improvements to deliver tangible benefits (e.g.: time savings, increased efficiencies, etc.) - monitoring requirements evolution
• Challenge manufacturing on regular basis to manage lot sizes, cycle times, to drive optimum FG inventory level. Also, to challenge and support Demand Planner (Domestic and IMS) to improve Demand Planning Accuracy

What will make you successful?

• Degree or national diploma in Industrial Engineering or B-Tech or an equivalent where Planning, Logistics was one of the majors.
• Two or more years of relevant operational experience at market/business level is useful, in the following areas:
• Production Planning
• Supply Network Planning / IMS Planning
• Other Demand & Supply Planning positions