Demand Planner

**MAP Retail Menlyn** is searching for a
**Demand Planner.** The purpose of this position is to ensure the ordering process integration between the Demand Planning Tool and the ERP System is operating correctly.

**Requirements**:

- Grade 12/Matric
- Supply Chain Diploma/Certificate or studying towards
- Desirable
- Experience within the Supply Chain
- Honesty and Integrity
- Ability to work in a team
- Attention to detail
- Strong analytical and problem solving skills
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Possess the ability to work productively without supervision
- Must have a good understanding of local and overseas supply chain
- Ability to work under pressure
- Computer literacy, proficiency in MS Office
- Clear criminal record

**Key Performance Indicators will include, but not limited to;** DEMAND PLANNING AND PURCHASING**
- Implement and adhere to Purchasing & Supply Chain Management policy and procedures.
- Ensure the ordering process integration between the Demand Planning Tool and the ERP System is operating correctly.
- Review suggested orders for completeness, accuracy and compliance with management expectation as well as existing policies and procedures.
- Compile and validate suggested orders based on the demand planning calculation and inventory planning model parameters.
- Processing & placement of Purchase Orders via the ERP on suppliers.
- Review the product sales forecasting exception management to ensure adequate demand planning methodology can be implemented and maintained
- Analyse the lost sales occurrences and implement preventative measures and effective inventory replenishment methods.
- Review the critical Stock-Out and Potential Stock-Out occurrences with the respective suppliers and manage the corrective action required to minimizing lost sales.
- Supplier delivery commitment administration and liaison with the Shipping Department.
- Expedite and follow-up of overdue Purchase Orders with the Suppliers and maintain accurate delivery dates critically important for the demand planning.
- Coordinate Supplier new product introduction activities.
- Ensure all promotional orders are placed with urgency.
- Expedite promotional orders and ensure stock is received before promotion starts.
- Track availability of promotional items for the duration of the promotion.

**MASTER DATA**
- Assume full responsibility for managing the Supplier and Product Master Data.
- Organize, update and retain supplier information as well as product information required for the successful sourcing of the business requirement.
- Analysis and review of supplier lead time optimization.
- Organize updates and retain product information records.

**INVENTORY MANAGEMENT**
- Implement and adhere to Purchasing & Supply Chain Management policy and procedures.
- Identify and manage the exceptions residing outside the applied planning methodology effective scope.
- Review and verify correctness of the negotiated sourcing parameters applied to the Suggested Orders.
- Constantly review the Supply Chain efficiency in relation to our changing demand conditions and recommend amendments to the inventory planning model parameters.
- Drive cost effectiveness of the supply chain in collaboration with Branch inventory requirements.
- Initiate alternate sourcing activities for underperforming Supply categories based on product availability achievement at Branch level.
- Actively participate in sourcing decisions to ensure that the Supply Chain planning parameters are clearly defined and will achieve the company defined inventory results.
- Responsible for maximizing inventory availability without negatively affecting Inventory investment objectives as defined by management.
- Execute planned activities that would ensure efficient inventory management properly.
- Liaison with the Product Management & Procurement team ensuring product life cycle changes are managed to avoid obsolescence and excess inventory provision.
- Monitor buy-outs and communicate range development requirements to Product Management and Procurement.
- Research market changes and future developments affecting the supplier base and its ability to fulfil the business requirements.
- Liaise with Branches and Sales department with regard to the identification and effective disposal of excess inventories at acceptable profit margins.

**SUPPLIER MANAGEMENT**
- Manage and maintain Supplier Supply Delivery performance to ensure that the lead time applied in Demand Planning represents the accurate Supplier Reliability to maximize capital investment in inventory.
- Actively liaise with poor performing suppliers and implement sensible corrective action ensuring full participation from the respective suppliers.
- Assist suppliers in optimizing the supply chain by means of detailed forecasting and ensuring a common understanding is established with suppliers in respect to the company’s expectation and the Supplier’s realist deliverable.
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