Supply Planner

2 weeks ago

Cape Town, South Africa Heineken Full time

**We Go Places How about you?**
Immediate Superior: Lead: Supply Planner
Job Grade: 10
Location: Cape Town
Function: Supply Chain
Sub Function: Planning & Deployment
Type of Contract: Permanent
Reference Number: 97087
Closing Date: 10/11/2023

**Purpose of the job**

The Supply Planner’s primary role is to generate a feasible and cost-effective master supply plan that meets the consensus demand, customer orders and inventory requirements. This master plan results in a tactical weekly production, procurement, and distribution plan. The supply planner supports the all the supply side S&OP processes.

**Key Responsibilities**
- Responsible for developing a master supply plan to be used within the end-to-end supply planning process and make changes to the plan when required.
- Accountable for effective network master planning within the supply planning function.
- Identify variations from the published master plan and develop recovery plans.
- Communicate scheduled delays and changes with the relevant functional departments.
- Make near-term, risk-based sourcing decisions with relevant functional departments to ensure day-to-day operations.
- Ensure all master planning metrics are met. Identify action items, align resources to address action items and follow up on all production planning related issues.
- Measure, analyze and report key process metrics, and monitor adherence to key performance indicators (KPIs).
- Develop, monitor, and communicate reports on inventory and process execution to business unit and supply chain.
- Initiate and lead the development of short and long-term supply plans to balance the demand forecast and customer orders with cost, efficiency, and capacity constraints.
- Ensure that all potential risk to factory output (because of constraints within the supply chain) are highlighted and dealt with effectively.
- Analyze plans by conducting “what if” scenarios.
- Highlight and identify resource constraints and recommend processes to eliminate resource constraints.
- Investigate & recommending batch size changes, re-routing of products and outsourcing and purchasing of additional materials.
- Highlight critical material shortages.
- Compare plans to budgets.
- Manage stock out analysis.
- Assess and report on packaging requirements.
- Compare actual vs forecasted volumes.
- Ensure that products which are at risk are identified.
- Co-ordinate with Deployment and report on progress.
- Manage and maintain planning reports in support of the S&OP process.
- Ensure that new products are added to the correct schedule areas.
- Follow Heineken Beverages policies and procedures and identify opportunities for continuous improvement.

**Job Requirements**

**Education**
- B.Sc. in Engineering, Operations, Supply Chain, Inventory Management, Mathematics or B.Eng. (Industrial Engineering) or related Supply Chain National Diploma (e.g.: SAPICS CPIM)

**Experience**
- 5 years or more operational experience in supply chain, inventory management, replenishment, and production planning.
- 5 years of experience working in the CPG beverage industry.
- Experience of hands-on information gathering, quantitative and qualitative data analysis, and reporting.
- Substantial Excel knowledge and ERP systems experience.
- End-to-end supply chain knowledge and understanding the internal and external interrelationships.
- Proficient in Microsoft excel.
- Strong analytical and reporting skills
- Strong knowledge of supply planning within CPG industry
- Expert skills in supply planning methods incorporated with, finance, manufacturing, and supply chain.
- Good communication and team working skills.
- Detail and accuracy oriented
- Strong interpersonal skills to effectively interact with all teams, areas and levels of business impacting the supply planning process.
- Strong decision making, communication and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic, and diverse business environment.
- Nice to have: Experience in Blue Yonder Supply Chain software

The Company’s approved Employment Equity Plan and Targets will be considered as part of the recruitment process. As an Equal Opportunities employer, we actively encourage and welcome people with various disabilities to apply. Heineken Beverages (South Africa) (Pty) Ltd) is committed to an organisational culture that recognises, appreciates and values inclusion and diversity. You must be fully eligible to live and work in South Africa to apply.

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