Demand Planner

2 weeks ago

Cape Town, South Africa RPO Recruitment Full time

RPO Recruitment’s client in the retail industry is urgently seeking the expertise of a Demand Planner to join their team in the Western Cape.

**Responsibilities**:

- To ensure the accurate and effective creation and management of statistical, promotional, event and total forecasts using provided systems and tools for all new and existing product ranges.
- To recognize and reconcile forecast exceptions to track and manage sales against forecast and validate forecast for OTB management.
- To determine causal factors impacting forecasts and respond appropriately, (weather, moving events, promotions etc.).
- To ensure effective stakeholder management and engagement to determine trends, identify new products, evaluate risks, and determine inventory and replenishment requirements.
- To generate and deliver accurate and timely management reports and maintain key metrics against goals to analyse forecast performance and ensure forecast accuracy and inventory optimization.
- To effectively analyse post promotional and event data to determine opportunities, improve future forecasts, and act as necessary for inventory disposition.
- To effectively lead and prepare for the consensus forecast meetings with key stakeholders to enhance key insights and decisions taken.
- To ensure that the history data cleansing process is followed to improve sales history.
- To ensure the effective execution of the range review process and decision making to assist the Category Team to determine optimal range.
- To look for opportunities to maximize sales potential and support the Category team to develop Category Operating Plans and other initiatives to achieve sales, margin, and stock targets.

**Requirements**:

- FMCG, Supply Chain and Logistics.
- Data analysis models.
- Ability to understand and fine tune algorithms for optimal forecast performance.
- Execution of the new stores / lines / products process using required commercial acumen.
- Understanding of customer needs and wants, trends, competitive environment, and market share.
- Financial planning models and methodologies.
- Deep understanding of the consistent management and planning of the supplier base performance metrics, promotional planning cycle, product lifecycle, supply chain optimization for their products, business analysis and reporting.
- Strong planning and buying experience with solid understanding of financial and statistical analysis of both.
- 2-4 years’ experience with distributions requirement planning and other supply chain processes such as demand planning, production planning, scheduling, and transportation.
- 1-2 years planning and executing projects involving multiple groups across an organization desirable.
- Experience with retail buying or logistics preferred.
- Supply chain software knowledge advantageous.
- Bachelor’s Degree in Statistics, Math, Decision Science, Business, related area, or equivalent experience.

**Benefits**:

- Salary: R500K/yr - R600K/yr, negotiable
- Training & Development
- Performance Bonas
- Health Insurance
- Our client is offering a highly competitive salary for this role based on experience.
- We will contact you telephonically in 3 days should you be suitable for this vacancy. If you are not suitable, we will put your CV on file and contact you regarding any future vacancies that arise.

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