Senior Material Planner, Chemicals

2 days ago


Isando, South Africa Symrise Full time

**About Us**
Symrise is a global supplier of fragrances, flavors, food, nutrition, and cosmetic ingredients. Its clients include manufacturers of perfumes, cosmetics, food and beverages, pharmaceuticals and producers of nutritional supplements and pet food.

Its sales of € 3.8 billion in the 2021 fiscal year make Symrise a leading global provider. Headquartered in Holzminden, Germany, the Group is represented by more than 100 locations in Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Asia, the United States and Latin America.

Symrise works with its clients to develop new ideas and market-ready concepts for products that form an integral part of everyday life. Economic success and corporate responsibility are inextricably linked as part of this process.

Symrise - always inspiring more

**Your Role**
Working closely with internal stakeholders in Customer Service, Sales, Procurement, Finance, and Production, the **Senior Material Planner, Chemicals & Raw Materials **plays a pivotal role in the material requirement planning (MRP) process for resale and inhouse production of complex finished products and a wide range of raw materials. You will join a diverse team of Supply Chain planning professionals and contribute to the long-term success of the function that offers attractive opportunities for career growth.

Main responsibilities include:

- Ensure timely availability of all raw materials (imports and local) for both resale and inhouse production
- Customer order confirmation and stock allocation
- Maintenance of SAP material master data, including monthly / ad-hoc reporting
- Identification of and information about potential make-to-forecast products
- Plausibility check of MRP result and initiation of sourcing process for (raw) materials
- Identification of potential make-to-forecast products, maintain material classification
- Planning of multiple production steps (for example concentrate planning, etc.); co-ordination with related functions (OM, Production, QM)
- Stock management and preventative measures for slow movers, dead-stocks, and blocked materials, etc.

**About You**
- Degree as Supply Chain Planner or equivalent educational background and experience in supply chain and/or demand planning
- At least eight years of experience in Material Requirements Planning (MRP), Stock Management and/or Production Planning in the Chemical industry
- Strong skills and knowledge of supply chain, procurement, and production processes
- Proficient SAP user with high level of computer skills (SAP, MS Office)
- Demonstrated leadership skills; prior team leadership is considered beneficial
- Excellent interpersonal, presentation and communication skills
- Proven ability to build sustainable relationships with team members and key stakeholders
- Cultural awareness and ability to work in a diverse, multicultural matrix environment
- Solution-oriented working style with strong analytical and process thinking
- Proven problem solving / critical reasoning capabilities
- Strong communication skills across all levels of the organization
- Business fluent English, both verbal and written

**Our Offer**
Become part of our open and transparent culture. It will give you the opportunity to flourish and to develop inspiring experiences that contribute to the health and well-being of consumers in 160 countries around the world. Putting our employees in the focus fuels our strong company growth above market rates and makes us an excellent place to develop your career.

**Come join us and embark on a fascinating journey with Symrise.**

Job Reference: EA00065



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