Inventory Planner

2 weeks ago

Cape Town, South Africa Engen Full time

**Who You Are**:

- You are dynamic thinker with a high aptitude for learning.
- You have built credibility within your organization and amongst your peers.
- You are an expert at implementation and execution of strategic objectives.
- You are passionate about retail and inventory
- You have excellent communication and negotiation skills.
- You have a reputation for being insightful and operating with integrity.

**What You Have Done Before**:

- 8 years Category buying management experience within the FMCG environment.
- NQF Level 6 (Diploma in Retail/ Supply Chain/ Sciences/ Technology)
- 5 years experience in Inventory & Replenishment Planning (within Buying, Supply Chain & Inventory Management)

**Advantageous**
- Inventory Optimization/ Supermarket/ Food Retailing experience at Specialist level

**Exciting Challenges You Might Face**:

- Immerse yourself in various aspects of the organisation
- Influencing the strategic direction of Engen convenience business
- Operate effectively in an ever-changing, dynamic and agile business

**What You Will Doing**:
**PURCHASE ORDER MANAGEMENT & AMENDMENTS**
- Develop and amend/ confirm recommended purchase orders through effective communication with relevant stakeholders and taking into consideration the necessary logistics
- Ensure effective management of stock levels based on stock cover targets
- Confirm inter-regional inventory transfers as required and supplier delivery time slots where necessary (peak season)
- Create action emergency purchase orders and/or purchase order amendments based on business rules and to ensure efficient business operations

**INVENTORY DATA MANAGEMENT**:

- Load replenishment data for new products to ensure efficient business operations
- Update replenishment data as required (normal trading/ special events) e.g. units per tray, delivery patterns, lead times, stock cover

**INVENTORY OPTIMISATION & ANALYSIS**
- Receive all queries related to product e.g. stockouts, overstocks
- Perform initial analysis on queries, identifying obvious causes of problems (forecasts, shorts, BOH errors, inaccurate data, mis-picks, DC issues)

**STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT & COLLABORATION**
- Develop sustainable relationship with relevant teams and ensure communicated issues of shorts/ replenishment are resolved
- Collaborate with teams to determine risks and the root cause and recommend possible solutions
- Collaborate with relevant teams & suppliers to ensure inventory issues and challenges (changes in delivery patterns) are always resolved with feedback & corrective actions where necessary to ensure availability of stock and to determine best solution(s) to any short-term problems

**Salary Grade**:

- FH

**Location**:

- Cape Town

**Job Advert Closing Date**: All job adverts close five days after date posted

**Engen’s approved Employment Equity plans and targets will be considered as part of the recruitment process.**

**Important Information**:

- The appointment will be made in line with Engen's Employment Equity Strategy.
- Engen reserves the right not to make an appointment.

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