Demand and Supply Planner

5 days ago


Kempton Park, South Africa Xylem Full time

Xylem |ˈzīləm|

1) The tissue in plants that brings water upward from the roots;
2) a leading global water technology company.

Xylem, a leading global water technology company dedicated to solving the world’s most challenging water issues, is the leading global provider of efficient, innovative and sustainable water technologies improving the way water is used, managed, conserved and re-used. Our international team is unified in a common purpose: creating advanced technology and other trusted solutions to solve the world’s water challenges. We are committed to creating an organization of inclusion and diversity, where everyone feels involved, respected, valued and connected, and where everyone is free to bring their authentic selves and ideas.

**We Offer You More Than Just “A Job”**

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- Professional Development - To advance the capabilities of our people, we offer a wide variety of experiences to support our employees’ professional growth and continuous learning.
- Total Rewards - We offer comprehensive programs for compensation, benefits, recognition, learning and development, work-life integration and corporate citizenship.
- Watermark - Watermark is our corporate social responsibility program working to provide education and access to safe water to ensure healthy lives, gender equality, and resilient communities. Employees have the opportunity to learn and volunteer on various water-related projects.
- Employee Networks - Our Employee Networks provide a professional, supportive network for employees from diverse backgrounds, including Women’s, LGBT+ and Allies, Veteran’s, People of Color and Allies, Emerging Leaders, and Working Parents Networks.

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**The Role**: Demand and Supply planner

**PURPOSE OF THE POSITION**

The Demand and Supply planner’s main responsibilities are to liaise with the Sales team and other stakeholders to define a monthly demand forecast and based on this forecast and other input prepare and execute the supply plan. The role is also responsible for various aspects of the SIOP process and inventory management.

**KEY PERFORMANCE AREAS (4-6)**

Description

Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP)

Inventory

Stock replenishment

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES
- ** Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP)**:

- Manage the S&OP process for Xylem Africa including demand planning, supply planning and executive consensus sign-off
- Conduct capacity and performance analyses for Assembly shop to ensure alignment with S&OP plan
- Conducts risk assessments on product availability, supply & demand trends, and risk mitigation
- Prepare material for and lead meetings as part of the S&OP process (demand review, supply review, executive review etc.)
- Actively seek way to improve S&OP process maturity
- Updating of XPS S&OP Maturity Assessment
- ** Inventory**:

- Be the local superuser of the Global Inventory Management (GIM) analysis and planning system
- Responsible for Master Data maintenance in the ERP system and interface with GIM
- Implement Corporate inventory control procedures, with local adaptations as required
- Dispose of and prevent future Excess and Obsolete Inventory
- Optimize inventory levels while maximizing stock availability and sales order fulfilment
- Manage phase-in/phase-out of stock as driven by change management, ECR/ECN
- Support new product introduction
- Updating of XPS S&OP Inventory Assessment
- Share delivery information with internal stakeholders
- Lead inventory reduction projects and activities
- ** Stock replenishment**:

- Manage and maintain appropriate stock parameters such as reordering points, safety stock, EOQ etc.
- Analyze historical consumption as basis for stock replenishment

Key Relationships

Internal: Operations, Sales, Finance, Procurement, EM ISC team, Stakeholders in similar position in other locations

External: Suppliers, Customers, Logistics Providers, Consulting companies

Key Dimensions
- Role impacts:_
- Customer Satisfaction_: Develop processes to increase customer satisfaction
- Working Capital_: Drive year over year improvement on inventory effectiveness
- Position Factors:_
- Communication_
- Effectively communicate with internal and external suppliers, sourcing, sales, distribution centers and finance functions at all staff levels to ensure goal fulfillment for Xylem.
- Can lead and direct a change process and be eager to make a difference.
- Represent Xylem professionally to external suppliers / customers.
- Innovation/ knowledge_
- Actively optimize optimal S&OP and inventory processes to increase service while decreasing inventory.
- Understand Supply Chain industry trends and effectively communicate to drive change, input to strategy

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in supply chain management, Operations, Engineering, Business or similar

Minimum Experience

Minimum 3+ years’ relevant experience in a similar role. Industry experience

APICS, Lean Six Sigma, CSCP certification a plu


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