Junior Supply Chain Planning Analyst

6 months ago


Cape Town, South Africa Takealot Group Full time

We are a young, dynamic, hyper-growth company looking for smart, creative, hard-working people to join us. We offer market-related benefits, a great work environment and a promise that you won't get bored, as long as you are prepared for a challenge and want to build something great.

The position reports into the **Supply Chain Planning Manager** and has no direct reports.

**Your responsibilities will include**:

- Manage a portion of replenishment planning for a portfolio of products for daily ordering
- Identify ideal fulfilment models for products within departments and divisions based on sales plans, etc.
- Stakeholder to respective Retail team for the responsible portfolio
- Monitor replenishment frequencies, order cycles effective for the portfolio etc.
- Assist with divisional stock balancing across the Distribution Centres for Replenishment portfolio
- Weekly reporting & analysis for portfolio on supplier OOS & portfolio availability
- Operation resolution on daily issues within the portfolio
- On-going alignment with other departments on stock cover and related issues
- Management of Availability KPI for respective Portfolio
- Operational management of planning tool
- Systems testing of Planning tool

**Attributes**:

- Creative and practical problem-solving skills. Solution-oriented.
- Fast learner and ability to thrive in a dynamic and fast paced environment
- Good communications skills with the ability to present complex information in a clear and concise manner to a variety of audiences.
- Strong prioritisation & organisational skills
- Systems thinker with the ability to understand and break down complex problems and relationships
- Understanding of basic Supply Chain networks and modelling preferred
- Attention to detail with a curious mind
- Solutions-oriented, can-do attitude; self-motivated; critical thinker
- High proficiency with analysis, BI and modelling tools
- Proficiency with data manipulation tools such as Excel, SQL, Power BI or Knime is advantageous
- Comfortable with change and excellent team player

**Qualifications and Experience**:

- BCom / BTech / NDip (Commercial, Engineering or similar degree)
- Minimum of 2 years' experience in Supply Chain, analytics, or planning in relevant industries.
- High level of proficiency with MS Office packages with proven advanced proficiency in Excel
- Experience in the retail industry is beneficial
- We have fun, work hard, take ownership, work in teams to create solutions, and are always open to direct feedback/new ideas on where we can improve.
- We are short on ego and high on output.
- We are doers and not only thinkers, it's all in the execution after all.
- We love what we do and what we are creating.

We seek to Employ an **Extraordinary Mind** who:

- is respectful but forthright
- is an expert at doing, who can not only design but also execute
- is analytical, able to use data to make decisions
- is competitive, self-directed and strive to be the BEST (GREAT requires a lot of work and does not only happen during business hours
- is **passionate about the potential of e-commerce** and delivering a **world-class customer experience**:

- is **entrepreneurial**, **thrives under change** and accepts it is a constant and always **looks for solutions** to do something better and faster
- is business SMART. Able to think about problems from a business perspective using technical and product input;
- is curious and challenge the status quo
- is innovative and enjoys iteration
- is collaborative
- **thinks like an owner** of the business
- is **SMART, has INTEGRITY** and **is HARD WORKING**

If you meet the above you are an **Extraordinary Mind, **so come and join us
- Takealot is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants from the previously disadvantaged groups and people with disabilities will be given preference_


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