Inventory Planner

6 months ago


Durban, South Africa Vocation Staffing Solutions Full time

INVENTORY PLANNER

**DURBAN**

The purpose of the position is to convert customer demand into an achievable production plan, taking into consideration available manufacturing capacity and national stock holding requirements.

**Key performance areas**:
**SHERQ**:

- Ensure compliance to the Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Act and adhere to all safety requirements, policies and procedures of the company.
- Wear the correct Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) relevant for the workplace and adhere to all the relevant policies and regulations.
- **Demand Review**:

- Generate historical reports to assist the commercial team in forecasting on a monthly basis.
- Facilitate the demand review with the relevant commercial team to ensure improved forecast accuracy.
- Review previous months’ forecast accuracy to ensure continues improvement.
- **Supply Review**:

- Generate the proposed production schedule and present to the production team.
- Indicate constraints, priorities and product sequences required to achieve both efficient production and customer satisfaction.
- Incorporate all maintenance plans in the proposed production schedule.
- Inform the commercial team of any potential supply challenges to enable effective communication with the all customers.
- Provide plant management with a 3-month stock holding view based on the supply review.
- **Production Planning**:

- Create a weekly production plan based on demand and supply constraints.
- Lead the daily/weekly production planning meeting, effect changes on the plan as agreed and publish the weekly plan to the plant.
- Open the relevant works orders on Syspro, ensuring work centre, QTY and dates are correct.
- Publish the adherence to plan on a daily basis and supply to all relevant teams
- Highlight non-adherence where applicable.
- Discuss and agree with all relevant managers before the production plan is changed
- Close all completed works orders on a weekly basis, generate the relevant report to ensure compliance.
- Ensure all planned runs are economical and best use of resources to prevent over stock on both finished goods and raw material.
- **Master data management**:

- Create new item codes by completing the relevant template based on the product specification form submitted by the Chief Chemist/Operations Director.
- Review and correct all relevant work centres and run rates on Syspro.
- Complete all planning calendars with shift and maintenance hours when required.
- Ensure only valid item codes are active at any given time.
- **Reporting**:

- Supply the logistics manager with the relevant S&OP information to be included in the management report, include past month performance as well as 6 month forecast on Finished Goods.
- Monitor adherence to plan and escalate failure to adhere to Operations Director.
- Prepare and distribute relevant capacity report and indicate all available capacity and opportunities to the plant management team.
- Check the daily OEE report in terms of planned hours and ensure that information contained in the report is in accordance with the production plan published.

**Experience and Qualifications**:

- Matric
- Diploma in Supply Chain Management
- 3 - 5 years’ experience in an inventory planning role specifically in a FMCG or manufacturing environment.

**Job Related Knowledge**
- Product (chemical) knowledge (advantageous)
- ERP planning knowledge
- Supply Chain knowledge
- Warehousing and despatch knowledge
- Manufacturing processes knowledge (advantageous)
- Stock control knowledge
- Knowledge on people management
- Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) knowledge will be beneficial to ensure compliance with company safety requirements, policies and procedures.
- Able and willing to use Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to comply with OHSA requirements.

**Computer Literacy**
- Syspro - essential.
- Advance knowledge on Excel is essential to the position.
- Intermediate knowledge on Word and Outlook will be beneficial.

**Job Type**: Permanent



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