Demand Planner

**Requirements**
- A Relevant qualification
- 5+ years’ experience within a similar field
- Experienced in the Sales & Operational process
- Strong knowledge of demand & inventory planning processes
- Solid forecasting and planning knowledge, understanding and experience
- Strong analytical, negotiation skills and customer service experience
- ERP & Forecasting systems knowledge (systems driven individual)
- Ability to adapt to change and multi-task
- Flexible: working overtime and long hours when required

**Overview (the function is not limited to the below)**
- Achieve stock holding targets across the different product groupings
- Designing and generating weekly and monthly statistical forecast reports
- Continuously improving forecasting techniques and methods and approach
- Measuring the impact of forecast accuracy
- Evolving and maintaining documentation and standard operation procedures for demand planning processes and systems
- Conduct current and future forecasting analysis
- Insuring forecasting processes and methods are followed
- Analyse and assemble all data pertinent to creating the sales forecast
- Recommend adjustments to forecast and inventory targets based on changes in demand and market trends
- Prepare, report, and communicate forecast, inventory and replenish quantities measurements to senior management
- Plan monthly and weekly production
- Update weekly and daily management reports
- Co-packers stock planning and work schedule
- Strategic and operational involvement in all aspects of demand planning functions including driving down costs
- Effectively utilize in-house systems for data analyses and reporting

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Cape Town, Western Cape: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (required)