Demand Planner

3 days ago

Johannesburg, South Africa FERRERO Full time

**Job Location: Johannesburg**:
**Job Location: Johannesburg**:
**Company description**:
Ferrero is a family-owned company with a truly progressive and global outlook and iconic brands such as Nutella®, Tic Tac®, Ferrero Rocher®, Raffaello®, Kinder Bueno® and Kinder Surprise®. As the love for our brands continues to grow, so too does our global reach. Represented in more than 50 countries, with products sold in more than 170, the Ferrero Group is loved by generations around the world. The secret to our global success? 38,767 dedicated employees who celebrate care and quality to craft a business, careers and brands we are proud of. Join us, and you could be one of them.

**Diversity Statement**:
Ferrero is committed to building a diverse and inclusive culture in which all employees feel welcomed and appreciated and have the same opportunities. We believe all of our people are equally talented in their own way. In nurturing the curiosity and natural abilities of our employees, we provide them, generation after generation, the means to succeed personally and professionally, enabling them to craft their journey at Ferrero. The diversity of our talents is what makes our work environment multicultural, innovative and highly rewarding.

**About the Role**:
Manage Demand Planning process and planning tools

**Main Responsibilities**:
Sales and Operations Plans & Processes (S&OP)
- Sales and Operations analysis
- Develop, collate and compile integrated S&OP plans for the business and ensure alignment of the plans to business strategy
- Reconcile sales and Operation plans to the business and financial plans
- Implement agreed S&OP processes, coordinate, facilitate and prepare for the relevant monthly/weekly S&OP meetings

Demand Planning
- Manage the demand planning process and the demand planning tools liaising between Production Plants and business unit (BU) to support the relevant demand planning activities
- Coordinate and facilitate the relevant demand planning activities and ensure that demand planning aligns with the S&OP process
- Coordinate and facilitate the demand review meetings (consensus meetings) with clear documentation of decisions & outcomes

Primary Freight Management
- Oversee, control and manage inbound shipment
- KPI measurement on inbound primary freights
- Implementing Group Policies with regards to Inbound transportation
- Budget adherence

Stock Level Management
- Ensures the optimal management of stock level, reaching stock target level for each product and meeting the agreed service level.
- Prevents stock shortage
- Manages, coordinates and monitors the stock management for each SKU, in order to maximize freshness and coverage level, minimizing the stock shortage and overstock risks

Master Data Management
- Monitors and verifies the production of documentation related to product coding (RDP process), following up with involved departments
- Flagging any master data related issues that could cause delay in supply
- Manage the flow of master data between the business unit, sourcing sites and 3rd party logistics providers

SAP Management
- Regular update of Supply and Production Plans in APO
- Maintain and oversee 3PL system/SAP Interface
- Other SAP processes as necessary by role and business operation

**Who we are looking for**:
Bcom Honours or Masters degree
1-3 Years in demand planning
Very Strong IT skills (MS Office advanced excel skills, SAP APO,SQL

**How to be successful in the role and at Ferrero**:
Consumers, quality and care are at the heart of everything we do. So, to be successful at Ferrero, you’ll need to be just as consumer and product centric as we are - dedicated to crafting brilliant results for consumers around the world.

**Requisition ID**

63655

**Job function**

Supply Chain Integrata

**Country**

South Africa

**City**

Johannesburg

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