Material Planner

6 months ago


Johannesburg, South Africa Danone Full time

About the job
The Materials Resource Planner for Danone South Africa is responsible for generating material planning requirements taking into account various production dynamics and constraints both at Danone and its suppliers. Working closely with planning department, suppliers, procurement and site operations ensuring robust planning including (resource capacity constraints, inventory (raw & pack), Supplier SLA adherence on stock holding while ensuring effective communication with all stakeholder and minimising risk to the business This role must be capable of performing root cause and trend analysis for critical case volume and inventory valuation data in addition to maximize R&P availability whilst maintaining optimal levels of raw materials, packaging materials and cash whilst and incurring mínimal levels of waste.

KEY AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY

**1. Material Requirement Planning**
- Compile the Material Requirements Planning for the respective Raw and/or Packaging commodities
- Weekly meetings with Suppliers to manage supplier SLA with regards to stock holding
- Create Purchase Orders based on the short-term production schedule & mid-term production plans
- Ensure on Time Delivery from suppliers, follow up and expedite orders
- Maintain timeous and efficient communication to suppliers, ensuring on-time and correct deliveries of required raw and packaging material
- Maintain safety stock levels on all applicable material
- Forecast demand to suppliers
- Maintain on-going system housekeeping and clear open orders as per the MRP
- Liaise with C&P regarding all contract related concerns.
- Negotiating with internal and external stakeholders regarding desired business outcomes where relevant.

**2. Controls**
- Ensure that correct order volumes are received on time and in full.
- Follow up on the daily Production Service Levels report, identifying any deviations that may impact on immediate purchasing requirements.
- Monitor and act on Non-Conformance Reports, establishing the immediate risk to production
- Follow up on short and non-delivered product, incorrect quantities and incorrect orders
- Update applicable tracking sheets (indirect / direct imports)
- Analyze weekly PSL report feedback to establish if the problem originated from Replenishment
- Obtain stock counts from the applicable vendors/suppliers and continuously monitor the agreed safety stock levels
- Communicate with forwarding agents regarding imported stock
- Conduct quarterly supplier visits to establish safety stock levels vs the agreed SLA
- Ensure mínimal materials write off with Industrial team

**3. Reporting**
- Submit weekly and monthly management reporting
- Submit monthly feedback on Supplier Performance (Supplier Relationship Management)
- Present the Supplier Performance Consolidated Report
- Change Order report to outline exception reporting for audit purposes.
- Submit a Risk Assessment Report to identify possible upcoming constraints
- Develop the 12-month Supplier Forecast
- Report daily on feedback of materials below Safety Stock thresholds

**4. **Support process improvement through interpretation of performance analytics

About you
KEY REQUIREMENTS OF THE JOB

Qualification(s) & Experience:
Diploma or Degree in Purchasing, Supply Chain Logistics, Engineering (or related field 3-5 years’ experience in an FMCG production environment in a replenishment role - Working knowledge of stock control principles and practices - Proficient in MS Office: Excel, PowerPoint - A thorough understanding of all supply chain principles and processes - Previous dairy experience is an advantage - Previous experience in working with SAP is an advantage

About us
A job means so much more than titles and earning money. With us you have the opportunity to really make a difference and improve the health of people and the planet.

You love strong brands - we love strong personalities Become part of Danone and our team with the successful brands.

Come to Danone and make our team even more colorful and diverse.

We say bring your very own self into our teams - because we count on the individuality of everyone.


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