Supply Planning Manager
21 hours ago
**Purpose**
- Manage, analyse, and lead the supply planning portfolios for all Cipla Africa based manufacturing sites and own, manage and lead the demand fulfilment and customer service for 3rd party suppliers. Also lead and manage the Inbound Logistics Team as part of the supply planning function.
- Complex role with multiple facets and both highly analytical, strategic, transactional, and operational in nature. Multiple stakeholders and focus on collaborative and cross functional working with both local and global stakeholders. Working with, managing and cost management of the 3rd Party Logistics Service Provider.
**KEY ACCOUNTABILITES AND RESPONSIBILITIES**:
- Manage, lead and drive the Supply S&OP and Reconciliation S&OP Process
- Lead and manage relevant sales and operations execution meetings with suppliers
- Manage, lead, develop and build strong team relationships for a team of supply planners and logistics coordinators.
- Assess stock prioritization, pull forward and deferral request based on demand movements in conjunction with demand planner
- Analyse and propose stock to norm (STN) requirements for all SKU’s. Ensure stock holding conforms with inventory policy and targets and investigate deviations for corrective actions. Alternatively provide scenarios for decision making on proposed stock holding.
- Identify and review items with excess inventory and propose action plan.
- Manage short dated stock and drive demand shaping with Marketing, mitigation planning with Commercial team.
- Lead and Manage the COPE for the SA business. Minimise write off costs on slow moving stock by proposing change in stock policy or demand shaping actions to reduce write off.
- Preparation of supply planning related reports for monthly supplier engagement meetings. Leading Supply S&OP meetings and compiling and presenting of presentation decks
- Provide reporting and root cause analysis for monthly on excess and shortfall stock as well as key drivers to inventory forward.
- Manage Section 21 supply process
- Liaise with Cipla India for SA Market supply commitment visibility
- Manage 3rd Party QA on post importation testing (PIT) (where applicable)
- Provide reporting to commercial team on PIT Results & QA release timelines
- Manage replenishment requirement views for maintaining STN. Drive and maintain half yearly STN review and signoff for the SA Product Portfolio
- Provide front end feedback to the supply sites on latest demand movements
- Coordinate discussions with demand planners on the opportunities and risks regarding demand and supply.
- Manage, develop and improve inventory strategies on existing, new and phased-out products
- Track stock supply point delivery vs actual, conduct required follow up to ensure service delivery.
- Manage, support & coordinate the vendor coalitions within Supply Chain Planning team in the efforts to ensure supply security of products.
**CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT**:
- Manage analytics, reporting and continuous improvements required for supply visibility and commitments, including risk & opportunity identification
- Joint Lead with Demand Planning Manager and CI & Digital Manager with process, automation and system streamlining and improvement plans
- Drive SKU STN analytics and segmentation in day to day planning activities
- Custodian of STN
- Driving Digitalization and automation of analytics and reporting in supply chain
- Lead and Manage the Logistics Team in for SA Business, including 3rd Party Logistics Service Providers
- Driving best practice and cost saving for shipping and transport, whilst ensuring shortest route to Cipla Distribution Gateway (CDG).
**KNOWLEDGE REQUIREMENTS**:
- Computer skills on MS Office (Advanced Excel Skills)
- A solid understanding of S&OP, demand, and supply planning, Logistics, Transportation, Shipping and Imports/Exports
- Deep working knowledge of ERP, Forecasting & BI systems
- Deep technical knowledge of supply planning, inventory management and shipping
- Vast experience on demand & supply management
**SKILLS AND ATTRIBUTES**:
- Effective planning, organising and co-ordinating
- Results driven
- Effective problem solving and decision making
- Commercial and strategic awareness
- Independent and self-directed individual that can drive execution
- Influencing capabilities
- Effective interpersonal skills, the ability to communicate effectively (written and verbal) and articulate risks with an understanding of overall impact/sensitivity to rest of the business
- Attention to detail
- Project management skills is a plus
- Ability to think strategically and innovatively around total rewards
- Data scientist experience is a plus
- Being able to coach and transfer knowledge to peers and pipeline talents
- Ability to operationalize and adopt planning best practices in day to day planning
**EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE**:
- Relevant Post Graduate Bachelors University qualification in Supply Chain Management (BComm), Logistics (BComm) or Engineeri
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