Demand Planner

3 weeks ago

Cape Town, South Africa Good Help Recruitment Full time

**Duties and Responsibilities**:

- Continuously improve the demand forecast and drive forecast accuracy improvements
- Maintaining and ensuring master data integrity across SAP, IBP, and relevant systems
- Support, analysis, and reporting for S&OP Process, specifically Demand review meetings
- KPI reporting and compiling presentation decks to relevant stakeholders
- Manage slow moving stock and stock write-offs
- Manage 3rd Party QA on post importation testing (PIT) (where applicable)
- Close collaboration with Supply planners/ suppliers to maintain Stock to Norm (STN) / Safety Stock and optimise inventory levels
- Order execution and management as required
- Support New Product Launches & relaunches to ensure stock availability for on time launches while maintaining optimal inventory
- Continuous Improvement

KEY ACCOUNTABILITES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

- Continuously improve the demand forecast and drive forecast accuracy improvements.
- Gain market insights using analytical, marketing and sales data as well as qualitative inputs to improve forecasts through demand driven forecasting.
- Collaborate closely with commercial teams, finance, supply planners, other relevant stakeholders, and suppliers locally and internationally.
- Maintaining and ensuring master data integrity across SAP, IBP, and relevant systems.
- Support, analysis, and reporting for S&OP Process, specifically Demand review meetings.
- KPI reporting and compiling presentation decks to relevant stakeholders.
- Lead and manage demand review process with Sales and Marketing for assigned portfolio.
- Manage slow moving stock and stock write-offs by driving demand shaping and mitigation planning with Commercial and Finance.
- Providing monthly commentary on forecast errors and demand movements.
- Engage and coordinate discussions with commercial and supply planning team to proactively manage risk and opportunities relating to demand.
- Manage 3rd Party QA on post importation testing (PIT) (where applicable.)
- Close collaboration with Supply planners/ suppliers to maintain Stock to Norm (STN) / Safety.
- Stock and optimise inventory levels.
- Order execution and management (as required) in response to demand movements in conjunction with supply planners / suppliers / commercial.
- Provide front end feedback to the supply planner/suppliers on latest demand movements.
- Proactively manage and communicate supply constraints (where necessary) to minimize the total business impact.
- Support New Product Launches & relaunches to ensure stock availability for on time launches while maintaining optimal inventory.

CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT:

- Conduct analytics required to drive forecast accuracy improvements.
- Support demand planning team and CI & Systems Manager with process and system improvements and optimisation.
- Driving Digitalization and automation of analytics and reporting in supply chain.

KNOWLEDGE REQUIREMENTS:

- Computer skills on MS Office (Advanced Excel Skills) is required.
- A solid understanding of S&OP, demand, and supply planning.
- Deep working knowledge of ERP, Forecasting/Planning & BI systems.
- Deep technical knowledge of demand & supply planning as well as inventory management.
- Experience on demand & supply management is a plus.

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE:

- Relevant bachelors degree in supply chain management (BCom), Business Economics, Logistics, (BCom), Engineering (BEng), or related field.
- 3+ years of demand planning and/or supply planning, supply chain analytics, industrial engineering.
- Exposure to supply chain and supporting S&OP process is required.
- Experience in Demand Planning including replenishment forecasting is a plus.
- Previous exposure on working with statistical forecast is a plus.
- Previous experience in data analytics/science is a plus.
- APICS certification (CPF or CPIM) is an advantage.
- Experience in the FMCG/Pharmaceutical industries is advantageous.
- Good working knowledge with ERP systems (SAP), Integrated Business Planning (IBP) and BI Platforms.
- Fluent level of written and spoken English. Additional language is a plus.

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