Strategic Production Planning Lead

3 weeks ago


Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa Boikago Group Full time
Job Overview

We are seeking a highly skilled Strategic Production Planning Lead to join our team at Boikago Group. As a key member of our operations team, you will be responsible for ensuring the efficient and effective forecasting, planning, and allocation of production volumes to meet market demand and business goals.

About Us

Our client is an international automotive OEM that produces vehicles in 12 countries and delivers them to customers in more than 150 markets worldwide. We are committed to delivering high-quality products while maintaining a strong focus on innovation, sustainability, and customer satisfaction.

Key Responsibilities
  • Sales Forecasting: Lead the sales forecasting process using the IVA system to ensure that wholesale and stock reporting aligns closely with a realistic outlook.
  • Production Planning: Develop and maintain production plans that balance market requirements with manufacturing capabilities, ensuring seamless integration and alignment with business strategies.
  • Collaboration & Coordination: Work closely with sales, product, and manufacturing departments to synchronize production plans with the sales forecast and product launches/changes.
  • Data Management: Oversee the collection, analysis, and interpretation of relevant data to support volume planning decisions and identify opportunities for improvement.
  • Process Improvement: Continuously evaluate and enhance volume planning processes and methodologies to improve accuracy, efficiency, and responsiveness to market changes.
  • Wholesale & Stock Reporting: Ensure timely and accurate reporting of wholesale and stock data to the Finance department, adhering to set dates and times.
  • Model Mix Planning: Develop and implement model mix planning strategies for each product to meet market demands and optimize production efficiency.
  • Reporting & Communication: Provide regular updates, reports, and presentations to senior management, highlighting key insights, potential risks, and recommended actions to achieve volume planning objectives.
  • Systems Reporting: Manage the operation of group systems supporting vehicle planning and ordering functionality (EPL/FPL/NADIN).
Requirements
  • Education: A National Diploma or Bachelor's degree in Commerce, Finance, Marketing, or Business Management.
  • Experience: Minimum 5 years in the automotive industry, preferably in sales, product planning, or volume planning.
  • Skills: Ability to analyze complex data and provide logical feedback, accuracy in data analysis and reporting under pressure, addressing discrepancies and finding effective solutions, managing multiple tasks and meeting deadlines, strong written and verbal skills for conveying plans and updates, good presentation abilities, working effectively with cross-functional teams, adjusting strategies to changing market conditions, leading and mentoring junior team members, driving process improvements, balancing projects, reporting, and ad-hoc tasks efficiently, aligning planning strategies with business goals, understanding automotive industry dynamics, market trends, and consumer behavior for informed decision-making.
Salary and Benefits

The estimated salary for this role is R1,200,000 per annum, inclusive of benefits such as medical aid, provident fund, bonus, lease vehicle, leave, fuel, and cell phone allowance.



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