Head of Planning

Contact person for this position:
Rayleen Lentz

Purpose:
Plan and Implement appropriate strategies in accordance with trends identified in the market as per client requirements.

Essential Duties & responsibilities:

- Assist in monitoring all department budgets, manage all inventories on quarterly basis and assist all team members to manage all production schedules.
- Manage inventory level for all components and finished products and ensure compliance to all business requirements.
- Manage and control all workflow for projects and maintain an efficient inventory level of all safety stock by reviewing all volume requirements for all production materials.
- Assist all new product development and improvement in all existing products and ensure optimal inventory level at all times.
- Facilitate and provide data to prepare all sales forecasts and implement all new products and processes
- Assist in obtaining and managing all orders and deliveries for all external processes
- Prepare reports to be presented to management
- Manage demand and supply of all materials.
- Collaborate with all stakeholders to monitor all supply chain activities and resolve all availability issues.
- Prepare reports for all planning activity metrics, analyze all results to recommend required improvements in performance and collaborate with Material Manager to forecast all required strategies.
- Evaluate and prepare forecast all policy changes and recommend appropriate business requirements.
- Participate in all evaluation meetings on weekly and monthly basis.
- Maintain optimal level of performance within required budget and ensure compliance to all standard projects.
- Train all subordinates of planning team on various systems.
- Oversee production planning and management activities within the organisation.
- Monitor production status and ensure timely delivery.
- Identify delays and accordingly adjust schedules to meet deadlines.
- Notify customers on any delays and outages.
- Provide excellent customer service and ensure customer satisfaction.
- Evaluate current production processes and recommend improvements.
- Assist in employee hiring, training, performance evaluation, retention and termination activities.
- Any other activities that may be required from time to time

**Experience**:

- 8 years + relevant work experience as senior planner and hands on experience
- Good research and competitor analysis skills and an understanding of industry trends and market conditions gained through experience and research.
- Excellent concept to launch capabilities.
- Experience of, and able to prioritise workloads
- Managing complex budgets

**Education**:

- Tertiary - Bachelor’s degree in Finance
- Strong numeracy skills

**Skills**:

- Computer literacy - Operational/function understanding of ecommerce technologies and websites - proficiency with office web ecommerce engines, customer service software Microsoft Products, NetSuite, Zendesk, and Magento a plus
- Excel - Excel formulas, pivot tables, data extraction and formatting. Research. Microsoft Office proficiency with Word and Excel
- Customer Service - Deal with Customer issues
- Problem solving - Problem Solving Through Negotiation, Consensus Investigate unusual variances and advise as to actions.
- Organizational and time management skills - Ability to work in a dynamic environment and be results and deadline driven
- Numerical, analytical and commercial
- Market research, data analysis and forecasting techniques - Determine trends
- Verbal and written communication - Detail-oriented, demonstrate strong written and verbal communication skills. Communication in writing and public

Traits
- Proactive in identifying, resolving and communicating challenges
- Able to work pro-actively independently and as part of team
- Energetic & Engaging
- Results Focused
- An Analytical thinker.
- A strong team leader
- Good People Skills.
- Detail oriented
- Able to show Initiative
- Methodical, Flexible
- Able to Deal with pressure
- Neutral
- Open-Minded Able to show personal integrity, business ethics and values

R 70 000 CTC