Demand Planning Manager

7 days ago

Johannesburg, South Africa Novo Nordisk Full time

Demand Planning Manager

**Category**:Supply Chain**Location**:Johannesburg, Gauteng, ZA-
- This position will be based in Johannesburg, South Africa, in the Supply Chain & Logistics department. You will directly report to the Supply Chain Manager.**The Position**
- As a Demand Planning Manager, you will be responsible for maintaining and updating the rolling forecast in the planning system, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and that adequate stock is planned in line with demand. You will play a key role in facilitating the Sales and Operations Execution (S&OE) & planning (S&OP) Processes, leading the short
- and long-term forecasting process across the entire portfolio.- Your main accountabilities will be:
- Short
- and long-term Demand Planning and forecast
- Inventory planning and projections, ensuring a balance between incoming orders and projected sales
- Working closely and collaboratively with key customers to ensure a balanced distribution of stock nationally and adequate inventory to meet the demand, and facilitating the S&OP and S&OE process with key functions
- Processing purchase orders with suppliers in line with the demand
- Identifying, proposing, and implementing improvements for distributor/wholesaler management to ensure adequate and timely sharing of data

**Qualifications**
- As a Demand Planning Manager, you need to have a minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in Supply chain or Logistics with 5-8 years of experience in Demand Planning or Logistics in the pharmaceutical industry, including working cross-functionally with commercial teams.- To be successful in this role:
- Strong working knowledge of SAP and Excel
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
- Ability to work effectively and in cross functionally in a fast-paced and dynamic environment.
- Very good English knowledge, both written and spoken

**About the Department**
- The Demand Planning Manager position is based in Johannesburg, South Africa. Our department is responsible for end-to-end supply chain, handling live saving medications and is central in ensuring the company meets its business goals and set targets in compliant manner. We work closely with various teams to ensure efficient inventory planning, movement, and control of materials. Our goal is to achieve targeted quality, wastage, and inventory levels while providing excellent customer service.**Working at Novo Nordisk**
- At Novo Nordisk, we don’t wait for change. We drive it. We’re a dynamic company in an even more dynamic industry, and we know that what got us to where we are today is not necessarily what will make us successful in the future. We embrace the spirit of experimentation, striving for excellence without fixating on perfection. We never shy away from opportunities to develop, we seize them. From research and development to manufacturing, marketing, and sales - we’re all working to move the needle on patient care.**Contact**Deadline**- We commit to an inclusive recruitment process and equality of opportunity for all our job applicants.- At Novo Nordisk we recognize that it is no longer good enough to aspire to be the best company in the world. We need to aspire to be the best company for the world and we know that this is only possible with talented employees with diverse perspectives, backgrounds and cultures. We are therefore committed to creating an inclusive culture that celebrates the diversity of our employees, the patients we serve and communities we operate in. Together, we’re life changing.

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