Description
Our client in the automotive component manufacturing industry is currently looking to employ a Supply Chain Specialist based in Uitenhage.
A wonderful career opportunity awaits you!
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree and experience in Materials Management, logistics, and/or supply chain.
- Must have excellent computer skills and thorough knowledge of MRP, MS Word, PowerPoint, and Excel.
- Understanding of the Automotive industry.
- Must be detail-oriented, proactive in anticipating requirements, and able to work efficiently with minimal direction in a sometimes high-pressure environment.
- Committed to tasks and skilled at identifying and solving a variety of problems of broad scope and complexity with little to no supervision.
- Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to develop and maintain effective relationships at all levels of the organization.
- Ability to work in a multi-functional and multi-cultural environment.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Strong time management and organizational skills.
- Team player attitude with the ability to influence others.
- Autonomous, organized, and disciplined in a fast-paced environment.
- Proficiency with ERP system focused on Logistics and warehousing.
- At least 2 years' experience as an SAP consultant in a similar industry.
- Current knowledge of SAP systems, deployment, and integration.
Responsibilities and expectations but not limited to:
Develop and implement a Sale, Inventory, and Operations Planning Process for all assigned Plants (SIOP)
- Cross Functional reviews of customer demand (Market Intelligence and Customer Release).
- Ensure long horizon forecast is extended to all suppliers (52-week Forecast).
- Collect and Update Internal and External Capacity information (Plant Efficiency and the company’s Committed capacity).
- Develop and Execute Strategies and action plans to address gaps between Demand and Capacity (How to fulfill forecasted demand).
Control & Reduce Logistics costs
- Improve utilization of planned trucks (Weekly planning of next week's required trucks).
- Improve cube or weight utilization of inbound trailers.
- Reduce and minimize utilization of Premium trucks including team trucks (Major focus on reducing team trucks between Mexico & US).
- Improve internal supply chain and materials flow between the company’s plants (Utilize Value Stream Mapping).
- Work in a cross-functional team to optimize our freight and warehouse network, tying in forecast and order management logic.
Protection of Supply
- Manage the company’s internal and External Escalation Process within Light Axle Plants (Daily Materials Manager Calls).
- Develop a strong Materials and Logistics Team (Daily calls and interaction between plants).
- Escalate potential supply issues to Purchasing if required.
- Allocate parts between the company’s plants if required.
- Ensure suppliers are updating required information in the Supplier Portal.
- Manage all material alarms in One Network.
Inventory Management
- Develop and Implement Standard Material Replenishment processes (Kanban and Min-Max etc.).
- Implement Standard Inventory Forecasting and Planning tools.
- Recommend ERP parameter updates and develop standards.
SAP
- Assessing existing IT infrastructure and recommending improvements.
- Developing and configuring customized SAP solutions.
- Writing scripts and programs to create user-friendly interfaces and enhanced functionalities.
- Deploying SAP solutions and ensuring smooth system integration.
- Troubleshooting and resolving issues to optimize performance.
- Providing SAP system support and end-user training.
- Performing rigorous documentation of SAP processes and presenting progress reports.
- Preparing reports or delivering presentations.
- Ensuring compliance with industry regulations.
- Keeping abreast of the latest SAP offerings, updates, and developments.
Other duties as assigned
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