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Supply Chain Continuous Improvement Manager - Gauteng, Johannesburg
Note: This role will best suit an up and coming Demand planning and CI specialist with 2 years of management experience.
Reporting to the Managing Director, you have a background in Supply chain Continuous Improvement, Replenishment Planning & forecasting.
You will lead a small team of University Degreed Industrial engineers &
be responsible for embedding and developing an integrated, 'best in class" supply chain approach for the business, to ensure cost optimistaion and customer satisfaction.
Providing business intelligence and analysis specific to the performance of the industry division & value chain within South Africa through the recommendation of improvements to the stakeholders, you will:
Duties and Responsibilites:
- Review company's business processes for enhancing effectiveness and benchmark with Industry Best Practice
- Work collaboratively with stakeholders to implement C.I. initiatives to drive cost reduction and service delivery across the business
- Engage with key internal and external stakeholders to change behaviour to drive process improvement in a positive manner
- Compile the business case for improvements as well as track the value realised vs initiatives
- Analysis of the Wholesale supply chain encompassing:
- Network design and modelling to create an optimized service strategy eg. Centralised vs Decentralised vs Hybrid model.
- Route and Vehicle Optimization. Schedules services vs Dedicated services, vs Hybrid.
- Industry footprint analysis and support. Identify future service points and review current footprint efficiency and cost.
- Scenario Planning of possible future events (process, cost, behavioral changes)oAd-hoc analysis and root cause analysis
- Implement a Continuous improvement plan
- Long term strategic planning: Forecasting and requirement planning, Capacity and impact assessements
- Balance Sheet Relief Mechanism Analysis and Optimisation
- Projects: industry systems imporvements, transport opitmiation, Data integrity, process optimisation
- Department support, analysis and modelling
- Industry and Department Projects and Continuous Improvement innovation
- B Eng Industrial Engineering (Hons) / Bsc Analytical discipline (Operational Research etc). SAPICS certification- advantageous PLUS
- 5 years' experience within the supply chain or operations environment of which
- 4 years plus analytical roles
- 3 years continuous improvement
- 3 years operational research and modelling
- 3 years management
- Experience with ERP/Planning/Planning systems
- Advanced knowledge of MS Office suite
Note: travel to business centres as required. Overtime as required.
Should you meet the above requirements and ONLY if you do, please send your detailed CV in Word format, a recent payslip, any relevant supporting documents and a photo to (Email Address Removed)
Salary parameters are guides only. If we have NOT responded to your CV within 5 days, kindly assume your CV has not been shortlisted and you have been regretted.
MONTANA RESOURCING - PROFESSIONAL SEARCH CONSULTANTS
Montana Resourcing offers a R2000 job spec and/or candidate referral fee that results in a placement through Montana Resourcing. Please email either (Email Address Removed) or (Email Address Removed) with the contact person, their contact email or number and the reason for the referral i.e. Are they hiring or looking. We will keep the referral strictly confidential
Desired Skills:
- Planning Systems
- MS Office Suite
- supply chain optimistaion
- operational research
- inventory forecasting
- inventory planning
- demand planning
Desired Work Experience:
- 2 to 5 years Middle / Department Management
About The Employer:
The business unit supplies 4 PL consulting and operational planning nationally, within the Group, currently the largest national service provider in their specialist industry sector. Their mission to align service/ products with the customer expectations, develop solutions and manage the supply chain decisively and with effective critical thinking.
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