Material Planner
Port Elizabeth
A vacancy has arisen for a Material Planner . The incumbent will be based in Gqeberha , reporting directly to the Purchasing Manager . Key responsibilities in the job will be as follows:
Key Result Areas
- Planning of raw material, and finished goods requirements based on forecast requirements
- Place orders for raw material and finished goods based on the planned and safety stock requirements
- Maintenance of supplier data and supplier evaluations as required by quality management system
- Expediting or delay purchase orders based on requirements to ensure on time delivery or optimize inventory where applicable.
- Liaising with outsourced warehouse to ensure smooth processes for receipts and Stock management
- Liaising with sales on customer requirements to manage any shortages and anomalies based on customer off take
- Managing the creation of new products on the system when required
- Managing and track inventory levels of all products purchased
- Ensuring appropriate disposition of redundant or rejected stock by liaising with SOX controller
- Managing of phase in and phase out of products to reduce obsolescence
- Prepare obsolescence information and submit to sales for negotiation
- Check prices and ensure incoming invoices match transfer pricing
- Maintain master data of products in SAP and OMP+ for all products
- Update and review Priority and open order reports
- Update the KPI’s for Purchasing Dept on a monthly basis
- Compile forecast for suppliers and submit for action
- Ensure inventory health is maintained
- Procure based on BBBEE levels
- Track BBBEE certificates and ISO certificates for expiry and for validity - proof must be obtained from suppliers for any renewals of BBBEE certificates or QA certificates
- Liaise with Global purchasing for price movements and approval, alternatives etc.
- Ensure supporting information for price increases is filed
- Negotiate reduction of prices and cost avoidance to limit or delay price increases
- Maintain price tracker and trend analysis of pricing
- Highlight risks to all the relevant parties and prepare information for air freight approval
- Ensure packaging meets customer specifications
- Raise indirect orders on SAP and send to suppliers
- Liaising with requisitioners to ensure smooth processes for receipts of indirect orders
- Ensure all relevant documentation are received from new suppliers and liaise with finance on the creation of new vendors on the SAP system
- Perform various administrative related tasks where required
- Perform any reasonable tasks given by senior management which is within your capability
- Maintain safety stock or safety time for RM and FP
- Run open order report weekly, expedite late orders and close previous month consumption orders.
Skill, Knowledge and Experience Requirements
- ND or Degree in Purchasing or Logistics Management, CPIM or similar
- Intermediate level of computer literacy with high usage (Excel)
- Minimum 3-5 years’ experience in an operations and/or planning environment; understanding forecast and MRP processes
- Experience in an automotive planning environment is an advantage
- Capacity to utilize company’s information systems; SAP experience is an advantage