Overview
A leading chemicals company situated in Durban is urgently seeking the expertise of an experienced Demand Planning Manager to join their team.
Responsibilities:
- Create and manage the Production Plan for all manufactured products to meet demand, generated by B2Wise.
- Ensure timely replenishment of buffers and fulfilment of stock outs.
- Plan based on equipment capacity, functionality, and availability.
- Monitor progress in the production plant and adjust the plan to compensate for delays.
- Modify plan as required to maintain changing deadlines.
- Coordination and planning of export orders to meet shipping dates.
- Administration of stock out lists to meet the demand timeously, including providing of ETA’s to sales.
- Daily allocation of stock for sales, to ensure unbiased distribution of stock and optimum service levels.
- Management of the Logistics Administrators.
- Running of daily planning meetings to optimize the Supply Chain.
- Liaising with the Procurement Department regarding shortages of raw materials, expediting of raw materials, forecasting of raw materials etc.
- Liaising with TSM’s as required regarding manufacturing constraints, substitutions, manufacturing routes, colour matching etc.
- Investigation of relevant incidents on Sheqsys and ensure implementation of corrective actions.
- Weekly and monthly Supply Chain reporting and statistics.
- Administration of Pinetown quarterly stocktake.
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management or equivalent.
- Advanced Excel (graphs, pivot tables, formulas).
- Self-motivated, authoritative, and decisive.
- Keen eye for detail and accuracy.
- Strong leadership qualities and communication skills.
- Creativity and skill in problem-solving.
- Ability to multi-task.
- Skilled at assessing priorities, planning and organizing to ensure customer satisfaction.
- Ability to motivate and coach a team.
Full Time
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