Supply Planner Opportunity
An exciting opportunity exists within NATIONAL BRANDS LIMITED (NBL) for a Supply Planner . The successful candidate will report to the Planning Manager and will be based in Bryanston .
Duties & Responsibilities
Key Performance Areas:
- Manage service levels - Targets set by the business.
- Provide a production plan each week.
- Manage finished good stock levels within predetermined target days cover (this includes stock builds for promotions, line shutdowns, and peak build for seasonality).
- Work closely with the Factories, Sales, and Marketing teams to ensure that stock is available when needed.
- Work closely with the distribution and the deployment team to ensure that all regions have sufficient stock to meet the demand.
- Manage forecast accuracy - Set by the business.
- Run monthly forecasting meetings.
- Maintain planning parameters within SAP and Barnton Planning tool.
- Manage new product launches to ensure that suitable stock covers are achieved before the launch date.
- Hold weekly feedback sessions to highlight service level, production, stock, or sales issues with key stakeholders in the various business units.
- Take part in monthly New Product Development meetings to discuss new products and available capacity etc.
- Do weekly/monthly reporting as required.
- Be able to do scenario planning and give feedback to the business units on capacity constraints and the view going forward.
- Collaboration with the Customer DC Planners and/or Deployment Planners.
Desired Experience & Qualification
Experience:
- At least 8 years’ experience gained in an FMCG environment of which a minimum of 5 years’ experience as a Planner in FMCG
Qualifications:
- A completed degree or equivalent qualification in Logistics, Supply Chain Management, Procurement or similar
- CPIM will be advantageous
Additional Requirements:
- SAP experience required
- Experience using Barnton or any other Supply Chain planning software
- Advanced MS Excel skills
- MS PowerPoint skills (presentations)
- FMCG experience
- Analysing Data
- Deciding and initiating action
- Relating and Networking
- Planning and organising
- Delivering Results
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