Our client within the manufacturing industry seeks to appoint an experienced and suitably qualified Demand Planning and Fulfilment Manager: Logistics to join their team based in Durban. The successful incumbent will be responsible for providing support in the various supply chain functions, which includes but not limited to DP Management, production scheduling, delivery planning/ order fulfilment, overall inventory management, budget, monitoring, and employee counselling.
Key Duties
DP Management
- DP Management and tracking
- Drive the S& OP process within the organisation.
- Use S & OP process to produce stocks that are relevant to the market and improve quality of inventory.
- Ensure stocks are sufficient to fulfil monthly sales requirements (DP)
Local Production Scheduling
- Direct involvement in production planning in accordance with DP and balance to model stock
Import FG and Tube Order Management
- Ensure that the imports are ordered timeously to meet sales requirements / budgets.
- Actively manage the stock age to minimize overage import stock.
- Overall Inventory management
Delivery Planning / Order Fulfilment
- Ensure that stock for monthly sales forecasts is made available and delivered on time to customers.
Competencies
- Excellent leadership skills
- Good understanding of production planning requirements
- Experience in delivery or load planning
- Logistics fundamentals and practices
- Strategic thinker with the organisations value chain in mind
- Results driven with ability to handle pressure.
- Excellent organizing, analytical and problem-solving skills
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills at all levels
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Desired Skills:
- Bcom Honours or Degree in Supply Chain Management –
- 5 – 10 years in demand forecasting planning and execution in a manufacturing environment –
- 5 years in a Management position –
- In depth understanding of supply chain and demand forecasting / order fulfilment –
- Advance level of SAP COGNOS & Excel –
- Willingness to travel locally (occasional)