Materials Planner
People Dimension
- Pretoria, Gauteng
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Participate and influence department strategy.
- Monitor and track against the plan.
- Develop recommendations and subsequent action plans to enable the delivery of the departmental strategy.
- Day to day interaction with team members to deliver strategy.
- Build and develop effective relationships with relevant stakeholders to highlight and determine best solution to overcome challenges to continuously improve.
- Contribute to delivering strategic plans with suppliers by liaising regularly on trend changes and tactical forecasting.
- Proactive and regular communication with key stakeholders.
- Conduct stock build plans considering capacity raw materials supply etc.
- Understand and optimise supply chain and systems.
- Understand internal and external factors which impact on demand and ensure these are reflected in forecasts.
- Communicate with internal and external stakeholder to maximise efficiencies.
- Identify challenges, trends and opportunities.
- Maintain Data and Systems (Master Data BOMS, MOQ's, Rounding values leadtimes ETC).
- Collate Information and Assumptions.
- Reach Consensus through Alignment.
- Share and Publish MRP the Plans.
- Track and Manage Plans and escalate supply shorts.
- Issuing daily plans/schedules for all production units.
- Resource Shift/ Labor planning.
- Manage space in warehouses in line with plans.
- Manage redundant and obsolete stock.
- Manage relationships with suppliers.
- Provide daily/weekly/monthly forecasts with supplier.
- Purchase order management and ensure accurate order placement on all aspects.
- Keep updated price lists on all items. Communicate price increases internally to relevant parties.
- Manage supplier contracts.
- Conduct price negotiations with suppliers.
- Ensure supplier splits are adhered to.
- Deal with supplier claims and GRVing issues , returns to suppliers and price dispute variances.
- Analysis of historical and current performance.
- Understand market / product trends as well as department focus that could impact demand.
- Implement tactical plans to support business decision making (6-18 month focus on capacity, Staffing etc.)
- Implementation and review against long term tactical plans.
- Planning initiatives / Innovation to improve planning.
- BBusSc / BCom in Supply Chain.
- Valid drivers license and reliable vehicle.
- 1 - 2 years operational supply chain experience.
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