Demand Planning and Fulfilment Manager: Logistics

SUMMARY:
Leading global manufacturing and logistics company seeks a Demand Planning and Fulfilment Manager: Logistics located in Durban Head Office. 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.

POSITION INFO:

Required:

• Bcom Hons or Degree in SCM
• 5 - 10 years in demand forecasting, planning and execution in a manufacturing environment
• 5 years in a Management position
• Willingness to travel locally (occasional)
• Excellent leadership skills
• In-depth understanding of supply chain and demand forecasting/order fulfillment
• Good understanding of production planning requirements
• Experience in delivery or load planning
• Logistics fundamentals and practices
• Strategic thinker with company value chain in mind
• Results-driven with the ability to handle pressure
• Excellent organizing, analytical and problem-solving skills
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills at all levels
• Advance level of SAP, COGNOS & Excel

Duties:

DP Management (CP/ DR/ IB/ OE/ Falken/ Symmetry/ Tubes)
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 the quality of inventory
Ensure stocks are sufficient to fulfill monthly sales requirements (DP)

Local Production Scheduling
Direct involvement in production planning in accordance to 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 are made available and delivered on time to customers

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