Planner: Supply Channel

SUMMARY:
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POSITION INFO:

Requirements:

• Degree
• Relevant experience in applying job related concepts, techniques and processes at the
  required level
• Business English: Fluent
• Experience in working with senior management
• Computer literacy (Advanced) 

Responsibilities:

Develop demand forecast on daily/weekly/monthly

• Generate statistical based forecast, review exceptions, cleans history, validate assumptions,
  analyse variance between expected and actual results.
• Facilitate monthly rolling demand plan per product Group and/or SKU and/or SKU Family.
• Collaborate with Marketing, Principals and Key Accounts to obtain market intelligence (MDT).
• Collect data, analyse historical trends, promotions, analyse market intelligence, map events.
• Monitor demand plan daily/weekly/monthly and take corrective action.
• Conduct promotional tracking and analysis in terms of volumes and dates.
• Analyse deviations and demand changes and present findings to multi discipline team.
• Monitor monthly forecast vs weekly forecast and take corrective action.
• Develop/track holiday planning forecast.
• Collaborate with Supply Planners and discuss future promotions, launches and forecast

Create, analyse, communicate reports

• Analyse and communicate order fill rate (supply levels to customers).
• Run forecast error report, analyse and learn from reason for error.
• Draw reports on new listings/discontinuation and facilitate solutions.
• Conduct trend analysis on sku's and communicate corrective action.
• Analyse and communicate possible ranging per region.
• Run weekly forecast error report per distribution area\sku.
• Run and communicate promotional tracking report.

Optimise and review ideal inventory levels

• Calculate and communicate ideal buffer stocks according to forecast accuracy levels.
• Calculate and communicate minimum and maximum order quantities.
• Action stock reports, communicate overstocks and take action to move stock.

Maintain Supply Chain Planning Master data

• Create new items.
• Phase out discontinued items.
• Maintain forecastable items to location (CIC file).
• Maintain distribution relationships (direct deliveries or re-supply orders).
• Maintain factory per branch item master.
• Maintain/Setup days to trade (DTT), primary distribution days.

Facilitate new product launches between Marketing, Trade Marketing & Supply Chain
Planning

• Collaborate with Marketing regarding new launches.
• Analyse/Identify similar product.
• Generate forecast per region.
• Monitor/action/report on new launch project.
• Monitor product trend and adjust forecast.

Competencies:

• Proactive and action orientated.
• Must be a team player.
• Achieves Results Effectively.
• Maintains high standards.
• Commitment and motivation.
• Collaborate with others to achieve a common objective.
• Customer orientated.
• Communicates effectively.
• Ability to plan and organize.