Supply Chain Analyst Groceries

SUMMARY:
Our client in the Retail Sector, has an opportunity available for a Supply Chain Analyst - Groceries, in the Cape Town area.

POSITION INFO:
Education and Experience Requirements:

• BCom Logistics / Degree in Quantitative Analytics / Operational Research / Industrial Engineering / Applied Mathematics
• Min 2 years planning experience
• Mathematics in Matric
• Advanced Excel
• Strong Analytical Skills
• SAP experience - advantage
• Required to work weekend shifts as scheduled or ad hoc as required. Long hours if needed for operational requirements.
• Time management skills
• Planning and organisational skills
• Ability to function well under pressure

• Management of stock flow throughout the entire value chain of the Company for a specific category
• Analyse historical sales trends to forecast for normal replenishment and different types of promotions to calculate required inbound volumes per distribution centre (DC)
• Forecast and align master data for new store openings and newly centralised vendors
• Prevent out of stocks by tracking vendor strike rates and sales trends
• Create allocations to stores for promotional stock as per agreed rules
• Vendor collaboration process
• Actively work towards optimising/automating daily functions and processes 
• Communicate risks/anomalies to relevant stakeholders

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