Head of Planning Supply Chain - Sandton Verfied

R 800000 per annum Sandton, Gauteng Sandton, Gauteng more than 14 days ago 30-10-2014 1:35:40 PM
19-11-2014 9:08:34 AM
Reporting to the Supply Chain Director, this position calls for a Senior Strategic Manager , a highly motivated result driven, self - starter with strong interpersonal and influencing skills. The incumbent of this position will be responsible for Managing the sales and operation planning process as well as demand and supply planning Department

Key Performance Areas
Sales & Operations

Implement agreed S&OP processes, coordinate, facilitate and prepare for the relevant monthly S&OP meetings
Develop, collate and compile integrated S &OP plans for the business and ensure alignment of the plans to business strategy
Reconcile sales and Operation plans to the business and financial plans

Demand Planning

Manage the demand planning planning process and the demand planning tools to support the relevant demand planning activities
Coordinate and facilitate the relevant demand planning activities and ensure that demand planning aligns with the S&OP process
Coordinate and facilitate the demand review meetings

Supply Planning

Manage, coordinate and facilitate the supply planning processes and tools to support the needs of the business and ensure alignment of the supply planning processes to S&OP
coordinate and facilitate the supply review meetings with the relevant supply chain teams
Communicate supply issues and manage inventory policies

Required Skills, Qualifications and Experience:
Post Matric Qualification in Engineering, Applied MathematicS, Economics or Logistics
at least 3 – 5 years’ experience within a supply chain environment
Qualifications or Registration with the Association for Operations Management will be an added advantage.
Ability to communicate and interact at all levels of the business is essential
Knowledge of production and operations management, forecasting and basic statistics / demand planning, MRP, APS systems, capacity planning, materials management and purchasing.
Strong analytical, numerical modelling skills and Computation skills
Hands on experience with demand forecasting tools such as (ForecastPro, ForecastX, Demand Manager, Demantra, JustEenough, Opimiza, SAP, APO,DP) would be an added advantage
MS- Excell MS - Access
Good Organisational follow up and presentation skills as well as the ability to work under pressure
Strong interpersonal skills, and a proactive team player

Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Should you not hear from us within 7 working days, please consider your application to be unsuccessful. However, we will keep your CV on our database for any position that may become available