Job purpose
- Schedule, order, expedite,
- Receipt and manage the material bulk and finished packs in accordance with demand.
Responsibilities
Demand Planning
- Monthly sales and operation process.
- Reschedule backlogs daily and priorities and expedite as needed.
- Long term planning (6months +). Identifying capacity constraints.
- Firming of orders on ERP as per demand forecast, obtain authorization as per the approvals framework and distribute to suppliers.
- Regular follow up with suppliers on open order status.
- Demand Forecasts verified and shared with suppliers.
- Manage all supply related activities for site changes.
- Receipt all finished goods from local and international suppliers, as well as sub-contracting raw materials and packaging from local suppliers.
- Generating and releasing all sales orders for both local and international markets.
Reporting & performance management
- Stock-out reports – Perform stock out analysis.
- Vendor Performance Management - compile quarterly reports
- OTIF reports – maintenance and distribution
- Compile and update monthly and quarterly sales forecast reports.
- Maintain tracker for non-conforming stock investigations and claims.
- Maintain obsolescent stock report.
- Report on budgeted, planned and actuals sales.
Logistics Planning
- Plan shipments on weekly basis based on sales plan to achieve OTIF.
- Liaise with manufacturing sites, logistics service providers to ensure documentation is available and is processed with shipments.
- Track shipments including raw material shipments (Toll)
- Identify any risks to delivery of our orders.
- Coordinate actions emanating from the projects meetings.
Planning & procedures
- Oversee work / serve as a lead technical expert in a complex area/project.
Asset/Resource coordination
- Provide input into required changes in resources to enable achievement of own objectives.
- Determine resource needs of own area of work; request and allocate required assets and resources for the fulfilment of work objectives.
Technical expertise
- Optimise current processes; identify gaps in current policies / procedures.
- Propose changes or improvements to management on processes, tools, techniques, and products.
- Provide technical advice for issues experienced by internal stakeholders.
