Material Requirements Planner (Krugersdorp) at RCL Foods

Minimum Requirements

• Relevant Bachelors Degree or a Supply Chain Diploma (e.g. SAPICS)

OR studying towards SAPICS qualification

• 3-5 years’ experience across one or more of the following:
• Planning
• Procurement
• Stores

Duties & Responsibilities

Material Requirements Planning

• Develop the Material Requirements plan in order to ensure that the production plancan be met timeously by having sufficient quantities of packaging and ingredients on site to meet the processing schedule.
• Achieve the above by exploding the gross parent requirement from processing schedule through the BOM establishing gross requirements for ingredient and packaging component items. Until an ERP system is available, this will be done through a manual/spreadsheet process.
• Establish net requirements for packaging and ingredients and off-set these requirements against the relevant lead times to ensure on time delivery.
• Consolidate orders for suppliers into truckload quantities where applicable.
• Expedite and/or postpone where shortages or oversupply becomes evident.
• Re-plan requirements weekly and make adjustments as ad-hoc changes get made to the processing schedule.
• Ensure system is maintained accurately in terms of stock holding (Supplier, Supplier WIP & Rainbow) and latest lead time and lot size information.
• Ensure that stock holding levels are maintained to appropriate levels to ensure working capital targets are met.
• Use appropriate tools to determine safety stock levels.
• Provide the procurement department (and hence suppliers) with a 13-week forward view of anticipated requirements to be used to secure time on the supplier’s production facility as well as enable them time to procure their input materials.
• Meet with the planning and processing team twice a day to evaluate production and
• make adjustment where necessary.

Purchasing

• Issue purchase requisition with anticipated receipt date in line with supplier lead timeto buyer.
• Monitor schedule receipt dates in line with stores management.
• Ensure on time, in full targets are maintained.
• Ensure through random checks that stores are correctly managing the legacy ordermanagement system.
• Manages stock levels of existing material and finished stock in accordance with changes.
• Identify possible stock inaccuracies and work with stores to maintain stock accuracylevels.
• In conjunction with stores, ensure obsolete and quality compromised stocks arewritten off promptly.
• Responsible for communicating overstocks or shortages to regional planning andmake recommendations to resolve

Innovation Projects

• Work closely with relevant marketing and R& D team to ensure ingredient andpackaging requirements for new product launches are received in order to meet launch date.
• Place orders for new product capability trials.
• Calculate estimated bleedouts of packaging and ingredients at the beginning of a project and where applicable provide timeous provisions for write-offs to the project team.
• Ensures national stock levels are on target for each product and ensures that production is on time for delivery taking into account distribution lead times.

Supplier and Stock Holding

• Monthly, provide procurement and the suppliers with a 13 week forecast ofrequirements based on end item requirements as per the Master Production Schedule.
• Establish and maintain lead time and lot size requirements for individual packaging and ingredient requirements.
• Monitor stock at supplier numbers closely in relation to call-off to ensure stock holding numbers are accurate at all time.
• Have regular meetings with suppliers to identify and manage possible constraints and to address and relevant supplier rating scores.
• Escalate any supplier irregularities that may impact on meeting processing plan to the production planner and procurement team.
• Establish stock holding, lead time and lot size requirements with new suppliers.
• Identify opportunities to reduce stock holding either on site or at suppliers based on improved order management and reliability of demand/supply.
• Work with procurement to find opportunities to change the procurement process that will ultimately result in reduced price of materials, stock holding or minimised administration requirements.

General

• Compile and issue all relevant reports and information as required.
• Need to be familiar with processing schedule and production planners work plan toensure continuity.

Master Data

• While the current MRP determination process is fairly basic with a high reliance onmanual intervention and calculations, ensure that the master data that is used todrive the process is correct.
• Drive the resolution of anomalies that area found in either the agreed BOM or otherordering master data (lot sizes, rounding, frequency) is corrected.
• Once an automated ERP system is implemented, ensure that master data is correctat all times.

Governance

• Ensure that Rainbow ethical standards and the requirements of the RPM areadhered to.
• Report and or escalate any areas of non- compliance appropriately.

Information and Data Management

• Ensure team members accurately and regularly captures data onto the informationsystem to enable access to reliable data and reporting for trend analysis and decisionmaking.
• Share relevant data with management teams to enable reliable business decision making.

Effective Teamwork & Self Management

• Take ownership and accountability for tasks and activities and demonstrateseffective self management in terms of planning and prioritising, and self development.
• Follow through to ensure that quality and productivity standards of work are consistently and accurately maintained.
• Inform relevant parties in the event of tasks or deadlines not met, the potential risks thereof and provide appropriate resolution.
• Support and drive the business core values.
• Manage colleagues and client’s expectations and communicate appropriately.
• Demonstrate willingness to help others and “go the extra mile” to meet team targets and objectives.
• Champions training and development of self and others through utilising available training opportunities or contributing to the development of new training solutions relating to product costing in collaboration with national training specialists.
• Participate and drive in regular performance appraisals and ensure that own targets and goals are clear and achievable.
• Maintain a basic appreciation and awareness of employee relations climate and ensure corrective action is taken where required in line with relevant legislation and company policy.