Planner: Deployment at Clover S.A. Proprietary Limited

Requirements

• Matric - Degree or studying towards/relevant experience
• Relevant experience in applying job related concepts, techniques and processes at the required level
• Business English: Fluent
• Computer literacy (Intermediate)
• Work shifts/weekends/public holidays

Competencies

• Proactive and action orientated         
• Must be a team player        
• Maintains high standards         
• Displays resilience, determination and flexibility        
• Collaborate with others to achieve a common objective        
• Commitment and motivation

Duties and Responsibilities

Maintain stock levels per warehouse    

• Plan stock deployment to branch to ensure 98% OFR to trade
• Maintain optimum stock levels (target days)
• Monitor stock age daily and take action to prevent obsolete stock
• Investigate and report on obsolete stock

Create a deployment forward plan        

• Create a daily forward plan actioned weekly
• Communicate to primary transport and warehouse
• Communicate and monitor deviations from the forward plan and take action        
• Distribute loads evenly to assist primary distribution

Create daily loads and monitor activities            

• Identify and prioritise urgent stock and ensure stock is on load
• Ensure fair share in case of shortages
• Plan loads and link different delivery and loading points together
• Request Primary Transport and ensure that a TR number is received per load
• Ensure planned loads are actual is correctly actioned in Tower   

Monitor warehouse space and forward planning            

• Monitor available space and adjust plan accordingly
• Daily space check on each branch incoming and outgoing
• Co-ordinate space constraints with Principals/Planners

Report, interpret and provide recommendation on all Deployment activities            

• Report daily on warehouse utilisation
• Report on Primary, pallet and weight utilisation weekly
• Report on picking freshness per CDC daily, month to date, actioned weekly
• Report on stock levels within parameters actioned weekly
• Report and analyse daily short supply and coordinate with warehouse and SCP Planners
• Report daily to warehouse: OFR, warehouse utilisation, top 20 short supplies, picking freshness, SDS risk stock
• Double handling
• Compile weekly and monthly reports on all Deployment activities

Review and correct planning parameters            

• Review and correct Multiple order quantities on item route level monthly, bi weekly
• Review and correct Min and Max stock levels parameters
• Review and correct Distribution Calendar