Supply Planner - Bellville at Cipla

Job Purpose

• Coordinate with demand planning team and manufacturing sites/3rd party suppliers to optimize inventory and stock supply security. Manage and coordinate the supply plan commitments, determining priorities and implementing strategies to reduce out-of-stock and over-stock issues. Manage, analyse, and coordinate the supply planning portfolios for Cipla Africa based manufacturing sites and own, manage and lead the demand fulfilment and customer service for 3rd party suppliers.

Accountabilities

• Support, analyse and reporting for Supply S&OP Process
• Lead and manage relevant sales and operations execution meetings with suppliers
• Analyse and propose stock to norm (STN) requirements for all SKU’s. Ensure stock holding conforms with inventory policy and targets and investigate deviations for corrective actions. Alternatively provide scenarios for decision making on proposed stock holding.
• Minimise write off costs on slow moving stock by proposing change in stock policy or demand shaping actions to reduce write off.
• Support Section 21 supply process
• Manage 3rd Party QA on post importation testing (PIT) (where applicable)
• Provide replenishment requirement views for maintaining STN
• Support API/RM/PM availability for finished good products where needed.
• Support Annual planning processes with analytics and data provision

Education Qualification

• Relevant Graduate Bachelors University qualification in Supply Chain Management (BComm), Logistics (BComm) or Engineering (BIng)

Relevant Work Experience

• 3+ years of supply planning, supply chain analytics, industrial engineering
• Exposure to supply chain and S&OP is advantageous
• Experience in Demand Planning including replenishment forecasting is a plus
• Previous exposure on working with statistical forecast is a plus
• Previous experience in data analytics/science is a plus
• CPF or CPIM an advantage
• Experience in the FMCG/Pharmaceutical industries is advantageous
• Knowledge of exports/imports is advantageous
• Good working knowledge with ERP systems (SAP), Integrated Business Planning (IBP) and BI Platforms