Planning Manager - Pretoria

SUMMARY:
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POSITION INFO:

Client in Pretoria is looking for a Planning Manager is to manage and integrate the different disciplines of Sales, Operations and Procurement of all raw material and dry stock, ensuring that it is a seamless process from forecasts through procurement and production plans and that the inputs to the process are accurate and that profitability is maximized.

Strategic Planning

• Participate and influence department strategy
• Monitor and track against the plan
• Develop recommendations and subsequent action plans to enable the delivery of the departmental strategy
• Day to day interaction with team members to deliver strategy
• Build and develop effective relationships with relevant stakeholders to highlight and determine best solution to overcome challenges to continuously improve
• Contribute to delivering strategic plans with suppliers by liaising regularly on trend changes and tactical forecasting
• Ensuring procurement strategy on raw material and dry stock support forecasts
• Proactive and regular communication with key stakeholders

Operational Planning

• Understand and optimise supply chain and systems
• Understand internal and external factors which impact on demand and ensure these are reflected in forecasts
• Communicate with internal and external stakeholder to maximise trade
• Identify challenges, trends and opportunities
• Maintain Data and Systems
• Collate Information and Assumptions
• Develop and Maintain the Forecast
• Forecasting to align with prospective orders
• Reach Consensus through Alignment
• Share and Publish the Forecast
• Track and Manage Demand

Continuous improvement

• Analysis of historical and current performance
• Understand market / product trends as well as department focus that could impact demand
• Liaise with suppliers with regards to long term tactical plans
• Implementation and review against long term tactical plans

People Management

• Conduct workforce planning to ensure the team is suitably staffed to meet functional objectives taking into account various internal and external factors
• Implement, drive and manage all people development initiatives linked to the HR Strategy including performance management, succession planning, talent management etc. to ensure the team’s performance meets the required standards
• Set medium to long term goals and objectives for the relevant area of control and monitor progress against these
• Plan, organise, lead and control subordinate''s activities to ensure functional objectives are met or exceeded
• Assure stable employee relations by managing conflict and creating a positive and performing working environment

Teamwork / Staff Engagement

• Living the values in an individual and team capacity aimed at building a cohesive working environment
• Actively participate in all people development initiatives linked to the HR Strategy including but not limited to: performance management; succession planning; talent management; change, process optimisation and engagement initiatives etc. to ensure the team’s performance meets the required standards
• Build, support and maintain healthy diverse internal (peers / team members / managers) as well as external (service providers etc.) relationships and implement remedial actions when required to ensure achievement of organisational goals
• Provide relevant and specialised technical support, where required, to peers and colleagues to ensure the achievement of objectives

Qualifications and Experience:

Experience in FMCG and perishable goods a must (5-10 Years)

B Bus. Sc (Bachelor of Business Science) / B Com or equivalent tertiary qualification in Supply Chain

Sales and Operations Planning experience

Statistical Demand and Forecasting experience

Financial or economic background 

Strong mathematical and statistical skills

Supply Chain experience

Project Management experience