Demand and Supply Planner at Omnia (Pty) LTD

Overview    

The Supply and Demand Planner is responsible for the management and coordination of all forecasting and supply chain master planning activities which support Omnia’s strategic supply chain objectives through the finalisation and implementation of formal demand and supply plans.  

The role provides key support to the supply chain process and drives the alignment with relevant cross functional partners. It is a critical role in maintaining the overall health of the business in terms of inventory volume, product splits and aging. 

Qualifications    

• Minimum Academic, Professional Qualifications & Experience required for this position
• National Diploma in Supply Chain, Engineering, Business, Commerce, Operations Management, Business Process Management, Analytics, Information Technology, or equivalent.

Advantageous

• Affiliated with MCIPS (Chartered institute of Procurement and Supply); PMP (Project Management Professional); SCMP (Supply Chain Management Professional); SAPICS (The Professional Body for Supply Chain Management)

Experience    

• 3 Years’ experience within a Procurement or Supply Chain production environment
• 1 Year experience using Demand Forecasting and/or Advanced Planning and Organising tools
• 1 Year experience in Procurement and Strategic sourcing

Duties    

LEADERSHIP & DECISION MAKING

• Create a consensus Demand plan by value stream, working closely with the relevant Commercial/Sales teams to convert Sales forecasts into Demand plans.
• Create and maintain mutually beneficial relationships with key stakeholders in Commercial/Sales to ensure that the latest sales forecasts represent the requirements of the Commercial/Sales demand needs, as well as challenging any forecasts which may seem to be misaligned with expected demand, based on the Supply and Demand planners’ knowledge of the Business.
• Attends and contributes to the demand and supply meetings by presenting the latest revisions of Demand and Supply plans, and together with the other attendees at the meetings, reviewing performance metrics, issues, gaps, risks and opportunities 
• Report on specific supply and demand performance measures.

GOVERANCE AND COMPLIANCE

• Ensure that all supply and demand planning processes and practices, across the supply chain life cycle, strictly align with all governance requirements. 
• Ensure and initiate steps to protect the company’s assets, through appropriate risk insurances to mitigation plans, working closely with the Master Planner in these situationse risk.
• Ensure all relevant savings from supply and demand planning activities are effectively tracked and remain auditable. 
• Formally track risks in line with the business risk assessment approach as it pertains to supply chain management.
• Assist in monitoring changes in the regulatory environment and ensure that appropriate operational controls are implemented to address new requirements related to supply and demand practices.
• Ensure adherence to all relevant laws, policies and Standard Operating Procedures within scope of control.
• Ensure that delegations of authority are adhered to in terms of the Procurement and Supply Chain process.

DEMAND PLANNING

• Use and management of any  the demand planning tools as required, to support the demand planning activities and needs expressed by business. 
• Coordinate and facilitate the relevant demand planning activities as per SOPs 

SUPPLY PLANNING

• Manage the supply planning tools required to support the supply planning activities and needs expressed by business. 
• Coordinate and facilitate, with the use of applicable supply planning tools, the relevant supply planning activities as per SOPs

Job Competencies    

• Financial
• Ability to determine Total Cost of Ownership for specific value streams
• Understanding Cost of Sales
• Basic understanding of the concepts of Cash Flow and Working Capital management

Knowledge & Innovation

• Quantitative and analytical skills to interpret historical and actual data 
• Use applicable forecasting tools to determine trends such as seasonality and to make fact-based decisions based on the outcomes
• Has skills in Time management, persuasiveness, assertiveness and prioritisation
• Stakeholder management
• Exposure to IT systems (Power Bi, AX, Microsoft tools & systems)
• Business Sustainability Policies and Targets