Demand Planning Manager at Lactalis South Africa

Job Description    

• Join Lactalis South Africa at our offices in the Western Cape and take on the challenging role of Demand Planning Manager.
• In this role the incumbent, along with their team, will be responsible for leading integration and promoting alignment between Commercial, and Supply Chain.
• The incumbent will help ensure that Customers demands are fulfilled through integrated business planning while supporting functions to achieve their respective performance objectives

Required Skills    

• Relevant Degree in BCom or Industrial Engineering
• 5-8 years’ Supply Chain experience
• Data Analytics experience would be advantageous
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Highly analytical
• Resilient and strong interpersonal skills
• Strong communication and presentation skills
• Resourceful and adaptable individual with strong self-management attributes

Duties & Responsibilities    

• The incumbent will be responsible for the Sales Forecast that is used in short-term supply planning as well as long term volume forecasts for input into quarterly/annual financial forecasts, capacity reviews and critical raw material allocation (Raw Milk).
• Mature and further develop the Integrated Business Planning (S&OP) philosophy at LSA by constantly finding ways to improve and streamline the process and dashboards.
• Prepare and coordinate weekly Demand Reviews with Commercial teams to enable improvement in Sales Forecast Accuracy, contribute to lowering working capital and maximise customer demand fulfilment.
• Collaborate with Commercial to improve Promotional volume planning and phasing
• Develop and encourage the use of systems and BI analytics to improve the supply chain’s effectiveness
• Drive a continuous improvement and skills development philosophy in the team.

Closing Date    

• 2025/06/30