Material Planner at Sealand Gear

To ensure that materials are planned for and supplied to the plant timeously, in the correct volumes and at the required quality, while maintaining proper inventory levels on a regular basis.

Day To Day Responsibilities

• Forecasting
• Purchased Materials Planning
• Conversion of purchase requisitions into purchase orders
• Purchase order confirmation
• Follow through of purchase orders and SAP date management
• Develop an efficient and accurate system for monitoring all open purchase order
• Closing of purchase orders
• Owns and maintains both system configuration and master data settings (ABC-XYZ classification, stock and supply parameters)
• Weekly balancing of open order books with suppliers
• Supplier NCR Management
• Forecasting market trends and perform customer research
• Work with the inventory controlling team to ensure that all deliveries satisfy the assigned purchase orders and report any back-ordered or missing products
• Maintaining proper inventory levels of all purchased materials on a regular basis
   

Qualifications

• B. Com Supply Chain or Equivalent
• Strong negotiating skills
• Comprehensive understanding of MS Excel, MS Word
• Experience in the manufacturing industry
• Strong understanding of supply chain management concepts.
• Strong analytical and planning ability including mathematical and software skills (particularly SAP and Excel)
• Forecasting
• Materials Planning
• Procurement
• Production Management Systems
• Production Planning
• Logistics Management
• Attention to detail
• Effective inter-personal, influencing and communication skills in an international environment
• Project management (self-organisation and prioritisation-able)
• Ability to work well with a team