Materials Planner at Tech-Pro

Qualifications & Requirements:

• Min of 0-3 years’ experience in FMCG
• BCom / BTech Degree Supply Chain, Industrial Engineering or Logistics from an accredited university
• CIPS certificate

Duties and Responsibilities:

• 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
• Proactive and regular communication with key stakeholders
• Conduct stock build plans considering capacity raw materials supply etc.
• 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 efficiencies
• Identify challenges, trends and opportunities
• Maintain Data and Systems
• Collate Information and Assumptions
• Reach Consensus through Alignment
• Share and Publish the Plans
• Track and Manage Plans
• Issuing daily plans/schedules for all production units
• Analysis of historical and current performance
• Understand market / product trends as well as department focus that could impact demand
• Implement tactical plans to support business decision making (6-18 month focus on capacity, Staffing etc.
• Implementation and review against long term tactical plans
• Planning initiatives / Innovation to improve planning