MRP Zone Specialist at The South African Breweries (SAB)

Key Roles and Responsibilities:

• Supplier management & engagement
• Ensuring material supply against calculated requirements in the long/middle term
• Working on the Materials Management module of an ERP system
• Working on a Materials Requirements Planning system
• Stock level management at Brewery and Supplier
• Materials management to optimize business cost for NPD, Promotions and discontinuation processes
• Risk identification and mitigation
• Material obsolescence identification and management
• System and Master Data maintenance
• Identify and implement cost avoidance and cost reduction initiatives
• KPI tracking (service level / cost)
• Reporting standardize the reports across the Bus
• Standardize the Zone Planning Reports and presentations
• SPOC Procurement Long Term Plan

Minimum Requirements:

• Supply chain orientated degree, or degree in one of the numerical sciences preferred
• Ability to use SAP, MS Excel & MS PowerPoint
• Familiarity with Supply chain principles, from Purchasing through to manufacturing
• Prior experience in a Planning oriented role, preferably at an FMCG company would be advantageous