Planning Manager – Supply & Demand at Salt South Africa

Responsibilities

• Responsible for analysing the historical sales data, trends, base growth, distribution, market share and analyse a statistical forecast.
• Determine the Operations Demand Plan in order to align with the Sales Demand Plan.
• Challenge the latest sales demand plan, to understand underlying assumptions and compare with the Operations Demand Plan.
• Implement the globally balanced S&OP in the local supply planning execution.
• Provide to the Operations Manager with a rolling forecast for 3PLs on inbound and outbound volumes.
• Lead solutions findings and execution of demand and supply imbalances.
• Establish and manage inventory levels to ensure no out of stocks, inventory levels according to business plans and ensure healthy product age according to the quality guidelines.
• Collaborate with Finance & Sales to establish long term SKU portfolio management based on complexity and costs matrix.
• Act as facilitation and coach, support and develop cross functional skills of oneself as well as Planning and Operations team.

Skills and Experience

• 5 years work experience in Demand & Supply Planning, Sales Forecasting and Marketing Activities.
• Understand retail accounts operations, forecasting technology, systems, market research data and supply chain management.
• Data and Analytically Driven, conduct complex, quantitative, and statistical analyses complimented with qualitative inputs in order to make recommendations.
• Advanced Excel Skills and interactive data visualisations and business intelligence – Power BI and Tableau
• Solution Driven and Problem Solving Mindset.
• Strong Communication and Leadership Skills – presentations and training.
• Experience in SAP – ERP & Planning tools including IBP.

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Business or related field with undergraduate statistical analysis or engineering focus
• APICS certification