Senior Demand Planner - Stellenbosch at The Heineken Company

Purpose of the Position:

The Senior Demand Planners’ primary purpose is to assume a “Super User” role and to support the Lead:

• Demand Planning to ensure adherence to demand planning principles on a tactical, strategic, and operational level.
• The individual should support an efficient and effective demand planning process supporting business initiatives and engage with relevant stakeholders to manage and shape the attainment of their supply plans.
• The Senior Demand Planner will be responsible for developing and executing short and long-term demand plans to meet customer demand. The Senior Demand planner will be responsible for supporting the Lead in the Heineken Beverages annual budget volume planning process from a supply side.

Key performance areas would include, but are not limited to:                                

• To be the single point of contact/line of communication to the demand regions (between a specific Region and Group Planning) in terms of demand within planning
• To ensure/support the demand planning lead in planning system improvements required to take demand planning to the next level.
• To ensure that accurate master data is maintained, and system usage is optimised (single point of contact for demand master data into planning systems)
• To build collaborative relationships with the demand regions to facilitate the sharing of information, which will lead to more accurate demand planning information and processes.
• To ensure that an accurate demand signal exists for all BU's that will ensure the best customer service at the most cost-effective way for an agreed portfolio.
• To perform and optimise demand planning as assigned by the demand planning lead.
• To ensure that an up-to-date Strategic and Tactical demand plan is available for the RSA and HBI markets for an agreed portfolio.

The successful candidate must have the following qualifications, skills and experience:

• Degree in relevant Engineering, Supply Chain Management or Logistics disciplines.
• 4 + years or more operational experience in supply chain, inventory management, replenishment, and production planning in the CPG beverage industry.
• Experience with advanced planning software at Super User level.
• Intermediate level understanding of the integration between Planning System and other corporate systems (SAP ECC/BIP, etc.)
• Excellent MS Excel, MS Word, and MS PowerPoint skills.
• Display an advanced understanding of supply planning principles concerning efficient production, resource capacities, Master Scheduling and S&OPs, BOMs and purchasing.
• Display an intermediate knowledge of demand planning and the impact thereof on supply plans.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Problem solving & decision-making ability

Closing Date: 25/03/2026