Supply Chain Analyst at Pick n Pay Stores Limited

As a Supply Chain Planner you will be responsible for the delivery of accurate stock quantities timeously at site / article levels while balancing and achieving the KPIs within your assigned categories i.e. Sales Targets, Availability, Waste & RTC, Working Capital and Cost of Distribution. Your role will include the integration with key stakeholders and execution of defined processes w.r.t. planning, operations & analytics. It is required of you to adopt a continuous improvement mentality for the enhancement of systems, processes & planning tools to keep these relevant, in a continuously changing environment.

•      Management of stock flow throughout the entire value chain of Pick n Pay for a specific category
•      Analyse historical sales trends to forecast for normal replenishment and different types of promotions to calculate required inbound volumes per distribution centre (DC)
•      Monitor and adjust order forecasts into DC on the inbound rosters to improve accuracy and include promotional volumes
•      Use a Just-in-Time approach to determine when stock needs to be ordered into the DCs
•      Forecast and align master data for new store openings and newly centralised vendors
•      Update roster master data to improve order forecasts
•      Calculate a feasible order to accommodate deals and price increases
•      Prevent out of stocks by tracking vendor strike rates and sales trends
•      Daily calculations of promotional requirements and allocations to stores
•      Create allocations to stores for promotional stock as per agreed rules
•      Manage short dated, obsolete, and dormant stock
•      Weekly meetings with Commercial team to align internal master data on new/relisted articles
•      Vendor collaboration process (including but not limited to)
•     Share order forecast volumes
•     Align master data to resolve order errors
•     Work towards vendor strike rate improvement
•      Strive towards reaching KPI targets (including but not limited to)
•     Manage working capital at DC and store level
•     In-store availability
•     Sales growth targets in alignment with Commercial
•      Communicate risks/anomalies to relevant stakeholders
•      Actively work towards optimising/automating daily functions and processes

CORE COMPETENCIES:

•      High emotional intelligence
•      Professional attitude in the working environment
•      Analytical thinking
•      Business mindedness
•      Professional communication skills
•      Controls quality & standards
•      People orientation
•      Planning and organisational skills
•      Time management
•      Systems centric/holistic approach
•      Driven to complete tasks by due dates
•      Ability to prioritise tasks/emails under pressure/time constraints
•      Ability to function well under pressure
•      Passion for Retail
•      Resilience - Work in unstrucutred, fast paced environment
•      Flexible/adaptable- quick to change
•      Accountable – take ownership of area
•      Attention to detail
•      Sense of urgency
•      Ability to manipulate vast amounts of data to produce a meaningful report

REQUIREMENTS:

•      BCOM Logistics / Degree in Quantitative Analytics / Operational Research / Industrial Engineering / Applied Mathematics
•      1-2 years Logistics or relevant Planning experience- preferred
•      Mathematics in Matric
•      Strong Analytical Skills
•      Advanced Excel

BENEFICIAL:

•      SAP experience - advantage
•      SQL and ACCESS experience

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

Required to work weekend shifts as scheduled or ad hoc as required. Long hours if needed for operational requirements. This is not an 8-5 job, this is a retail career opportunity.