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We offer people the most exciting information, communication and entertainment technology for work and play, and service them through our network of resellers and our own retail outlets. For these reasons, we strategically align ourselves with global companies that are the drivers of innovation in their industry, sometimes creating entire new categories. At ...
Core Group represents some of the world’s most valued and loved brands in Sub-Saharan Africa. It’s our company’s mission to empower individuals and organisations with the world's leading personal technology products and services. We are the leading distributor of Apple in Sub-Saharan Africa and have represented the brand in South Africa since 1995. We are also the distributors for other major brands such as Fitbit, DJI and Nintendo.
Our responsibilities are all encompassing and include supply chain management, marketing management, channel management, enterprise sales and media relations. The territory of operations comprises Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
Purpose of Position
Head up the Supply Chain and Planning functions. Direct purchasing, stock management, distribution, demand planning, financial forecasting services and activities to limit costs, improve accuracy and customer service within the wholesale business.
Main Duties and Responsibilities:
- Examine existing procedures or opportunities for streamlining activities to meet product distribution needs.
- Develops and implements a demand planning and supply chain strategy that is scalable, flexible and focuses on ensuring an exceptional customer experience in line with best practice.
- Determine capacity required in the short and medium terms.
- Is the enabler for the execution of the strategies.
- Analyse relevant business data and makes recommendations for continuous improvement to optimises inbound and outbound logistics.
- Ensures effective forecast management and solutions based on best practice.
- Ensures that important changes in sales forecasts, budgets and business partners are monitored and reported.
- Create and update SOPs for all related processes.
- Collaborates across the business divisions, regions, carriers, vendors freight forwarders and other supply chain and planning partners.
- Ensures successful product launches and demand generation operational requirements.
- Drives team performance and relevant KPA reviews and ensures succession plans in place for key areas.
- Promote and develop tight integration between Supply Chain, planning, logistics and other operations areas to ensure optimized performance.
- Define performance metrics for measurement, comparison, or evaluation of supply chain factors, such as product cost or quality.
- Lead and manage complex projects within timeline and budgetary constraints across functional areas.
- Conducts project post mortems and makes recommendations on key learnings.
- Supports the business budgeting process with review of volumes submitted and demand projections.
Qualifications and Experience Required
- University degree with honours or equivalent.
- A proven track record managing supply chain and planning teams
- At least 12 - 15+ years’ work experience in a complex environment
- Strategic and operational experience
- Managed large teams
- Extensive knowledge of demand management tools and demand planning models
- Experience in African markets advantageous
Attributes:
- Thrives in a fast-paced, collaborative environment
- Operationally strong
- Strong analytical skills and adept in interpreting a large volume of data
- Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to build effective relationships in cross functional teams
- Project Management skills
- Leadership and management capabilities
- Planning and organising
- Technology enabling
- Problem solving
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