Supply Chain Executive: Sales & Ops Planning - Westville at RCL Foods

Job Description    

Vector Logistics, a leading supply chain and logistics company headquartered in Durban, South Africa, is on the lookout for an experienced and dynamic Supply Chain Executive: Sales & Ops Planning  to join our innovative and high-performing team. With a rich history and a commitment to excellence, Vector Logistics is at the forefront of providing cutting-edge solutions to meet the evolving needs of businesses across South Africa.

As the Supply Chain Executive you will drive the visibility on, and improvement of, the customer service experienced by our customers and principals from order placement to delivery through continued alignment of key business functions on main loss areas, and steps required to remedy. Ensure service is aligned to contractual obligations, and that the cost of service is within agreed parameters.

Minimum Requirements    
Skills and Experience

• Preferably 10 years’ experience in an FMCG (or similar) organisation spanning Planning and Distribution functions with more than 3 years at Senior Management level. Experience in S&OP is an advantage as is external engagement (customer or supplier-facing).
• Demand planning processes and KPIs
• Replenishment planning processes and KPI’s
• Sales and Operational Planning processes and KPI’s
• Import and Export processes and regulations
• Customer Service processes and KPI’s
• FMCG industry
• Customer service
• Management of people
• Root cause analysis / short cycle feedback
• Leadership across functions
• Strategic review spanning People, Process and Technology

Qualification

• BCOM degree in Logistics / Supply Chain or similar with 10 years’ relevant experience. Post graduate degree would be advantageous.

Duties & Responsibilities    

• Leadership of the Demand Planning sub-function within Planning based at Westville; the team which generates statistical and consensus forecasts for principals and suppliers (both internal and external), manages the annual volume budgeting process and facilitates the S&OP process for Vector leadership monthly.
• Leadership of the Supply Planning and Network Planning sub-function within Planning based at Westville and eThekwini; the team which drives replenishment of stock in our network basis the agreed forecast, and manages risk and capacity utilization in our network. This team optimizes Demand Service Levels for customers and principals, and reports weekly and monthly on stock health, gaps in portfolios and opportunities to remedy. This team includes Inbound Execution Agents based at the Control Tower who will actively interface with the National Customer Service Centers and Transport Planning to tactically improve service.
• Leadership of the International Planning sub-function within Planning based at Westville; the team which plans, and co-ordinates import and export activities for customers and principals (both internal and external) from order placement to delivery and clearance.
• Leadership of the above teams encompasses People (succession, development and retention), Process and Technology improvement components.