Supply Planner at RCL Foods

Job Description    

• RCL FOODS is seeking a Supply Planner to join the Groceries Division. The role will be based in Randfontein, Gauteng and will report into the Supply Chain Manager.
• The Supply Planner will be responsible to develop and prepare both the short and longer term supply planning for finished goods, as well as packaging and ingredients, using the forward forecast and balancing it against supply constraints to optimise customer service at minimal cost. All this needs to be done considering product mix to maximise profit when making supply choices.
• The role will require working closely with other supply planners, production, material requirements planner, demand planners and the distribution team, call centre to proactively ensure that there are no interruptions in supply.

Minimum Requirements    

• Relevent degree in Supply Chain, Logistics or Industrial Engineering.
• 3 - 5 years operational experience, preferably within the production planning environment.
• Strong operations processing experience and experience within a supply planning role is advantageous.
• SAPICS or APICS are also preferred.
• Computer literacy (SAP, Syspro, Barnton and MS Office skills prerequisite).

Knowledge:

• Production planning skills with strong knowledge of supply chain.
• Syspro skills and/or knowledge of supply chain planning tool (e.g.: Barnton).
• Strong Excel skills.
• Supply chain principles, practices and tools.
• An appreciation of Demand Planning principles.
• Customer and product priorities.
• Multiple key performance indicators, inter-relationships and bottom-line sensitivity.

Duties & Responsibilities    
Functional Strategy into Action:

• Facilitate integrated supply chain delivery by managing relationships and interaction with cross functional teams.
• Ensure the agreed SIA is implemented through delivery of own and team targets.

Supply Planning – Medium Term:

• Develop the national supply plan across all assigned processing plants by balancing the forward demand plan against the processing plants capacity for the next 12 - 18 months.
• Identify where targeted days cover or make to order customer orders cannot be met and make recommendations on how to achieve this.
• Manage stock in both quarantine and available for sale to ensure stock is released quickly enough to enable customer service level targets to be met.

Short Term Supply Planning:

• On a weekly basis review demand, stock cover requirements and stock holding positions to provide guidance on priorities, both by SKU or customer, and provide a clear steer to the distribution team on how to allocate stock.
• Ensure all decisions made drive optimal customer service while maximising profitability and minimising transport costs between regions.

Finished Goods Stock Management using National Days Cover:

• Calculate the stock targets by SKU by using the relevant information to input in the inventory optimisation model.
• Propose stock level targets for agreement by the Supply Chain Management for both national and regional levels (for all stock holding points).

Sales and Operations Planning:

• Develop the overall supply plan that will be used as input into the company wide S&OP process.
• Provide input into the Supply Planning Meetings and Supply Chain Review on where the risks are for shortages, excess stocks and potential write-offs are for Packaging and Ingredients, as well as for Finished Goods.

Innovation/Discontinuation:

• Drive the coordination for delivery of innovation into the supply chain including attending the innovation meetings and representing the Supply Chain in these forums.
• Actively manage down stock being discontinued, including working with distribution to exit a sku.

Supply Chain Reporting:

• Update the scorecards with the relevant KPI's on a weekly/monthly basis and issue.
• Issue the agreed national outbound supply chain reports on a week/monthly basis as appropriate.
• Understand the variances against targets for key KPI's and provide explanations and corrective actions required.
• Generate the agreed weekly supply planning packs/reports and associated minutes.

Outbound Supply Chain Project Coordination:

• Be involved in projects that drive cost savings or system improvements (e.g. system tools).

Information and Data Management:

• Ensure team members accurately and regularly capture data into SAP, Syspro and Barnton and any shared spreadsheets to enable access to reliable data and reporting for trend analysis and decision making.
• Ensure all planning master data is 100% accurate in planning tools.
• Share relevant data with management teams to enable reliable business decision making.

Administration:

• Oversee filing and safeguarding of records within area of responsibility.
• Compile ad hoc spreadsheets when required.

Team Coordination and Development of Self:

• Take ownership and accountability for tasks and activities and demonstrate effective self-management in terms of planning, prioritising and self-development.
• Follow through to ensure that quality and productivity standards of work are consistently and accurately maintained.

Deadline:15th September,2025