Tiger Brands Limited, a Top 40 JSE Limited company whose footprint extends across the African continent and beyond, is one of the largest manufacturers and marketers of FMCG products in Southern Africa, and has been for several decades.
Tiger Brands has been built over many decades through the acquisition and clustering of businesses. Our strategy for succe...
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You are accountable for all supply planning activities in the category. In close collaboration with the Demand Planner, Marketing, Customer, and Operational teams, you are to ensure process adherence and to balance demand and supply within the HPC business. You own the supply planning process to deliver coordinated, cost-effective and on-time stock availability to the customer. You drive continuous improvement of the production, capacity & material planning process and conduct regular supply analytics and validating planning policies / parameters.
Ensure generation of supply plans (MPS and MRP) for your respective category and ensure continuous improvement of the supply planning process
Ensure efficient production planning to provide finished goods in accordance with the demand plan
Ensure efficient planning of RM/PM to maintain high % of Plan Adherence
Analyse sales forecast and inventory data to ensure creation of weekly master production schedules in accordance with customer service targets, logistics and manufacturing cost goals of the supply chain
Directly manage material planners and indirectly manage schedulers and buyers to develop capacity plans that optimize on time service and productivity
Lead the monthly supply planning cycle by preparing and facilitating Supply Review forums e.g. supply plans with capacity utilization, supply gaps, action plans and supply opportunities
Analyse critical demand-supply imbalances and develop various supply scenarios as inputs to the S&OP process as well as conduct regular supply analytics and validating planning policies / parameters
Work with the CoE PS&OP to deploy available technology, in particular SAP IBP.
Work with plant finance to highlight weekly, monthly and quarterly financial impacts driven by production plans
Utilize and continuously developing supply planning tools
Review of target stocks levels on quarterly basis and monthly stock projections
Manage inventory levels to optimize capital investment with on time service
Partner with procurement to work on supplier management and development with strategic vendors
Ensure planning and coordination with key stakeholders (NPD etc) for new product launches
People Management: Ensure that Set/review objectives and conduct performance appraisals/IPAs
Manage administrative tasks (leave etc). Develop and manage the supply team, Provide input to succession planning for the Sales & Operations team
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