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Location:Midrand

Overview

• The primary role of the demand planner is to develop a demand forecast using data such as sales inputs on promotions and distributions, shipment history, competitor activities and marketing plans. The market demand planner is the facilitator of the Control Tower, Pre-Demand and Demand Reviews (Step 2) within the cluster and country for the S&OP process, ensuring an efficient, effective and reliable review driven by an unbiased, consensus process. The category demand planner facilitates the Category Demand Reviews and provides and unbiased view of the demand plans, validates and challenges forecast deviations and elevates unresolved deviations between category and country perspective

Responsibilities:

• Collect and analyze past/future demand inputs (such as distribution gains/losses, price changes, new/discontinued products and promotion plans) from Sales/Marketing, and calculate their impacts on demand.

• Work with various cross functional partners on projects such as new product launches, discontinuations, and transitions to evaluate assumptions (pro and post launch) – new product forecast, pipeline fill, and cannibalization

• Work with supply partners to understand latest supply constraints and how this impacts their demand plan

• Lead and own the Regional S&OP Category Demand Reviews

• Regularly meet with planning and commercialization teams and actively contribute and represent the demand perspective into Category Business Team Meetings and Step 3 (Supply Review)

• Capture, consolidate and record forecast assumptions provided by P&Cs, Key Account Managers and Market Demand Planners

Experience you’ll bring:

• An undergraduate degree, preferably economics, supply chain management, engineering, or a related business field

• At least 1 to 3 years of Supply Chain or Business experience

• 1+ years of demonstrated results and working in a team-based, cross functional environment, preferably experience with the standard S&OP or IBM processes

• Preferably with experience in SAP (APO, SNP, ECC)

• Experience using PC-based applications (such as Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Word and/or Access)

Behaviors you’ll need:

• Strong communication skills, with a proven ability to understand key concepts and communicate with business stakeholders

• Ability to drive action and influence decision making at all levels of the organization

• Strong organizational skills, as well as the ability to perform under pressure and manage multiple priorities with competing demands

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

• Ability to work within high-performing teams in highly collaborative environments

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Overview:

• To manage selective RSA Export Markets which include the likes of Mauritius, Botswana, Namibia, DRC, Angola, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Mozambique, by building in country relationships with distributors with the goal of implementing a comprehensive JBP which will deliver KPI’s (which include Nett Sales , IMS Growth, Delivered Profit Targets, Distribution Targets, Forecast Accuracy and Manage in Market Stock on Hand.) Operational deliverables will include implementing company objectives, such as Perfect store, FWD Share objectives, FOCO Execution, Price Increases and NPD launches.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Implement and Execute Joint Business plans.
• Manage Relationships with Distributors and key customers.
• Updating country cost to serve, by doing Value Chain Management
• Execution of Demand Planning Forecast for each country.
• Full Accountability of the Country PnL Obejctives(Which include Trade Spend, Nett Sales and Profit Target)

Experience you’ll bring:

• At least 3-5yrs years Sales Management experience in FMCG commercial Environment.
• Distributor Relationship Management.
• FMCG Related Key account experience 3 to 5yrs experience
• Minimum 3-5y year experience in Export Distributor management in Southern African Markets(Preferable but not essential)
• Customer Marketing experience would be advantageous

Behaviors you’ll need:

• Strong management/people skills
• Accountability and ownership
• Ability to work under pressure
• Excellent communication at business level coupled with negotiation skills
• Results driven

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Overview

• Lead Managers are responsible for local execution in the cluster.  He/she will focus on finalizing the demand signal, ensuring supply needs, logistics delivery, and addressing customer needs for the cluster. Responsible for executing low to medium complexity in-cluster cost savings projects.    Ensure that NPD plans in cluster are reflected and managed within the cluster. 

Responsibilities:

Team Sport:

• Ensure integration of cluster level GPS resources:  Demand Planning, Logistics, and Procurement

• Escalate systemic and strategic issues to the regional Product Supply leads to ensure support needed.

• Collaboratively work with the ManComm to address day to day executional issues.

• Support delivery of the three year innovation plan

Functional Role:

• Execute the day to day tactical requirements (demand, supply, service, and cost)

• Execute low to medium complexity projects.

• Collaborate in balancing demand and supply and lead step 3 S&OP

Operational Excellence and Organizational Efficiency:

• Work with ManComm to properly reflect NPD and ongoing business demand in the S&OP process.

• Ensure adherence to Global standards and non-negotiables

• Proactively elevate supply constrained situations and develop optimal solutions.

• Ensure annual planning (IGP) translates into cluster demand signal

Leadership:

• Leading Self-Embracing change, seeking to learn, showing courage and doing the right thing

• Leading others-Relating well to people, setting priorities, building great teams and developing others

• Leading the Business-Being decisive, delivering results and creating a compelling future

Experience you’ll bring:

• Bachelor Degree in Business, Supply Chain, or related field 

• Minimum seven years of experience in Product Supply, Operations, and Business

• Having infused his/her cross functional teams with a clear and focused drive for measurable performance

• Demonstrate outstanding business and operational leadership capabilities, including continuous improvement knowledge to improve reliability and agility in a highly dynamic environment

• Project Management Experience

• SAP experience

• Lean / Six Sigma Problem Solving Capabilities

Behaviours you’ll need:

• Business Acumen

• Financial Analysis             

• Performance Analysis

• Influencing Skills

• Strategic Partnership

• Risk and Opportunity Management

• Courage