Job title : Materials Planner – Buyer
Job Location : Gauteng, Johannesburg
Deadline : August 01, 2024
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A day in the life of a Materials Planner
Create a DPS Plan
- Create a feasible production plan within DPS horizon (4 weeks rolling) considering capacity, labour, and materials constraints.
- Optimize production plan by adhering to sequencing recommendations.
- Gain consensus with Supply Planner on SKU prioritization
- Housekeeping of past-due process orders impacting DPS horizon
- Create and maintain process orders to meet DPS plan.
- Drive the Weekly Production Plan Review and get sign-off from planning partners.
Exception Management
- Maintain DPS master data in APO
- Identify any exceptions in actual production compared to the planned production.
- Accommodate capacity requirements for trial runs
- Align with supply planner on maintenance of planned shutdowns in capacity profiles
- Share visibility of ageing materials and propose action
- Monitor materials phase-in and phase-in with MRP planner
Attend Planning and NCE Meetings
- Participate in DOR and WOR meetings
- Drive Weekly Production Planning review meeting (WPR)
- Ad-hoc attendance of commercial MOR meeting
DPS Reports
- Monitor BW DSA daily
- Publish BW MSA with reason codes report on a weekly basis
- Run housekeeping reports
Raw and Pack Materials Buying (Local & Import Sourcing)
- Ensure raw and pack materials availability for production through purchase order management and Supplier Relations
- Work with strategic buyer to secure future supply
- Go about daily tasks to keep stock holding within agreed stock cover targets
- Be up to date with NPD initiatives
- Drive on time payment through resolution of parked and blocked invoices and GRIR Management
- Manage scheduled deliveries
- Manage purchase order delivery dates and quantities
- Consistent follow-up on orders with suppliers
- Avoid write-offs
- Monitor key indicators (Supplier performance) and MRA
- Collaboration with suppliers on long term forecasts
- Management of Claims, Returns and Refusals
What will make you successful?
- Grade 12 or equivalent educational qualification
- 3 years’ experience as an Operational Buyer in a FMCG company
- Experience on the SAP procurement module.
- A strong team player.
- The ability to work under pressure.
- Dealing with both local and international suppliers
- Understanding of compliance KPIs in procurement
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Words, Excel Outlook)
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