Job title : Junior RM Planner
Job Location : Gauteng, Johannesburg
Deadline : November 21, 2024
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Responsibilities/Description:
- Plan both short- and long-term to align supply and demand to support inventory needs
- Facilitate collaboration meetings with stakeholders and vendors to review purchase forecasts, proposed orders, and other operational issues
- Monitor movement of materials through purchasing, storage, production, and retail distribution
- Set preferred stock levels and prevent excess inventory
- Solve problems of raw material shortages;
- Liaise with the local material coordinators/ site supply chain managers to ensure a smooth and aligned day-to-day planning process;
- Optimization and continuous improvement of material availability; global inventory days; inventory write-off; and obsolete/slow moving inventory.
- Design and create new tools to help improve the planning functions of supply chain
- Manage relationships with key suppliers to maintain quality of goods, timely delivery, and compliance to terms of contracts
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Logistics, Supply Chain, Business Administration or related fields.
- 3-5 years experience in operational planning or a similar role
- Knowledge of MS Office tools (specially Excel)
- Excellent business English communication skills
- Effective communication skills
- Analytical and quantitative skills
- Ability to handle high-pressure situations
- Accountability
- Continuous improvement attitude
- Training / Certifications:
- SAP, APO, MRP training on functional areas of expertise
- APICS Module I (Basics of Supply Chain Management) training
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