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Job title : Materials Planner
Job Location : Gauteng, Johannesburg
Deadline : November 30, 2024
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A day in the life of a Materials Planner:
- Manage and maintain a motivated SMM/MRP Team to continuously ensure RMPM availability and long term visibility on material requirements.
- Ensure Best practices implementation and master data quality across the Region
- Ensure availability of materials to fulfill the requirements of the production plans within the agreed cost boundaries.
- Provide the right tools to support the SMM processes focusing on meeting customer service objectives whilst maintaining optimal stock cover taking into account distribution costs.
- Plan the Halb Materials that is supplied from Nestle affiliates
Raw and Pack Materials Buying (Local & Import Sourcing)
- Ensure raw and pack materials availability for production through purchase order management and Supplier Relations
- Maintain stock holding policies within agreed stock cover targets
- Manage and provide inputs to NPD initiatives
- Drive on time payment through resolution of parked and blocked invoices and GRIR Management
- Manage purchase order delivery dates and quantities
- Consistent follow-up on orders with suppliers
- Avoid write-offs and SLOB materials
- Continuous interfacing with external parties i.e. Shipping lines/agents, customs & SARS
- Weekly exception reports – monitoring
- Feedback on variances and corrective actions
- Collaboration with suppliers on Long term forecasts
- Management of Claims, Returns and Refusals
Business Excellence & Process Improvement:
- Ensure that all IMM/MRP Best Practices are embedded and applied in all Factories
- Develop and implement a training plan for MRP Planners
- Define the stock policy and management approach to be applied to each SKU within their portfolio using RPIO tools (updated twice per year)
- Develop & drive health check improvements;
- Support the IMM Processes by implementing qualitative meetings (MRP Meetings, MBP)
Critical Materials:
- Review and challenge long term requirements for Critical materials (common & single source)
- Ensure supply for Critical materials across Region (contracts, MVRG, arbitration bail out decisions)
- Develop and implement the appropriate tools to drive Material Phase In Phase Out across the Region
Strategic Material Planning:
- Aggregation of Material Risks across Region on weekly basis for Availability Review;
- Review long term material risks in collaboration with Procurement and key suppliers
- Champion Material requirements used for DF & AVC
- Lead the Supplier Facing Supply Chain initiative across the Region
- Drive MRA & Supplier Service Improvement
What will make you successful?
- Degree in Supply Chain or related
- 3-5 years’ experience within a Nestle market, region or Imports or Exports environment
- Experience with and strong focus on customers.
- Strong Supply Chain, which includes Physical Logistics, Customer Service, and Demand Management knowledge and expertise.
- Strong analytical mindset and attention to detail.
- Eye for detail- Able to balance priorities
- Able to see the bigger picture beyond the scope of their job
- Thinks outside of the box
- Can challenge the current status quo
- Leading by example
- Innovative mindset
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