Demand Planning Lead – Cape Town HQ needed at PepsiCo

Responsibilities

What we’re looking for:

• We are looking for a Demand Planning Lead (SSA) to join our dynamic team. The role is physically located in Cape Town, Western Cape and will report to the Senior Director: SPL Groceries and Essential Foods. The key objective of the DP Lead is to envision a short, medium, and long-term roadmap to enable people, process, and system strategy for the Pioneer Demand Planning function. The DP Lead must deliver FA targets while providing strategic direction to the function. Immediate key deliverables include setting up the DP organization with sector expertise and co-creating a Demand Planning Automation strategy. The DP Lead will be responsible for all RSA businesses and, in the medium to long term, for delivering centre lining of current processes and harmonizing them with standard AMESA DP processes. This role is tasked with optimizing demand planning accuracy (targeting >60%) within the constraints of available forecasting models and tools. Maintaining service levels to all customers at >95% is a primary objective. The scope of this position includes the following business units (BUs):
• Groceries
• Essential Foods
• Bakeries
• Simba

The successful candidate will also be responsible for supporting customers with the following:

• Lead DP strategic roadmap for individual category
• Set up governance against S&OP and Demand Review Processes
• Lead change management across the organization for new DP initiatives
• Develop demand forecast processes, tools and monitoring result.
• Implement best is class practices as prescribed by Sector or PEP Global.
• Gather, challenge and finalize demand to get realistic demand in order to optimize business opportunity
• Do weekly rolling forecast on M0,M1,M2 and M3
• Establish a close and well aligned relationship with Sales teams
• Fully align and integrate with the work of the Supply Planning Lead and team.
• Drive and measure forecast accuracy with finding cause and do correction plan
• Drive S&OP meeting agenda
• Ensure stock available for sales at the right product in all DC in order to protect OOS and avoid aging inventory, by leasing with all cross functional team (sales/Customer service/Supply Chain team) with right forecast and plan
• Raise key issue or communicate key message in Sales meeting in order to ensure all functional work as one team

Qualifications

What will qualify you for the role

• Bachelor’s degree in supply chain / Industrial Engineering or related fields
• Excellent communication and influencing skills
• Strong cross functional linkages require alignment with Sales teams
• Process oriented and having eye for detail
• Capacity to manage a large team of indirect reports
• Must be able to work across functional boundaries and within lots of uncertainty
• Demonstrate leadership capabilities in convincing & influencing stakeholders and top leaders of the organisation
• Create & socialize agenda and push within organization
• Lead by example when it comes to accept new processes and challenges
• Stakeholder management especially in conflicting situation
• Decision Making – act independently
• Innovating and supportive of change / new processes
• Driving for results and efficiencies
• Creating an Inclusive Culture with team
• Building & Inspiring others even outside his/ her team
• Collaborating & Influencing colleagues and teams