Planner: Deployment needed at Clover S.A. Proprietary Limited

Job Advert Summary    

• Clover is looking for a Planner: Deployment to join the Supply Chain team, this position will be responsible for the planning and monitoring of stock deployment between factories, CDC’s & Branches. This position is based at Clover Head Office in Roodepoort. 

Requirements    

• Degree in Supply Chain Management 
• Relevant experience in applying job related concepts, techniques and processes at the required level
• Business English: Fluent
• Code 08 Driver’s license
• Computer literacy (Intermediate)
• Work shifts/weekends/public holidays

Competencies    

• Proactive and action orientated         
• Must be a team player        
• Maintains high standards         
• Displays resilience, determination and flexibility        
• Collaborate with others to achieve a common objective        
• Commitment and motivation        
• Administrative capabilities        
• Communicates effectively        
• Ability to plan and organize        
• Apply expertise and technolo

Duties and Responsibilities    
Maintain stock levels per warehouse

• Plan stock deployment to branch to ensure 98% OFR to trade        
• Maintain optimum stock levels (target days)        
• Monitor stock age daily and take action to prevent obsolete stock        
• Investigate and report on obsolete stock       

Create a deployment forward plan

• Create a monthly forward plan for warehouse        
• Communicate to primary transport and warehouse        
• Communicate and monitor deviations from the plan and take action        
• Distribute loads evenly to assist primary distribution       

Create daily loads and monitor activities 

• Identify and prioritise urgent stock and ensure stock is on load        
• Ensure fair share in case of shortages        
• Plan loads and link different delivery and loading points together         
• Request Primary Transport and ensure that a TR number is received per load        
• Link ERP orders to BR loads as soon as load is shipped on ERP       

Monitor warehouse space and forward planning

• Monitor available space and adjust plan accordingly         
• Co-ordinate space constraints with Principals/Planners       

Report on all deployment activities

• Report daily on warehouse utilisation        
• Report and analyse daily short supply and coordinate with warehouse and Demand Planners        
• Report daily to warehouse: days stock, stock age, excluded lines and supply to trade        
• Compile weekly and monthly reports on all Deployment activities        

Execute semi-satellite planning

• Create all loads needed to fill satellite trucks        
• Link ERP order detail and complete loads