Supply Planner

**Duties and Responsibilities**:
- Support, analyse and reporting for Supply S&
OP Process.
- Lead and manage relevant sales and operations execution meetings with suppliers.
- Assess stock prioritization, pull forward and deferral request based on demand movements in conjunction with demand planner to maintain optimum stock levels.
- Manage, analyse, and propose stock to norm (STN) requirements for all SKUs. Ensure stock holding conforms with inventory policy and targets and investigate deviations for corrective actions. Alternatively provide scenarios for decision making on proposed stock holding.
- Identify and review items with excess inventory and propose action plan.
- Manage short, dated stock and drive demand shaping with Marketing, mitigation planning with Commercial team.
- Minimise write off costs on slow moving stock by proposing change in stock policy or demand shaping actions to reduce write off.
- Preparation of supply planning related reports for monthly supplier engagement meetings, Supply S&
OP meetings and compiling of presentation decks.
- Providing commentary monthly on excess and shortfall stock as well as key drivers to inventory forward.
- Support Section 21 supply process.
- Manage 3rd Party QA on post importation testing (PIT) (where applicable.)
- Provide replenishment requirement views for maintaining STN.
- Provide front end feedback to the supply sites on latest demand movements.
- Coordinate discussions with demand planners on the opportunities and risks regarding demand and supply.
- Provide input to supply points in developing inventory strategies on existing, new, and phased-out products.
- Track stock supply point delivery vs actual, conduct required follow up to ensure service delivery.
- Support API/RM/PM availability for finished good products where needed.
- Project Manage and drive resolution of product robustness products with various business units.
- Support annual planning processes with analytics and data provision.
- Support the planning team on any reporting requirements.
**Qualifications, Experience and Skills**:
- Relevant Graduate bachelors University degree in Supply Chain Management (BCom), Logistics (BCom) or Engineering (BEng.)
- 3+ years experience in supply planning, supply chain analytics, industrial engineering.
- Exposure to supply chain and S&
OP is advantageous.
- Experience in Demand Planning including replenishment forecasting is a plus.
- Previous exposure on working with statistical forecast is a plus.
- Previous experience in data analytics/science is a plus.
- Experience in the FMCG/Pharmaceutical industries is advantageous.
- CPF or CPIM an advantage.
- Knowledge of exports/imports is advantageous.
- Good working knowledge with ERP systems (SAP), Integrated Business Planning (IBP) and BI Platforms.
- Computer skills on MS Office (Advanced Excel Skills.)
- A solid understanding of S&
OP, demand, and supply planning.
- Deep working knowledge of ERP, Forecasting &
BI systems.
- Deep technical knowledge of supply planning &
inventory management.
- Experience on demand &
supply management is a plus.
- Commercial and strategic awareness.
- Independent and self-directed individual that can drive execution.
- Project management skills is a plus.
- Ability to think strategically and innovatively around total rewards.
- Data scientist experience is a plus.
- Being able to coach and transfer knowledge to peers and pipeline talents.
- Ability to operationalize and adopt planning best practices in day to day planning.