Key Roles:

• Manage the materials supply planning process; focusing on the short term supply planning and inventory management.
• Generate short/ medium materials requirement planning.
• Identify and decide on short/medium supply issues using the provided guidelines
• Work closely with suppliers & the clearing and forwarding agents to ensure delivery of customer service, stock and cost requirements
• Coordinates with the warehousing manager to ensure proper distribution for excellent customer service delivery, stock and cost requirements.
• Understand the outbound network/distribution constraints and device methods of addressing such.
• Identify potential bottlenecks on Cost Of Sales goods delivery as well as other deliveries through working with the commercial teams and suppliers and propose ways to resolve them at minimal cost.
• Work closely with users and the commercial team to drive complexity reduction in through standardization of materials and number of products
• Deliver the business supply planning process, particularly the annual supply planning process, to ensure robust supply plan issued to the business & procurement teams for volume and cost planning purposes.
• Manage the stock holding policy in order to meet customer service level targets
• Determine inbound logistics requirements
• Manage Inventory and material call offs with suppliers within set inventory targets.
• Maintain Master Integrity in the system
• Procurement of CPE equipment & optimization of landed costs.

• Customer Satisfaction.
• OTIFNE (On Time in Full No Errors) in delivery.
• Working capital Management
• Stock Movements
• Minimum Costs of Ordering/ Delivery & Re-distribution
• Zero Stock Outs

• Degree in Industrial Engineering/Commerce or an equivalent.

• 3-5 years experience in Supply Chain Operations (Planning, Warehousing, and Logistics)
• Cross-functional business knowledge
• People Management

• Strong Analytical, Mathematical and Statistical skills
• Has a feel for numbers
• Strong planning mind-set
• Strong user of database programs and Microsoft Office (Excel)

• Understanding of Internal and External business operating environments.
• Understanding of the role of supply panning, inventory management and Logistics  within an organization
• Development of planning, inventory and logistics process and procedures
• Relationship management-both internal and external
• Projects, Programmes and change Management

• Ideas generation (strategic depth, commercial insights, inquisitiveness, imagination, challenge and executional understanding)
• Emotional Energy (Mobilising others, making a difference, driving change, positive intent, self confidence and openness to feedback)
• People Performance (personal impact, bridge building, self development, coaching excellence, development of talent and creation of high performance teams
• Edge (anticipation, tenacity, prioritization & urgency)
• Living the Values (role model, celebrating success, re-enforcing the values, brand and consumer passion, integrity and organisation pride).