Central Planning Manager

About the position

REQUIREMENTS

• South African Citizen, currently residing in Gqeberha (or willing to relocate at own cost)
• Grade 12 and minimum National Diploma in Science or Engineering
• 8 years experience in Supply Chain
• 3 years experience in a managerial position
• 5 years experience in a manufacturing environment
• Knowledge of ERP systems, preferably SAP
• Advanced MS Excel
• APO planning experience

 

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Maintain and manage the medium-term planning environment to ensure that budgeted sales can be produced at the company’s facilities to satisfy all customer order-fill requirements
• Formulate, manage and submit the forecast per the cycle and report on consumptions against forecast, highlighting future concerns and deviations to maintain future forecast accuracy
• Manage medium-term planning demands on all sites to meet customer requirements and ensure that agreed parameters are implemented to maintain targeted working capital levels
• Responsible for the existence of an audited master data control system and ensuring that the master data is maintained accurately to ensure system accuracy
• Responsible for reporting and challenging manufacturing's performance against the production plan and providing a rough cut capacity plan on the planning horizon
• Responsible for monitoring working capital levels every month, addressing parameters that drive them and reporting trends to the Supply Chain Manager to facilitate decision-making
• Liaise with all sites and the company weekly to maintain communication between the company and sites on raw glass supply to identify potential issues
• Resolve system idiosyncrasies identified by the Central Planner and continuously monitor and improve transactional data impacting the plan
• Responsible for managing effective OEM releases to ensure that releases balance deliveries and smooth monthly bucket demands
• Ensure staff are effectively managed and held accountable through performance and disciplinary procedures, and that staff are developed and mentored through the talent management and IDP processes to drive capability in business
• Ensure effective communication of relevant information to all stakeholders to support effective decision-making for the business

Desired Skills:

• Computer Skills
• Engineering
• Management
• Negotiation
• Numeracy
• Science
• Supply Chain