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Geotech

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Geotech

  • R30,000 - R40,000 per month
  • Permanent Intermediate position
  • Paarl
  • Posted 26 May 2025 by Geotech
  • Expires in 33 days
  • Job 2611781
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About the position

A dynamic and growth-focused organization is seeking talented and passionate individuals to join its Supply Chain Division in Paarl.

Job Specification
Reporting to the Senior Manager Procurement, the incumbent will be responsible for the continuous optimization of the demand plan versus actual sales performance.

Key responsibilities include:

  • Analysing and interpreting sales data
  • Identifying market trends and quantifying their impact on demand
  • Developing demand forecasts and assortment plans
  • Reviewing demand plans and applying corrective updates
  • Scheduling replenishment waves
  • Performing continuous lead time analyses

Minimum Requirements

  • B.Eng (Industrial Engineering) or equivalent
  • 2 years of related experience
  • Advanced Microsoft Excel proficiency
  • Experience with Blue Yonder (JDA) Planning will be an advantage
  • Willingness to work extended hours during peak times

Key Performance Indicators
Growth

  • Analysing sales data, demand patterns, and consumer behaviour
  • Evaluating supply market dynamics, capacity, and channels
  • Developing seasonal procurement plans
  • Master scheduling and replenishment
  • Creating demand forecasts using Blue Yonder forecasting tools

Optimisation

  • Optimizing stock service levels, return on inventory, and category profit profiles
  • Monitoring and reporting on execution continuously

Leveraging Culture & Diversity

  • Maintaining strong stakeholder relationships
  • Leveraging networks for new business opportunities

Digital Transformation

  • Applying digital technologies to enhance business processes, culture, and customer experiences

Key Leadership Attributes
The successful candidate should demonstrate:

  • The ability to manage complexity
  • Strong, pragmatic judgment
  • Self-awareness
  • A drive for achievement and continuous improvement

Desired Skills:

  • Supply Chain
  • JDA
  • demand planning
  • demand forecast

Desired Work Experience:

  • 2 to 5 years Agricultural Services
  • 2 to 5 years Organisational Design

Desired Qualification Level:

  • Degree

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Geotech

About the agency

Let us Introduce ourselves... Our passion is simple - we strive to be the recruitment partner of choice for our clients, candidates and staff, in South Africa, across the African continent, and globally. Our consultants are driven, committed and trusted, and our team ethic is one of quality, accountability and delivery. We aim to uphold an internal environment in which our recruiters want to perform at their best. This results in hard, yet smart, work which ensures that our clients’ talent search is seamless, and their experience with us is second to none. Despite our diversity sectors that we service, our clients realize that we are fully aware of the challenges that they themselves face. We take a personal interest in everyone that we deal with, and we focus on upholding our long-term relationships with our clients and candidates alike. With offices in Cape Town and Johannesburg we strive to always be on hand whenever necessary. WHAT SETS US APART To accurately match our client’s requirements with the most suited candidate we have specialist consultants within each division. They follow rigorous interview and selection protocol to make sure that only the most appropriate candidates are presented to the client. This maintains client priority for the lifecycle of the placement. Where relocation is involved, we pride ourselves in knowing first-hand the upheavals and changes through which our candidates and their families may go, and therefore our unwavering support is guaranteed. Our experience has allowed us to build up a network of exceptional candidates with whom we are in regular contact, whether or not we are working a live vacancy. VISION To be recognised as the recruitment partner of choice, a company that actively engages in the client’s business to enhance its performance with outstanding service delivery. To ensure that our candidates are given sound and impartial advice to ensure that their career path fulfills their aspirations both professionally and personally. To give our employees the opportunity to drive their own careers in a path that has no boundaries by running continual improvement programmes, and offering a structured career progression. VALUES Excellence is our goal across all aspects. In an industry where quality can often be questionable, we pride ourselves in providing quality and integrity at every stage of the search and selection process. Attention to detail allows us to stand out in the recruitment arena. It is also the aspect which brings both clients and candidates back to us. We strive to offer the highest levels of service to everyone we are in contact with, and to surpass expectations. Professionalism means that we remain steadfast in offering the highest levels of service, which ensures that you are no less than delighted with the service you receive. Our team values the fact that they work for a truly professional Company and are eager to pass this on to you. Transparency for Clients means we will be exact about the number of candidates we have for your role. We will stick precisely to your requirements and will only introduce the calibre candidates who we know can fulfil what you are looking for. Transparency for Candidates means we will be sincere about what we think you can achieve within your next role. We will be honest with our salary guidance, as well as the type of position we can introduce to you. Culture, Fun and Originality ensures that we work extremely hard to make sure all expectations are met. However, we insist that our valued team have fun at work and enjoy what they do! We run incentives to ensure achievement is rewarded as we aim to build a long-term team. We strive to create a culture, reward system and environment that is unique in the recruitment industry.

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