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Demand Planner

Durban, KwaZulu Natal GUD Filters

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Job category: Manufacturing, Building and Manual Work

Location: Durban

Contract: Permanent

Remuneration: Market Related

EE position: Yes

Introduction

Are you a strategic thinker with a knack for driving efficiency and enhancing customer satisfaction? We're on the lookout for a skilled Demand Planner to lead our sales forecasting and demand management processes. If you thrive in a dynamic environment and possess strong analytical, leadership, and communication skills, this opportunity is tailor-made for you!

  • Take ownership of the sales forecasting and demand planning process, enhancing product prioritization, business decision-making, and customer service.
  • Prepare and manage the annual volume budget, refining forecasts for all products/regions and ensuring alignment with sales teams.
  • Lead the monthly S&OP forecasts, incorporating factors like promotions and price increases.
  • Collaborate with stakeholders to negotiate volumes for key customers and validate forecast integrity.
  • Establish and maintain an effective joint customer inventory planning process, optimizing demand for efficient production and warehouse operations.
  • Manage short-term issues and prioritize processes in coordination with cross-functional stakeholders.
  • Bachelor's degree in a relevant field, with approximately 5 years’ experience in a relevant supply chain/demand planning function.
  • Demonstrated expertise in demand planning, forecasting, and supply chain operations.
  • Strong analytical skills to drive continuous improvement and cost reduction initiatives.
  • Effective communication and negotiation skills to collaborate with stakeholders and customers. JDE/SAP, MS Office, Pastel, and Advanced Excel are critical for the role.

Applicants who have not heard from us within 20 days of their application may assume that their application has been unsuccessful. We thank you for your interest.

*Position will be filled in line with the company’s transformation objectives.*

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Demand Planner

Cape Town, Western Cape RPO Recruitment

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Job Title: Demand Planner

Location: Cape Town, South Africa

Industry: Food Production

Job Description:

RPO Recruitment's client, in the food production industry, is seeking a motivated and detail-oriented Demand Planner to join their team in Cape Town. The Demand Planner will be responsible for developing and maintaining accurate demand forecasts to drive production planning and inventory management. The successful candidate will work closely with the Sales, Marketing, and Production teams to ensure that customer demand is met while minimizing excess inventory and production costs.

Key Responsibilities:

  1. Develop and maintain demand forecasts based on historical data, market trends, and input from Sales and Marketing teams.
  2. Collaborate with Sales and Marketing teams to gather insights on customer demand and market conditions.
  3. Monitor and analyze factors that may impact demand, such as promotional activities, seasonality, and new product launches.
  4. Communicate demand forecasts to the Production team to facilitate production scheduling and resource planning.
  5. Work closely with the Supply Chain team to ensure that inventory levels are optimized to meet customer demand.
  6. Identify and address discrepancies between forecasted and actual demand to improve forecasting accuracy.
  7. Provide regular reports and analysis to management on key demand planning metrics and performance.

Requirements:

  1. Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, or a related field.
  2. Minimum of 2-3 years of experience in demand planning, preferably within the food production industry.
  3. Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
  4. Proficiency in demand planning software and Microsoft Excel.
  5. Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
  6. Ability to work in a fast-paced and dynamic environment.
  7. Knowledge of inventory management principles and best practices.

Salary: negotiable. Our client is offering a highly competitive salary for this role based on experience.

Apply for this role today, contact Shannon Thomson and Jamie-lee McCallum at RPO Recruitment or on LinkedIn.

You can also visit the RPO Recruitment website: rporecruitment.us or email us your CV:

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Demand Planner

Somerset West, Western Cape Hire Resolve

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Demand Planner

Hire Resolve's client is seeking a skilled Demand Planner to join their team in Somerset West. The ideal candidate will be responsible for generating accurate demand forecasts for the food manufacturing industry, ensuring optimal inventory levels are maintained to meet customer demand while minimizing excess stock. The Demand Planner will work closely with sales, marketing, and production teams to develop and implement strategies to meet demand fluctuations and improve forecast accuracy.


Responsibilities:
  • Develop and maintain demand forecasts for all products based on historical data, market trends, and input from sales and marketing teams.
  • Collaborate with production and supply chain teams to ensure inventory levels are optimized to meet customer demand.
  • Monitor market trends and adjust forecasts accordingly to minimize stockouts and excess inventory.
  • Analyze and report on forecast accuracy, identifying areas for improvement and implementing corrective actions.
  • Communicate forecast changes and production plans to all relevant departments to ensure alignment and smooth operations.
  • Work closely with sales and marketing teams to understand promotions, new product launches, and other sales initiatives that may impact demand.
  • Utilize forecasting software and tools to enhance the accuracy and efficiency of demand planning processes.

Requirements:
  • Bachelor's degree in business, supply chain management, or related field.
  • 3+ years of experience in demand planning in the food manufacturing industry.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
  • Advanced proficiency in Excel and forecasting software.
  • Experience with Syspro.
  • Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

Contact Hire Resolve for your next career-changing move.

  • Salary: negotiable.
  • Our client is offering a highly competitive salary for this role based on experience.
  • Apply for this role today, contact Ashley Feldtmann at Hire Resolve or on LinkedIn.

We will contact you telephonically in 3 days should you be suitable for this vacancy. If you are not suitable, we will put your CV on file and contact you regarding any future vacancies that arise.

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Demand Planner

Johannesburg, Gauteng Network Engineering

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Recruiting for a Demand Planner - Short Shelf Life for a well-established Manufacturing Concern in the West Rand.

Reference: NES -KOMU-1

Duties & Responsibilities

This person will create and maintain product forecast for customer groups.
Responsibilities:

  • Develop demand forecast on daily/weekly/monthly basis
  • Create, analyse, and communicate reports
  • Optimise and review ideal inventory levels
  • Maintain Planning Master data
  • Facilitate new product launches between Marketing, Trade Marketing & Planning
Requirements
  • Minimum 2 years Demand Planning experience with exposure to short shelf-life products - essential
  • Excellent Excel skills - advanced level
  • Statistical or Mathematica Qualification an advantage
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Demand Planner

Johannesburg, Gauteng Fempower Personnel

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Overview

Demand Planner – Supply Chain. The purpose of the position is to keep stock levels at optimum levels in all locations across the country. This department is important in maintaining model stock levels across all locations, executing promotions, managing item masters, forecasting, planning, and uploading allocations and to manage suppliers. It stretches over several customers and national stock holding. Relationship management, reporting, and expediting on assured supply issues are of importance for the department. A strong sense of urgency and attention to detail are key requirements. This is a skilled level position, where teamwork is expected from staff while maintaining excellent relationships with internal and external stakeholders.

Key Functional Responsibilities
  • Customer management
    • Maintain a professional relationship with the customer & suppliers.
    • Handle queries with customers and escalate where needed to the appropriate levels.
    • Ensure that all customer risk, supplier concerns and possible stock outs are communicated to the customers timeously.
  • Stock cover reporting
    • Maintaining accurate forecasting levels is of utmost importance. Forecasting needs to be done on a weekly basis as required to ensure optimal execution.
    • Report on stock cover across all customers and all locations, distributed to the correct audience at the agreed times using the Projected Days Cover Report.
    • Ensure stock on hand is aligned with agreed safety stock levels and stock parameters are maintained and updated to accommodate both suppliers lead times and pareto level in accordance with warehouse utilization.
    • Ensure that the required information is contained in the report and all information is accurate. Delivery information must be verified with suppliers.
    • Ensure action items are accurately reported to the customer on a weekly basis and followed up to accommodate deadlines.
    • Report possible out of stock scenarios and investigate over stock situations.
    • Escalate where needed.
  • Out of stock management
    • Ensure the pre-out-of-stock reporting is accurate and submitted on time.
    • Ensure reason codes for out of stocks and/or substitutions are accurate.
    • Communicate changes on certain items and ensure execution by the Order Admin team.
    • Ordered vs invoiced report communicated to all stakeholders daily; ensure accuracy & action anomalies before distributing to customers.
  • Make certain of assured supply
    • Assume responsibility for assured supply of product within all regions within agreed model stock parameters.
    • Receive open purchase order report daily from all DCs per customer to ensure that planned deliveries have taken place. In case of a non-delivery, immediate follow up with the supplier and book a new time slot. Escalate non-delivery to customers & manager, where required.
    • Manage inbound deliveries including receiving time slots.
    • Manage orders and facilitate the imports process on all imported stock, if applicable to your account.
    • Manage orders and facilitate the exports process on all export stock, if applicable to your account.
    • Ensure that inter DCs received from the demand planner are checked to ensure that all required stock is being planned for.
    • Ensure that any last-minute changes are discussed with the demand planner, communicated to Managed Freight and sent to the relevant DCs.
    • Ensure documentation is submitted within cut-off times to DCs for picking & loading.
  • Strategic alignment of inventory levels & cash flow
    • Ensure Barnton tools namely, Forecasting & Interface are maintained and updated in order to comply with delivery schedules and DC capacity.
    • Implement client forecasts and/or make the necessary adjustments on Barnton Forecasting tool, ensuring optimum stock levels during peak periods with minimal impact to DC capacity.
    • Ensure that inventory levels are managed to the minimum levels over month end period without impacting on assured supply.
    • Ensure reports are submitted on time & correctly to all stakeholders.
    • Short shelf-life analysis reports to be compiled, investigated and actioned accordingly.
    • Over stocked, slow and non-moving items to be investigated & discussed with the customer on a weekly basis to ensure that a plan of action is available to deplete stock.
  • Imports management (If Applicable to your Account)
    • Ensure efficient, effective and accurate monthly, weekly and daily planning of imported products.
    • Build effective relationships with internal and external clients (suppliers and corporation SCM team) to improve operating efficiencies.
    • Assist operations with inbound planning and receipt of import containers.
    • Manage orders and facilitate the imports process on all imported stock.
    • Update and maintain the Import Tracking Report (ITR), perform short shelf-life analysis on imported items and report to customers on possible risk.
    • Complete costing templates when required.
  • Exports management (If Applicable to your Account)
    • Export stock purchased according to procedure.
    • Manage Made to Order items.
    • Stock Transfer as per procedure.
    • Expedite deliveries into DC.
    • Analyse export tracking sheet to ensure orders are aligned with plan.
    • Analyse shelf life and escalate to the export team for action.
  • General
    • Live the Company values.
    • Driven with very good verbal and written communication skills.
    • Build excellent relationships with DCs, customers and suppliers.
    • Have weekly telecoms/meetings with DCs to align on special requirements, exceptions, inbound and outbound volumes and other issues arising.
    • Perform seasonality forecasts for internal use.
    • Monthly/weekly/daily reporting for all customers as per request.
    • Adhere to quality standards & procedures.
    • Adhere to policies & procedures.
Experience Required
  • Grade 12 with a Diploma or Degree in Supply Chain, APICS CSCP certification advantageous
  • 2 – 5 Years in Procurements within a FMCG QSR environment
  • Sound knowledge on shelf life and related fields / FMCG
  • MS office skills with advanced Excel

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Demand Planner

Sandton, Gauteng Telebest

Posted 15 days ago

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2 - 5 years in procurement within a FMCG QSR environment

Sound knowledge of shelf life and related fields

Valid driver's license

MS Office skills with advanced Excel

MS Great Plains and Barnton experience required and will be advantageous

Company Description

Our client based in Rivonia is seeking a strong Demand Planner with a Diploma or Degree in Supply chain with experience in procurements within a FMCG QSR environment to keep stock levels at optimum levels in all locations across the country

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Demand Planner

Rivonia, Gauteng Telebest

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Diploma or Degree in Supply Chain

APICS CSCP certification advantageous

2 - 5 years in procurement within a FMCG QSR environment

Sound knowledge of shelf life and related fields

Valid driver's license

MS Office skills with advanced Excel

MS Great Plains and Barnton experience required and will be advantageous

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Durban, KwaZulu Natal BLACK TIE RECRUIT

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Company established in the household textile manufacturing industry is looking for a suitable candidate for a Demand Planner role. Position is based in Jacobs, Durban. The Demand Planner is responsible for developing accurate demand forecasts to support production planning, inventory management, and supply chain operations. This role acts as a bridge between sales, quality assurance dept and production teams to ensure we meet customer delivery efficiently. Key Responsibilities Full responsibility of managing finished goods stock levels in line with company policies to achieve a 100% on time and in full delivery record. Managing inventory to strike a balance between meeting customer demand and avoiding excess inventory Ensuring all excess/obsolete stock is depleted timeously. Production Coordination: Collaborating with the production and manufacturing teams to ensure that finished goods are produced in line with customer delivery within the required lead times. Vendor Management: Working with suppliers and vendors to ensure on-time deliveries and to resolve any supply chain issues that may impact finished goods availability. Reporting and Analysis: Generating reports on inventory levels, stock turnover, customer demand System integrity: Ensuring the administrative process flow is managed correctly via the system and via relevant schedules Completing tasks that support the senior MRP planner to maintain customer service levels and company objectives KPAs Inventory Management Accuracy & Data Integrity Production Support Reports submission accurately and timeously Follow ups with supplier on packaging Follow up an communication with production planners Education Supply Chain Qualification Matric with Maths Skills Strong communication Analytical Excel knowledge Attention to detail and problem-solving mindset Understanding of manufacturing operations and supply chain dynamics Excellent communication and cross-functional collaboration abilities Experience 1-2 years experience in similar role Sync experience advantageous Work Conditions Fast-paced environment with tight production timelines. Office-based with regular interaction with operations team Competencies Attention to Detail Communication & Collaboration Problem-Solving Time Management Adaptability Continuous Improvement Mindset
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Demand Planner

Durban, KwaZulu Natal MSP Staffing LTD

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We are hiring! A leader in the Logistics sector is looking for someone to be their Demand Planner! Minimum Requirements Bachelor of Commerce/Economics degree or related Supply Chain National Diploma (e.g.: SAPICS CPIM) or BEng (Industrial Engineer). 2 - 3 years supply and/or demand planning experience including depot / stock replenishment and forecasting. Previous experience on SAP and SAP BW would be an advantage. Should you meet the requirements for this position, please email your CV to You can also contact our team on XXX-XXX or visit Please note that correspondence will only be conducted with short-listed candidates. Should you not hear from us within 2 weeks, please consider your application unsucessful.
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Demand Planner

Rivonia, Gauteng

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Diploma or Degree in Supply Chain APICS CSCP certification advantageous 2 - 5 years in procurement within a FMCG QSR environment Sound knowledge of shelf life and related fields Valid driver's license MS Office skills with advanced Excel MS Great Plains and Barnton experience required and will be advantageous
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