BLACK TIE RECRUIT
1 month ago
Demand Planner
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Company information
- Company
- BLACK TIE RECRUIT
- Location
- South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, eThekwini, Durban South Africa
- Posted
- 1 month ago
Job description
Demand Planner position within the textile manufacturing sector. Position is based in Mobeni, 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 time.
- 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
Education and Skills
- Supply Chain Qualification advantageous
- Matric with Maths
- 1-2 years experience as a Demand Planner
- Sync experience advantageous
- Strong communication
- Analytical
- Excel knowledge
- Understanding of manufacturing operations and supply chain dynamics
Required skills
- sales
- communication
- matric
- analysis
- inventory management
- manufacturing
- reporting
- quality assurance
- excel
- vendor management
- production planning
- analytical
- suppliers
- maths
- textile manufacturing
- demand planner
- durban
- supply chain operations
- finished goods
- system integrity
- production coordination
- customer delivery
- supply chain dynamics
- production teams
- manufacturing operations
- lead time
- customer service levels
- stock turnover
- sync
- on time delivery
- obsolete stock
- excess inventory
- demand forecast
- in full delivery
- supply chain issues
- mrp planner
- supply chain qualification
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