Manager - Planning

Job description

**PURPOSE OF THE JOB:** Ensure continuous availability of optimal stocks at all nodes up to warehouses and would be responsible for the following: - Implementation & periodic review of inventory norms across all nodes. - Maintain & periodically review stock keeping unit classification and make relevant changes. **PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES:** **Category Management:** - Ensure the right network configuration in consultation with the SBU. - Determine and ensure execution of deployment strategies for finished goods. - Regularly monitor stock availability/production adherence with regard to servicing on a daily basis. - Engage with the production teams so that production is in line with the demand, to ensure fulfilment of warehouse demand. **Inventory Management:** - Monitor stock flow in order to ensure equitable distribution of stocks between warehouses by way of inter warehouse transfers if required. Raises alarms for deviations / drops in stock levels in stock keeping unit of allocated category. - Liaise /coordinate with Logistics to ensure timely placement and movement of stocks to warehouses. **Systems & Processes:** - Ensure that the agreed network/lanes are configured in SAP. - Coordinate with the production team for the production changeover and ensure demand realignment through the demand planner whenever required. - Re-run inventory model if need be, to assess new norms with significant network changes. **Knowledge, Skills and Competencies:** - Team player - Business focus - Managing multiplicities - Data driven decision making **Reporting Relationship Upwards** - Senior Manager - Supply Chain