Supply Planner, AMCO

JOB SUMMARY

The incumbent will provide support to AMCO’S Demand Planning Function and communicate Supply Chain Insights. The role will have accountability within the company’s supply plan, ensuring continuous availability of product for sale and optimal inventory management.  To support the achievement of the company’s planned objectives i.e. governance, revenue, expense and profit, by ensuring short term & long-term plans are executed daily, weekly, monthly and annually to achieve the required objectives set by the company.

AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY:

OBJECTIVES

• Support and maintain a robust Demand Planning Forecast which predicts future demand patterns, ensures stock availability and collaboration with business stakeholders.
• Support and Maintain robust Procurement procedures which ensure replenishment aligned to demand and target inventory levels.
• Develop, Support and Maintain Supply Chain Analytics and Insights to drive improvements and transformation in Supply Chain processes.
• Establish effective relationships with internal and external stakeholder to drive business results.

TASKS

• Develop operational demand forecasts, at various aggregate levels, spanning a 12month horizon, through a Consensus Demand Planning Approach with internal business partners via a systematic reporting, meeting and review schedule.
• Review and analyse historical sales trends, demand drivers and monitor forecast variances to create an optimal demand plan to be used as the Rolling Forecast input of the order generation process.
• Evaluate Rolling Forecast monthly cycle changes and validate against monthly worksheets ensuring accuracy in the input parameters (forecast, lead times, carry stock, etc.)
• Calculate and track Forecast Accuracy (FA) and Forecast Bias (FB) by sku and division monthly.
• Evaluate key losses of FA and propose corrective action plans to rectify or minimize reoccurrence.
• Execute the plan to order process for suppliers to ensure inventory availability for sale aligned and to inventory policy.
• Monitor the Inbound movement of goods from supplier to warehouse, escalating any risks in supply to stakeholders.
• Maintain, update and circulate a bi-weekly Sales Availability Report, aimed at reducing out of stocks and improving proactive notification of expected risks and replenishment.
• Support activities on the insights and analytics roadmap focused on driving improvements and re-engineering through critical measurement and execution of correction actions.
• Develop efficient reporting systems which provide visibility to all internal stakeholders- Weekly/ Monthly
• Any other task as required by the business.

The incumbent must also possess:
• Solid understanding of inventory management practices and procedures.
• Strong mathematical and statistical knowledge.
• Capability to multitask in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.