• RESPONSIBILITIES:
  
• Regularly monitor and evaluate the accuracy of sales forecasts, adjusting models and strategies as needed to improve accuracy.
  
• Work closely with the Sales Manager to ensure that inventory levels align with forecasted demand, avoiding excess or insufficient stock.
  
• Develop and maintain inventory models to ensure optimal stock levels across multiple customers locations (stores).
  
• Generate regular reports on key performance indicators (KPIs) such as forecast accuracy, inventory turns, and stock-out rates.
  
• Work closely with Procurement, Sales, and Marketing teams to align sales forecasts with business strategies, commercial trends, and other factors that can impact demand.
  
• Liaise with the Procurement Department to gather information on lead times and any potential supply chain disruptions.
  
• Communicate effectively with various stakeholders (customers and internal team) to provide insights into demand planning decisions and potential supply chain issues.
  
• Stay abreast of industry trends and emerging technologies to drive continuous improvement initiatives in demand planning processes to enhance efficiency and accuracy.
  
• Develop and maintain accurate sales forecasts using historical sales data, market trends, and business insights.
  
• Continuously update forecasts based on real-time sales data, market conditions, and promotional activities
  
• Monitor inventory levels and turnover rates.
  
• Work closely with sales, marketing, and finance teams to understand promotional activities.
  
• Lead and utilise portals to pull forecasts and POS sales reports
  
• Develop a goal to hit best forecast accuracy (3-5% variance)
  
• Analyse data to identify areas for improvement in demand and supply planning processes
  
• To be accountable for forecast accuracy within the allocated categories
  
• To be accountable for optimized inventory levels within the allocated categories and minimum order quantity within the allocated categories
  
• To recognize and reconcile forecast exceptions to track and manage sales against forecast and validate forecast for OTB management of customers.
  
• To enable the sales teams by providing a timeous, accurate and optimal sales forecast
  
• Conduct planning to ensure alignment with the forecasting by the vendors.
  
• Present historical vs actual analysis in line with annual budget & BPE as well as promotional plan.
  

Requirements

• Finance Bachelors Degree or Diploma – no honors required
  
• SAICA Articles (AGA eligible ideal – not looking for en-route to CA candidates)
  
• Transport – Own car
  
• On-site role based in Salt River 
  
• Must have major attention to detail – looking to work at a top company long term.
  
• Software knowledge Excel skills must be very strong.
  
• Ability to communicate clearly in English.
  

Benefits

• Competitive market related salary
  
• Long service benefits
  
• Fantastic mentors
  
• Directors want someone they can invest in heavily that desires a long-term role with a great company

Newly Completed Saica Articles – R 35 – 25K Pm – Salt River, Cpt position available in South Africa, South Africa. This job position was posted by DO MORE Placements. The job has been posted as a premium ad on 2025-03-04 at 15:10:42 in the Finance Accounting category