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Cape Town: Planning Manager €“ Pharmaceutical Industry posted by Hire Resolve

Planning Manager €“ Pharmaceutical Industry

Posted on 2025-03-30

Employer Hire Resolve
Salary 0
Category Clearing And Forwarding
Location Western Cape  /  Cape Town

Job Summary

Hire Resolves client in the Pharmaceutical Industry is urgently seeking the expertise of a Planning Manager to join their team in Cape Town, Western Cape.

Responsibilities:

  • Manage, lead, and drive the Supply S&OP and Reconciliation S&OP Process
  • Lead and manage relevant sales and operations execution meetings with suppliers
  • Manage, lead, develop, and build strong team relationships for a team of supply planners and logistics coordinators.
  • Assess stock prioritization, pull forward, and deferral requests based on demand movements in conjunction with demand planner
  • Analyse and propose stock-to-norm (STN) requirements for all SKUs
  • Identify and review items with excess inventory and propose action plan
  • Manage short-dated stock and drive demand shaping with Marketing and mitigation planning with the Commercial team
  • Minimise write-off costs on slow-moving stock
  • Preparation of supply planning-related reports for monthly supplier engagement meetings
  • Leading Supply S&OP meetings and compiling and presenting presentation decks
  • Provide reporting and root cause analysis monthly on excess and shortfall stock as well as key drivers to inventory forward
  • Manage 3rd Party QA on post-importation testing (PIT)
  • Provide reporting to the commercial team on PIT Results & QA release timelines
  • Manage replenishment requirement views for maintaining STN
  • Provide front-end feedback to the supply sites on the latest demand movements
  • Coordinate discussions with demand planners on the opportunities and risks regarding demand and supply
  • Track stock supply point delivery vs actual, and conduct required follow-up to ensure service delivery
  • Manage, support & coordinate the vendor coalitions within the Supply Chain Planning team in the efforts to ensure the supply security of products

Requirements:

  • Relevant Post Graduate Bachelors University qualification in Supply Chain Management (BComm), Logistics (BComm) or Engineering (BIng)
  • 8+ years of supply planning, supply chain analytics
  • Must have experience in managing people
  • Exposure to supply chain and S&OP is a must
  • Experience in Demand Planning including replenishment forecasting
  • Previous exposure to working with a statistical forecast
  • Previous experience in data analytics/science
  • CPF or CPIM
  • Experience in the FMCG/Pharmaceutical industries
  • Strong knowledge of exports/imports
  • Good working knowledge of ERP systems (SAP), Integrated Business Planning (IBP) and BI Platforms


Benefits:

  • Family Leave (Maternity, Paternity)
  • Training & Development
  • Paid Time Off (PTO) (if applicable)

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Posted in Jobs in Cape Town, Jobs in Western Cape

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