Employment Type

Department

Minimum Requirements

• Relevant Bachelor Degree, BSc or BCOM degree
• Relevant Supply Chain certification (APICS / CIPS)
• 5 years Demand Planning or Supply Planning or Warehouse Management with Pharmaceuticals, Food, Beverages, Medical Technology, FMCG or Manufacturing
• Thorough knowledge of SAP PPPI / MM

Additional Requirements

• Minimum of 2 years experience in leading a team.

Specific Operational Requirements

The successful candidate will be required to work:

• An 8 hour day between 08h00 to 16h00
• May be required to work overtime to meet the business needs
• Must be prepared to work shifts when needed.

Key Performance Areas

• Draw-up the annual Long Term Production (LTP) plan to meet the Business Sales Plan. Lead the Sales & Operational Planning (S&OP) process and revise annual plan in conjunction with other Business functions to reflect changing market & internal factors.
• Oversee the Production & Packing planning function to deliver the Business Sales Plan.
• Monitor and control inventory of raw materials, in-process materials and finished goods to meet demand.
• Ensures compliance with GMP and other relevant legislation within the Planning and warehousing function.
• Cost Centre Management by monitoring and reporting expenses against budget. Identifying and motivating for capital expenditure to meet departmental objectives.
• Supervising, mentoring, managing, developing and training the human resource base in the department to meet NBI business needs.

Competencies

• robust level of statistical and numerical methods in the analysis of manufacturing and process data
• Planning and Organizing
• Quality focus that includes balanced risk and change management
• Financial understanding
• Collaboration and Leadership
• Initiating action
• High work standard
• Written and oral communication skills adequate for technically sound reports, oral presentations and effective interaction in formal and informal management forums, staff meetings and external suppliers
• Interpersonal skills base appropriate to both a union shop floor environment and interaction with senior management: including conflict resolution; negotiation; partnership building and influencing others
• Management in a process and warehouse environment
• GMP Compliance €“ the ten principles in action
• Can both work independently and seek peer review when needed