These jobs were popular with other job seekers A leading multinational pharmaceutical company has an opportunity for an experienced Demand Planner (with SAP ERP experience). The purpose of this position is to develop and implement Inventory plans that will enable the organization to meet Sales and Service objectives. Duties & Responsibilities 1. Database Management: Ongoing maintenance of the Forecasting, Purchase Orders and Sales Planning database. 2. Reporting: Extraction, generation, and analysis of daily, weekly, monthly and quarterly stock reports from the above database', to: Assess current stockholding, planned orders, sales history, and forecasting of future planned orders. 3. Provide real-time reporting to the Supply Chain Manager, for global reporting purposes. 4. Planning Requirements: Analyze, assess, calculate, and conclude immediate ST and LT planning requirements of individual SKU's. 5. Ongoing liaison with the Quality department regarding quarantine, short-dated stock, blocked and returned stock, and potential stock releases, to optimize working capital and stockholding levels. 6. Implementation of a finalized demand plan and ongoing liaison with suppliers and other relevant third parties. 7. Engage with distributors in stock receiving, stock holding, reworking of stock, and stock write-offs. 8. Ongoing liaison with agents, to ensure effective forwarding, shipping, clearing, and delivery of stock shipments. 9. S&OP: Drive and facilitate S&OP forum. 10. NPI: Attend and contribute to NPI forum and collate all necessary information, to provide planning analysis to Quality, Sales, Marketing, Regulatory, and Finance teams. 11. PROJECTS: Participation in and contribution to ad hoc Supply Chain optimization projects and initiatives. 12. Warehouse & distribution partner management Desired Experience & Qualification Qualifications: • Relevant degree or diploma Experience: • Pharmaceutical or FMCG industry experience of minimum duration of 3 years, at Demand Planner level. • Logistics experience of 3 years duration • SAP or equivalent software proficiency required. • Strong experience with DRP/MRP functionality. • Advanced proficiency at Microsoft Office (Excel) Package & RemunerationMarket-related salary.Interested? Please apply on this PNet portal. Please quote reference "P84 DP" Shortlisted candidates will be contacted within 3 working days. Salary ranges and job descriptions are for advertising purposes only and are subject to change. SPECIALIST SEARCH RECRUITMENT - RECRUITMENT EXCELLENCEThese jobs were popular with other job seekers#J-18808-Ljbffr
