Job Description

• Join Lactalis South Africa at our offices in the Western Cape and take on the challenging role of Production Planning Manager.
• The incumbent will be responsible for planning the manufacture of the six key categories in each of our Manufacturing Plants.
• The incumbent will help ensure the execution of the stock build strategy by coordinating the manufacture of our products to satisfy Customers demand while supporting the functions in the value chain achieve their respective performance objectives.
• Their responsibilities include leading integration and promoting alignment between Commercial, Industrial and Supply Chain.
• This role will also ensure that Customers demands are fulfilled through integrated business planning while supporting functions achieve their respective performance objectives.

Required Skills

• Relevant Degree
• +5 years Supply Chain Planning experience
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Highly analytical
• Resilient and strong interpersonal skills
• Strong communication and presentation skills
• Resourceful and adaptable individual with strong self-management attributes

Duties & Responsibilities

• Support the Integrated Business Planning (S&OP) process by helping Plants coordinate manufacture of SKUs aligned to demand and stock build strategy
• Prepare short term weekly production plans for plant for all categories
• Determine daily raw milk allocation to meet manufacturing plans while limiting the amount of waste travel and misallocations
• Automate the decision tree on Raw Milk allocation to categories and Plants
• Plan replenishment to Distribution Centres optimising the use of the available space while ensuring adequate days of cover of inventory
• Inventory cover at DCs to be determined by SKU bearing its individual forecast accuracy, lead time and shelf life in mind. Cover to compensate for variability while maximising service and minimising waste
• Future proof supply chain production planning by developing processes and tools that require little manual intervention
• Mature and further develop the Integrated Business Planning (S&OP) philosophy at LSA
• Prepare and coordinate weekly Demand Reviews with Commercial and Demand Planning hereby assisting Commercial improve Sales Forecast Accuracy % supporting lowering Working Capital and maximising Customer Demand fulfilment
• Prepare and coordinate weekly Capacity Reviews with Industrial and Supply/Production Planning hereby assisting Industrial improve Planned versus Actual % supporting improving plant efficiency and maximising Customer Demand fulfilment
• Determine long term critical raw material allocation (Raw Milk) to optimise Customer Demand fulfilment, efficiency and profitability
• Collaborate with Commercial to improve Promotional volume planning and phasing
• Determine long term volume forecasts for input into quarterly/annual financial forecasts
• Develop and encourage the use of systems and BI analytics to improve the supply chain’s effectiveness

Closing Date

• 2025/06/30