A leading food manufacturing company in Durban is urgently seeking the expertise of an experienced Sales and Operations Planner to join their team.

Responsibilities

• Implement and execute defined best practices, minimum standards, policies, processes, tools, technology, and enablers in the relevant company ways.
• Support Master Planner to benchmark and improve in-Country demand management and supply planning (S&OP) systems, processes, and standards
• Collaborate with relevant stakeholders to understand demand drivers and input and manage key demand planning statistics
• Develop and implement statistical and modelling tools to forecast demand, using statistical inputs and input from Commercial teams to test and refine forecasts (domestic and export)
• Collaborate with relevant stakeholders to develop recommendations and create a consensus demand plan, and prepare reports about the demand planning process
• Imp...