Junior Planner

Job Title: Junior Planner

Reporting to: Senior Planner

Purpose of the role: Tactically managing timeous and accurate ordering, order tracking and expediting against strategic plan. Monitoring, resolving and communicating deviations from plan. Accurately maintaining and managing systems data, documentation, permit and financial prepayment requirements for orders, both planned and placed.

Key Functions: Order and Inventory Management

• Tactical planning and order placing – within leadtime
• Tactical deviation monitoring, communicating and resolution. Proactive focus on current events against strategic plan in conjunction with Senior Planner
• Update and maintain planning file, orders and planned orders
• Propose and obtain approval from Senior Planner
• Manage run out/phase in old/new products with Senior Planner
• Create syspro orders and ensure accurate data integration with Tradecloud and forwarders’ systems and manage and maintain required order documentation
• PO to supplier and acknowledgement/ follow up on receipt of order and pricing
• Proforma Qty and pricing deviation to be flagged to Senior Planner
• Monitor and expedite timeous order readiness, loading and shipping with supplier and forwarder
• Notify pricing deviations to Senior Planner
• Ensure permit submitted with Purchase order where applicable
• Destination delivery address and container size definition maintenance and alignment
• Follow up on release of regulated stock and warehouse movements once released
• Assist in Contract packing/Cpack management information
• Give input to Availability reporting and meetings
• Prepayments (request Finance and monitor and expedite payment if required)
• Manage Papertrail & TC for portfolio
• Weekly Shipping File status update
• Requesting of precostings and send to Senior planner
• Adhoc operations tasks

Relationship building and development

• Build trusting relationships with Rialto Colleagues [Commercial, Whse, Technical & NPD team]
• KPI reporting as required
• Backup responsibilities as agreed for S&OP department

Qualifications/Knowledge:

• Relevant Degree or Qualification (supply chain, planning or logistics preferable)
• Knowledge and experience in working with Syspro and Tradecloud preferred
• Knowledge of and experience in planning in the FMCG industry vital
• Good understanding of Supply Chain processes
• Excel: Intermediate, advanced skills preferable
• Knowledge of import processes and procedures
• Numerical/ statistical analysis skills

Personal Skills:

• High personal standards
• Hard worker
• Ability to work on own initiative and be proactive
• Ability to prioritize work and handle pressure
• Ability to contribute to the team and work collaboratively
• Ability to communicate effectively in person, in writing and over the telephone with individuals
• Strong administrative skills
• Problem solving / solution orientated
• Strong numerical analytical skills
• Ability to be methodical and organized
• Accuracy
• Attention to detail
• Identifies with the company and code of conduct