Planner: Deployment

Job Advert Summary

The Planner: Deployment is responsible for coordinating and optimising the movement of stock between factories, Central Distribution Centres (CDCs), and branches. The role ensures the right stock is available at the right location, at the right time, while maintaining optimal warehouse capacity and supporting efficient, cost-effective distribution operations.

Minimum Requirements

• Degree
• Relevant experience in applying job related concepts, techniques and processes at the required level
• Computer literacy (Advanced)
• Experience in working with senior management
• Code 08 Driver's license

Duties and Responsibilities

Maintain stock levels per warehouse

• Plan stock deployment to branch to ensure 98% OFR to trade
• Maintain optimum stock levels (target days)
• Monitor stock age daily and take action to prevent obsolete stock
• Investigate and report on obsolete stock

Create a deployment forward plan

• Create a monthly forward plan for warehouse
• Communicate to primary transport and warehouse
• Communicate and monitor deviations from the plan and take action
• Distribute loads evenly to assist primary distribution

Create daily loads and monitor activities

• Identify and prioritise urgent stock and ensure stock is on load
• Ensure fair share in case of shortages
• Plan loads and link different delivery and loading points together
• Request Primary Transport and ensure that a TR number is received per load
• Ensure planned loads are actual is correctly actioned in Tower?

Monitor warehouse space and forward planning

• Monitor available space and adjust plan accordingly
• Daily space check on each branch incoming and outgoing????????
• Co-ordinate space constraints with Principals/Planners

Report on all deployment activities

• Report daily on warehouse utilisation
• Report on Primary, pallet and weight utilisation weekly
• Report on picking freshness per CDC daily, month to date, actioned weekly
• Report on stock levels within parameters actioned weekly
• Report and analyse daily short supply and coordinate with warehouse and SCP Planners
• Report daily to warehouse: OFR, warehouse utilisation, top 20 short supplies, picking freshness, SDS risk stock
• Double handling
• Compile weekly and monthly reports on all Deployment activities

Review and correct planning parameters

• Review and correct Multiple order quantities on item route level monthly, bi weekly
• Review and correct Min and Max stock levels parameters
• Review and correct Distribution Calendar