Specialist, Demand Planner – South Africa

Job Description

Reporting to the Demand Planning Manager META, the position is primarily responsible for monitoring and enabling compliant, continuous, and timely supply to the market. In addition, the position is responsible for certain tasks that are typically beyond market/customer.

The position builds and maintains relationships with contract manufacturers and relevant internal stakeholders such as Site Planning, Site Logistics, E2E Planning, Global Logistics, Finance and Quality. The role serves as the primary contact for contract manufacturers, E2E Planning, customs brokers, and coordinates demand forecast, order management, supply, inventory, and supply chain performance.

Based on solid SCM process and system expertise, the position also plays a role in activities that go beyond market/customer level such as supply constraint resolution, data analysis, continuous improvement, projects, and training and coaching.

Responsibilities

Demand

• Coordinating Market Demand Review meetings.
• Ensuring timely submission of demand forecast in alignment with Business & Finance and monitoring forecast consumption.
• Informing E2E planning regarding significant demand events and developments.

Supply

• Ensuring timely processing of subcontracting purchase orders.
• Following up and ensuring timely deliveries.
• Coordinating regular supply‑related activities to enable compliant and timely supply of product to market.
• Detecting and mitigating supply risk and supporting its mitigation.
• Participating in Supply Tier 1‑4 meetings.
• Informing business on significant supply events and developments in the supply chain.

Inventory

• Monitoring inventory levels to ensure optimization of operations and avoid stock‑out or write‑off.
• Taking proactive actions to avoid Inventory of Questionable Value (IQV) and discards.
• Informing Finance of any potential write‑off risks to ensure appropriate accrual.
• Taking appropriate steps according to financial guidelines for IQV and discards.
• For Organon owned inventory, ensuring inventory count is performed in accordance with Financial Policy #7.
• Performing inventory reconciliation between 3PL inventory and the ERP system for accurate inventory balance per batch where applicable.

Reporting

• Generating and analyzing reports, metrics and KPIs regarding demand, supply, master data and inventory.
• Generating and distributing a regular report on over‑stock, low stock and out‑of‑stock SKUs.

Communication

• Participating and contributing to S&OP and leading operational meetings with assigned customers.
• Ensuring efficient and effective communication to internal and external customers and process stakeholders.
• Serving as Subject Matter Expert (SME) in one or multiple topics.

Process, Quality & Compliance

• Conducting all activities in a compliant manner.
• Providing audit support.
• Contributing to continuous improvement of tasks within the department.

Required Education, Experience & Skills

• Preferably a bachelor’s degree or proven equivalent work experience in a related business area (Supply Chain, Customer Service, Project Management, Logistics, Planning, Procurement or equivalent).
• 2 years of experience in demand planning is required; supply chain experience is a plus.
• Solid analytical skills for independent problem solving of relatively straightforward issues and more complex problems with support.
• Knowledge of SSA customs regulations and related experience.
• Proactive, taking initiative and speaking up about own area operations.
• Communication fluency in English, both verbal and written, at all levels; presentation skills for smaller groups in own area.
• Advanced understanding of DM&F systems and processes such as SAP; basic understanding of adjacent processes and systems.
• Stakeholder management, teamwork and collaboration.
• Leadership Behaviors: good understanding and application of these behaviors in the team; strong customer focus.
• Diversity and Inclusion: good understanding and application of inclusive behaviors.
• Business and Finance acumen: understanding impact of own area's activities within SCM and adjacent functional groups; understanding financial supply chain and product cost.
• Attention to detail and accuracy while keeping a broader perspective.

Equal Opportunity Employer Statement

Organon welcomes applications from candidates with a diverse background and is committed to creating an inclusive environment for all applicants.

Requisition ID: R539867

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