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Demand Planner

Demand Planner

CiplaCape Town, ZA
21 days ago
Job description

Job title : Demand Planner

Job Location : Western Cape, Cape Town

Deadline : October 08, 2025

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JOB PURPOSE

  • Drive the S&OP process for assigned portfolio and effectively translate commercial insights and analytics into an accurate consensus forecast.
  • Coordinate and collaborate with supply planning, analysts and suppliers, commercial and finance to optimize inventory and stock availability.
  • Complex role with multiple facets and both highly analytical, transactional, and operational in nature. Multiple stakeholders and focus on collaborative and cross functional working with both local and global stakeholders.

    • KEY ACCOUNTABILITES AND RESPONSIBILITIES :

  • Continuously improve the demand forecast and drive forecast accuracy improvements.
  • Gain market insights using analytical, marketing and sales data as well as qualitative inputs to improve forecasts through demand driven forecasting.
  • Collaborate closely with commercial teams, finance, supply planners, other relevant stakeholders, and suppliers locally and internationally.
  • Maintaining and ensuring master data integrity across SAP, IBP, and relevant systems
  • Support, analysis, and reporting for S&OP Process, specifically Demand reviews.
  • KPI reporting and compiling presentation decks to relevant stakeholders
  • Lead and manage demand review process with Commercial and finance for assigned portfolio.
  • Support the reduction of stock expiry risk and excess inventory, by driving demand shaping and mitigation planning with Commercial, Finance and Supply Planning.
  • Providing monthly commentary on forecast errors and demand movements
  • Engage and coordinate discussions with commercial and supply planning team to proactively manage risk and opportunities relating to demand.
  • Close collaboration with Supply planners / suppliers to maintain Days of Forward Cover (DOFC)) / Safety Stock and optimise inventory levels.
  • Order execution and management (as required) in response to demand movements in conjunction with supply planners / suppliers / commercial.
  • Provide front end feedback to the supply planner / suppliers on latest demand movements.
  • Support PMO and Commercial with New Product Launches & relaunches to ensure stock availability for on time launches while maintaining optimal inventory.

    • CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT :

  • Conduct analytics required to drive forecast accuracy improvements.
  • Support demand and supply planning and Analytics teams with process and system improvements and optimisation.
  • Driving Digitalization and automation of analytics and reporting in supply chain

    • KNOWLEDGE REQUIREMENTS :

  • Computer skills on MS Office (Advanced Excel Skills) is required.
  • A solid understanding of S&OP, demand, and supply planning
  • Deep working knowledge of ERP, Forecasting / Planning & BI systems
  • Deep technical knowledge of demand & supply planning as well as inventory management
  • Experience on demand & supply management is a plus

    • SKILLS AND ATTRIBUTES

  • Effective planning, organising and co-ordinating.
  • Results driven.
  • Effective problem solving and decision making.
  • Commercial and strategic awareness
  • Independent and self-directed individual that can drive execution.
  • Great cross-functional collaborator with strong influential skills
  • Effective interpersonal skills, the ability to communicate effectively (written and verbal) and articulate risks with an understanding of overall impact / sensitivity to rest of the business.
  • Attention to detail.
  • Project management skills preferred.
  • Ability to think strategically and innovatively, with a continuous improvement mindset.
  • A positive minded team player
  • Experience in statistical software / forecasting is ideal.
  • Being able to coach and transfer knowledge to peers and pipeline talents.
  • Ability to operationalize and adopt planning best practices in day-to-day planning

    • EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE

  • Relevant Bachelor’s degree in supply chain management (BCom), Business Economics, Logistics, (BCom), Engineering (BEng), or related field
  • 3+ years of demand planning and / or supply planning, supply chain analytics, industrial engineering
  • Exposure to supply chain and supporting S&OP process is required.
  • Experience in Demand Planning including replenishment forecasting is required.
  • Previous exposure on working with statistical forecast is a plus.
  • Previous experience in data analytics / science is a plus.
  • APICS certification (CPF or CPIM) is an advantage.
  • Experience in the FMCG / Pharmaceutical industries is advantageous.
  • Good working knowledge with ERP systems (SAP), Integrated Business Planning (IBP) and BI Platforms
  • Fluent level of written and spoken English. Additional language is a plus.
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