Planning Manager

Duties & Responsibilities

Strategic Planning

• Participate and influence department strategy
• Monitor and track against the plan
• Develop recommendations and subsequent action plans to enable the delivery of the departmental strategy
• Day to day interaction with team members to deliver strategy
• Build and develop effective relationships with relevant stakeholders to highlight and determine best solution to overcome challenges to continuously improve
• Contribute to delivering strategic plans with suppliers by liaising regularly on trend changes and tactical forecasting
• Ensuring procurement strategy on raw material and dry stock support forecasts
• Proactive and regular communication with key stakeholders

Operational Planning

• Understand and optimise supply chain and systems
• Understand internal and external factors which impact on demand and ensure these are reflected in forecasts
• Communicate with internal and external stakeholder to maximise trade
• Identify challenges, trends and opportunities
• Maintain Data and Systems
• Collate Information and Assumptions
• Develop and Maintain the Forecast
• Forecasting to align with prospective orders
• Reach Consensus through Alignment
• Share and Publish the Forecast
• Track and Manage Demand

Continuous improvement

• Analysis of historical and current performance
• Understand market / product trends as well as department focus that could impact demand
• Liaise with suppliers with regards to long term tactical plans
• Implementation and review against long term tactical plans

People Management

• Conduct workforce planning to ensure the team is suitably staffed to meet functional objectives taking into account various internal and external factors
• Implement, drive and manage all people development initiatives linked to the HR Strategy including performance management, succession planning, talent management etc. to ensure the team’s performance meets the required standards
• Set medium to long term goals and objectives for the relevant area of control and monitor progress against these
• Plan, organise, lead and control subordinate's activities to ensure functional objectives are met or exceeded
• Assure stable employee relations by managing conflict and creating a positive and performing working environment

Teamwork / Staff Engagement

• Living the Cavalier values in an individual and team capacity aimed at building a cohesive working environment
• Actively participate in all people development initiatives linked to the HR Strategy including but not limited to: performance management; succession planning; talent management; change, process optimisation and engagement initiatives etc. to ensure the team’s performance meets the required standards
• Build, support and maintain healthy diverse internal (peers / team members / managers) as well as external (service providers etc.) relationships and implement remedial actions when required to ensure achievement of organisational goals
• Provide relevant and specialised technical support, where required, to peers and colleagues to ensure the achievement of objectives

Desired Experience & Qualification

• B Bus. Sc / B Com or equivalent tertiary qualification in Supply Chain
• Minimum years of Experience required 5 + years
• Supply Chain FMCG / Food / Agri
• Sales and Operations Planning
• Financial or economic background
• Supply Chain
• Leadership skills
• Lateral thinker
• Drive for improvement and efficiency
• Negotiation skills
• Driver’s License