Materials Planner

Kenvue is currently recruiting for a:

Materials Requirement Planner

At Kenvue, we realize the extraordinary power of everyday care. Built on over a century of heritage and rooted in science, we’re the house of iconic brands – including NEUTROGENA, AVEENO, TYLENOL, LISTERINE, JOHNSON’S and BAND‑AID that you already know and love. Science is our passion; care is our talent.

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MSM Lead

Europe/Middle East/Africa, South Africa, Gauteng, Johannesburg

Fully Onsite

This position report to the Material Supply Management Lead and is based in Cape Town, South Africa.

• Responsible for the scheduled deliveries of raw and packaging materials by converting the output of the Detailed Scheduler into daily / weekly material requirements to ensure availability of the right quantity of components to the production lines when needed.
• Manage and develop work processes that integrate production requirements into materials plans.
• Responsible for meeting material availability need, and resolution of material supply challenges.
• Ensure that all material delivery schedules are communicated to the suppliers on time to meet plan requirements.
• Liaise with the suppliers to clarify potential plan constraints and interfaces between suppliers and key internal stakeholders until issues are resolved.
• Interfaces with QA and warehouse staff regarding rejected or defective materials making the necessary physical arrangements with the supplier to ensure a prompt return of goods or disposal and that any credit along with any consequential loss is claimed and received.
• Manages potential abrupt deviations to the plan, assessing with the suppliers the feasibility of the changes, rapidly highlighting to the affected internal stakeholder if the changes are not possible.
• Liaise with Warehouse staff to understand and adhere to space constraints, managing inventory levels within agreed targets.
• Participate in meeting held with the suppliers to discuss continuous improvements of processes and systems related to the supply of materials, minimum order quantities, economic batch quantities and any other variable affecting the call‑off quantities involved in the material schedule, providing valuable contribution to the discussions to capture opportunities.

• Responsible for the scheduled deliveries of raw & packaging materials to ensure availability of the right quantity of components to the production lines when needed, communicating the plan to the different suppliers within the agreed lead times. This should guarantee that the flow of materials is optimal considering the plants’ warehouse capacity & inventory targets to eliminate potential disruptions, minimize both storage costs & potential SLOB.
• Ensures that all material delivery schedules are communicated to the suppliers on time to meet plan requirements. Liaise with the suppliers to clarify potential plan constraints and interfaces between suppliers and the key internal stakeholders until issues are solved.
• Tracks and reports site level supplier service performance, communicating the information to SOURCING.
• Expedite operations that delay schedules and alter schedules to meet unforeseen conditions due to material challenges.
• Interfaces with QA and warehouse staff regarding rejected/defective materials, making the necessary physical arrangements with the supplier to ensure a prompt return of goods or disposal and that any credit along with any consequential loss is claimed and received.
• Manages potential abrupt deviations to the plan assessing with the suppliers the feasibility of the changes,…