Supply Chain Planner

Supply Chain Planner (Midrand) Permanent About the job Supply Chain Planner (Midrand) Permanent

We are recruiting a Supply Chain Planner on behalf of a well-established client. You will be responsible for demand and replenishment planning, supplier purchase order management, planning master data maintenance, and supplier performance tracking. This is a hands‑on operational role suited to someone who is accurate, disciplined, and confident working within structured processes and ERP systems.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree in Supply Chain, Commerce, or a related field.
• APICS / ASCM certification is advantageous.
• 4–6 years in supply planning, replenishment, purchasing, or a similar operational planning role.
• Proven experience with purchase order placement, supplier follow-up, and order book management.
• Experience maintaining planning master data and ordering parameters in an ERP environment.
• Exposure to supplier OTIF reporting and exception management.
• Import, wholesale, or retail environment experience

Duties:

• Review and validate AI-generated demand and replenishment outputs against agreed business rules.
• Place and manage supplier purchase orders; maintain an accurate order book with full inbound visibility.
• Follow up on open orders, late confirmations, short shipments, and delivery date changes.
• Maintain planning master data including lead times, MOQs, order multiples, and supplier calendars.
• Track and report supplier OTIF performance; monitor and resolve supply exceptions.
• Prepare standard planning, purchase order, and exception reports for management.
• Coordinate order and milestone information with Commercial, Inventory, Logistics, Finance, and Imports teams.
• Escalate non-routine issues, supply risks, and material variances to the Supply Chain Manager.