Job Description

AVI Ltd. is known for its leading household brands across many categories including hot beverages, sweet and savoury biscuits, and snacks, frozen convenience foods, personal care products, cosmetics, shoes, accessories, and fashion apparel.NATIONAL BRANDS LIMITED operates 5 manufacturing sites, offering world-class manufacturing facilities in Isando (Johannesburg), Rosslyn (Pretoria), Westmead, and Durban (KZN). It is home to some of the best-known South African tea, coffee, and creamer brands, including our delicious range of much-loved savoury and sweet biscuits, and our melt-in-your-mouth snack range.An exciting opportunity exists for a Deployment Planner within NBL. The main function for the Deployment Planner will be to plan finished goods stock movements optimally in the network, including to cross border sites, and arrange long haul transport for all loads, including customer DCs. The successful candidate will report to the Planning Manager and will be based in Bryanston.Line Manager: Planning ManagerJob Specification:Key Performance Areas:Minimum Requirements:

• Achieve service levels in accordance with targets per category
• Facilitate factory to Distribution Centre deployment.
• Facilitate Distribution Centre to Distribution Centre deployment.
• Ensure regional stock levels support service level targets and collaborate with Inbound Planners
• Manage space constraints in DC's and factories
• Ensure that there is no ageing stock across the network and flag possible issues with ageing stock.
• Optimize direct invoicing from factories to the end customer
• Direct deployment in network to minimizes touches in the network
• Collaborate with factory logistics, AVI DCs and Transporters
• Fine tune deployment models (Target days cover, MOQs)
• Maintain Barnton Deployment master data and ensure it is relevant and up to date
• Accurate load schedule sent out timeously to the relevant 3rd party transporters
• Alternative plans to be made when there are truck supply constraints
• Accurate and timeous reporting done and shared with relevant stakeholders

• 3 years minimum deployment planning experience within the FMCG industry

• Completed B.Com Degree in Logistics or Supply Chain

• Advanced Microsoft Excel (Formula's, VLookup's, Pivots, WhatIF's)
• SAP experience
• Barnton Planning Tool experience
• SQL
• Microsoft PowerPoint

• Thinking analytically
• Meeting deadlines
• Attention to detail
• Minimizing risk
• Maintaining productivity
• Effective communication
• Work with others

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