16 Oct
Givaudan
Johannesburg South
Job details
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Job type
- Temporary
Location
Johannesburg, Gauteng 2197
Full job description
Step into our world of creativity and joy!
Junior Demand Planner - Fixed Term Contract
Join us and celebrate the beauty of human experience. Create for happier, healthier lives, with love for nature. Together, with kindness and humility, we deliver food innovations, craft inspired fragrances and develop beauty and wellbeing solutions that make people look and feel good. There’s much to learn and many to learn from, with more than 16,800 employees around the world to explore ideas and ambitions with. Dive into varied, flexible, and stimulating environments.
Meet empowered professionals to partner with, befriend, and stretch your skills alongside. Every day, your energy, your creativity, and your determination will shape our future, making a positive difference on billions of people. Every essence of you enriches our world. We are Givaudan. Human by nature.
Junior Demand Planner – Your Future Position?
As a member of the SAMEA Regional Demand Planning Team, you will build a consensus demand plan for the next 24 months atregional level, coordinating with relevant stakeholders (sales, customer care, supply chain). Identify trends, research demand drivers and analyze demand alerts in order to develop, update and maintain demand forecasts supporting excellence in execution and enabling superior customer experiences.
In this role you will:
- You will review historical data and trends, research demand drivers in order to develop, update and maintain demand forecasts supporting effectiveness of the organisation's supply chain and customer service.
- You will capture,
analyse and update forecast in the system (DP toolkit) in order to achieve and improve KPI´s (Forecast Accuracy and Forecast Bias)
- You will communicate with Operations and Commercial departments (with internal and external customers).
- You will monitor business evolution (Losses, Wins). You will manage early warning process, including material /capacity availability (collaborative with Supply Planning).
- You will Identify and implement opportunities for forecast improvement.
- You will work under the standards of quality, safety and industrial hygiene and good practices and get the correct parameterization of the system (DP toolkit) to provide accurate information for an optimal planning.
You will prepares and executes the monthly demand review with sales
You?
Are you a Self Motivated individual with confidence to drive results, that thrive in a multi-cultural diverse environment where you can express your ideas freely. Do you Like to collaborate together with teams that are as passionate as you are and enjoys exploring creative solutions to non-standard challenges. Then come join us - and impact your world.
Your professional profile includes:
- Bachelor's degree in Business Administration or Supply Chain / Logistics
- +2 Years experience in a similar position
Technical Skills:
- Strong affinity to systems and analytical tools (SAP, BI/BO, etc.)
- ERP/MRP
- Language skills: English – Fluent
- Desired APICS Certification
- Knowledge in Forecasting (Statistical Models)
Microsoft Office
At Givaudan,
you contribute to delightful taste and scent experiences that touch people’s lives.
You work within an inspiring teamwork culture – where you can thrive, collaborate and learn from other talented and passionate people across disciplines, regions and divisions.
Every essence of you enriches our world.
Givaudan is committed to equal opportunities. Therefore, we welcome applications regardless of cultural and social background, gender, age, religion or sexual identity.
We also have a safe work environment, progressive working conditions and are certified as an equal pay employer.
Remote working: Hybrid
▶️ Junior Demand Planner - Fixed Term Contract
🖊️ Givaudan
📍 Johannesburg South