REQUIREMENTS

• National Diploma in Logistics or equivalent relevant tertiary qualification
• 3-5 years of supply chain experience within a similar role
• Due to the fast-paced nature of this role, candidates must have previous, relevant supply chain experience, ideally in a Tier 1 automotive environment
• Ability to work under pressure within a team environment
• Exceptional PC skills are essential, including MS Excel and ERP systems
• Ability to communicate at all levels in both the customer and supplier organizations
• Experience in production control and managing supply situations

CORE COMPETENCIES

• Teamwork
  • Work interdependently and work towards both personal and team goals, and understand that these goals are accomplished best by mutual support
  • Take ownership towards their role in the group
  • Achieving individual and team targets
  • Make a conscious effort to be honest, respectful and listen to colleagues' views
  • Able to build trust and engage others
  • Can build or contribute to an inclusive team environment
• Results
  • Acts with initiative and urgency
  • Shows the ability to adapt to change and shows continuous improvement
  • Focused on the delivery of quality work
  • Contributes to the delivery of targets
• Problem-solving
  • Able to demonstrate good problem-solving, good decision-making and sound judgment
  • Shows a high degree of intellectual rigour during problem-solving
• Development
  • Demonstrates the ability to self-develop
  • Shows evidence of continuous learning

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Plan production and shipments for all aftermarket customers
• Problem-solving and the ability to work in the immediacy of a Tier 1 automotive supply chain are key requirements in this role, whose core objectives are to ensure production is planned smoothly, finished stocks are maintained, and shipments take place on time and in full as required
• Developing relationships with manufacturing and other internal functions, in addition to building a relationship with customer contacts
• Final assembly scheduling for aftermarket customers
• Customer liaison and planning of dispatches
• Monitoring and ensuring the availability of customer packaging
• Oversee EDI communications, including the issuing of customer ASNs
• Creation of short-term sales forecasts and medium-term capacity planning (with master production scheduler) using customer schedules
• Manage performance measures from the end customer, tracking scores and responding to issues as raised
• Work within a team environment, applying continuous improvement and the DOS Lean methodology wherever possible
• Ensure long long-horizon forecast is obtained from customers and loaded into SAP
• Develop and execute strategies and action plans to address the gap in delivery
• Manage the internal and external escalation processes within the Light Axle plants
• Manage the COGI report daily
• Assist the master production scheduler with production work orders