Supply Chain Planner

**Job description**- Determines policies and reviews safety stock and inventory levels.- Regularly reviews and optimizes inventory parameters and levels ( re-order pt, safety stock, ABC categorization)- Places orders based upon agreed lead time and volume parameters- Integrates new products, trials and maintenance into production schedules- Prepares & assists in gap resolution as pre-work to Sales meeting- Drives the flexible part of short term supply to resolve alerts of real time issues- Determines & reviews safety stock and inventory settings quarterly- Ensures that the right safety stock levels are set in the entire network- Reviews out of stock situations and defines actions to avoid this in the future (respecting the defined service levels per category)- Partners with Sales to ensure fulfillment, respecting the service level agreements- Collaborates with Logistics to hand-over the Deployment Plan for Deployment Scheduling- Utilize data and systems to analyze, monitor and report inventory levels and status- Monitor and manage short dated (use by date) inventory to ensure stock is rotated timeously to prevent risk of expired stock in any location- Monitor and report scrap and obsolescence- Use initiative to recommend changes / improved methods to reach optima inventory while minimizing inventory costs and exposure- Knowledge and adherence to all business rules, polices and regulations, processes and operating systems,- Ensure inventory principles are adhered to for Phase out / Obsolete stock- Performs task as required by the Management in relation to the job function.- CAN START IMMEDIATELY**Job Requirements**:- Bachelor's degree- With experience in Demand/Supply Planning- Advance proficiency in MS Excel- MS Office/SAP Business One**Job Types**: Full-time, PermanentSchedule:- Day shift