Scheduler / Buyer

LGL Staffing

  • Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape
  • Permanent
  • Full-time
  • 27 days ago
Scheduler/Buyer - Where Precision Meets PerformanceAbout the JobOverview:Are you ready to step into a pivotal role in the world of material management and supply planning? We're on the lookout for a vibrant Scheduler/Buyer to join our dynamic team. In this role, you won't just be managing materials; you'll be orchestrating the symphony of our operations to ensure precision, efficiency, and excellence.Responsibilities:Demand Planning:
  • Dance with data as you review and verify demand forecasts within our state-of-the-art ERP system.
  • Keep your finger on the pulse with Inventory Level Projection (ILP) and RO lists.
Supply Planning:
  • Join the monthly Sales and Operations planning dance, setting the rhythm for success.
  • Glide through daily backlog rescheduling, always in sync with our priorities.
  • Showcase your long-term planning prowess, identifying and addressing capacity constraints.
  • Lead the way by firming orders within our ERP system, making moves only after receiving the green light through our approvals framework.
  • Perform a well-choreographed follow-up with suppliers, ensuring harmony in open order status.
  • Share your spotlight with suppliers, providing them with the verified demand forecasts they need.
  • Choreograph all supply-related activities for site changes, leaving no room for missed steps.
Reporting and Performance Management:
  • Shine a spotlight on stock-out situations, analyzing their every move.
  • Be the star of the show as you compile quarterly vendor performance reports.
  • Keep the tempo high with On-Time-In-Full (OTIF) performance, ensuring every note is pitch-perfect.
  • Take the stage with your monthly and quarterly sales forecast reports, always in perfect harmony.
  • Maintain a well-organized tracker for non-conforming stock investigations and claims.
  • Let obsolescence be a thing of the past, as you continue to shine in this role.
Logistics Planning:
  • Be the conductor of our weekly shipment symphony, orchestrating each note to achieve On-Time-In-Full (OTIF) crescendos.
  • Choreograph seamless coordination with manufacturing sites and logistics service providers, ensuring flawless documentation and processing of shipments.
  • Keep your ear to the ground, tracking shipments, including the movements of raw materials (Toll).
  • Be our risk-minimizing maestro, identifying any potential hiccups in the delivery of our orders.
  • Take center stage as you coordinate actions that arise from project meetings.
Planning & Procedures:
  • Take the lead in optimizing our current processes, always seeking to add new moves to our playbook.
  • Be the choreographer of change, proposing improvements to management on processes, tools, techniques, and products.
Asset/Resource Coordination:
  • Set the stage for success by assessing the resource needs of your area of work.
  • Request and allocate the necessary assets and resources to ensure our work objectives are met.
Technical Expertise:
  • Play a key solo as you provide technical advice to resolve issues faced by our internal stakeholders.
  • Continue to innovate and enhance our processes, tools, techniques, and products.
Background/Experience:
  • Take a bow if you have 6+ years of relevant experience.
  • Your National Diploma in Logistics or Supply Chain Management is your ticket to this performance.
Specific Job Skills:
  • Command the stage with your MS Office proficiency.
  • Your production planning skills set the rhythm for success.
  • Your deep understanding of MRP/MPS logic ensures every move is well-calculated.
Competencies:
  • Interrogating Information: You have a knack for digging deep and extracting valuable insights from data.
  • Making Decisions: When the spotlight is on you, you make well-informed and impactful decisions.
  • Planning and Organizing: You're the choreographer who ensures every step is perfectly executed.
  • Meeting Deadlines: You never miss a beat and always deliver on time.
  • Customer Awareness: You're in tune with our customers, always exceeding their expectations.
Join our ensemble and become a part of our performance dedicated to excellence in material management and supply planning. Apply today to take your place on this thrilling stage!

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