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Shoprite: Planning Manager Job Vacancy in Brackenfell

Full Time

Website The Shoprite Group of Companies

The Shoprite Group is the largest retailer in Africa, known for its iconic supermarket brands Shoprite, Checkers and Usave. Starting with just eight stores and 400 employees in 1979, our business is now the continent’s industry leader by market capitalisation, sales, profit, and number of employees and customers. The Group’s core business is food retailing, complemented by value-added retail services and offering across a range of industries including technology, financial, pharmaceutical, furniture, telecommunication as well as ticketing businesses.

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The Planning Manager is responsible for transport route scheduling and optimization, daily extraction plans, customer service and communication with internal and external stakeholders – to ensure operational efficiency.

Purpose of the Job The Planning Manager is responsible for transport route scheduling and optimization, daily extraction plans, customer service and communication with internal and external stakeholders – to ensure operational efficiency.
Job Category Logistics
Job Objectives
  • Transport route scheduling and optimisation
  • System management?(relevant within the operational and transport environment)
  • Daily plan extractions
  • Process Improvement and supply chain coordination between Transrite and DCs operations
  • Analyse planning and operational efficiencies
  • Manage Planning related aspects pertaining to store openings and closures?
  • Resolving of branch related queries within the planning (and related departments) scope
  • Client service and communication
  • Process improvement and Supply chain coordination between DC operations, Transport, Replenishment
Qualifications Relevant Degree in Logistics / Industrial Engineering / Operational Research
Experience 2+ years route scheduling experience in an FMCG environment or related experience
Knowledge and Skills Knowledge and experience will be advantageous

  • DC operations
  • Google Suite / Microsoft packages
  • Ortec Routing and Distribution (or related route optimization software)
  • SAP Retail (or similar ERP Systems)
  • Infor WMS 2000 Warehouse Management System (or similar WMS)
  • TMS (Transport management Systems)

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