Clover S.A. Proprietary Limited
Job Advert Summary
Clover is looking for a Planner: Demand to join the Supply Chain Planning department. The succesful candidate will create and maintain product forecast for customer groups with Clover. This position is base at Clover Head Office in Roodepoort.
Requirements
Degree in Supply Chain Management or Logistics
Relevant experience in applying job related concepts, techniques and processes at the required level
Business English: Fluent
Experience in working with senior management
Computer literacy and Excel (Advanced)
Competencies
Proactive and action orientated
Approaches situations with an open mind and solves problems creatively
Acts with honesty and consistency
Clear and sound reasoning ability
Solves problems through effective decision making.
Displays resilience, determination and flexibility
Collaborate with others to achieve a common objective
Commitment and motivation
Brings a strategic contribution
Administrative capabilities
Thinking and reasoning logically
Communicates effectively
Ability to apply numerical principles
Ability to plan and organize
Duties and Responsibilities
Develop demand forecast on daily/weekly/monthly (Clover and/or Principals)
Generate statistical based forecast, review exceptions, cleans history, validate assumptions, analyse variance between expected and actual results
Facilitate monthly rolling demand plan per product Group and/or SKU and/or SKU Family
Collaborate with Marketing, Principals and Key Accounts to obtain market intelligence (MDT)
Collect data, analyse historical trends, promotions, analyse market intelligence, map events
Monitor demand plan daily/weekly/monthly and take corrective action
Conduct promotional tracking and analysis in terms of volumes and dates
Analyse deviations and demand changes and present findings to multi discipline team
Monitor monthly forecast vs weekly forecast and take corrective action
Develop/track holiday planning forecast
Collaborate with Supply Planners and discuss future promotions, launches and forecast
Create, analyse, communicate reports
Analyse and communicate order fill rate (supply levels to customers)
Run forecast error report, analyse and learn from reason for error
Draw reports on new listings/discontinuation and facilitate solutions
Conduct trend analysis on sku’s and communicate corrective action
Analyse and communicate possible ranging per region
Run weekly forecast error report per distribution areasku
Run and communicate promotional tracking report
Optimise and review ideal inventory levels
Calculate and communicate ideal buffer stocks according to forecast accuracy levels
Calculate and communicate minimum and maximum order quantities
Action stock reports, communicate overstocks and take action to move stock
Maintain Supply Chain Planning Master data
Create new items
Phase out discontinued items
Maintain forecastable items to location (CIC file)
Maintain distribution relationships (direct deliveries or re-supply orders)
Maintain factory per branch item master
Maintain/Setup days to trade (DTT), primary distribution days
Facilitate new product launches between Marketing, Trade Marketing & Supply Chain Planning
Collaborate with Marketing regarding new launches
Analyse/Identify similar product
Generate forecast per region
Monitor/action/report on new launch project
Monitor product trend and adjust forecast
Deadline:11th September,2025
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