{"id":34585,"date":"2026-04-24T12:00:26","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T12:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/southafrica\/job\/category-demand-supply-planning-manager-nutrition-and-nhs-infant-formula-factory-production-manager-harrismith\/"},"modified":"2026-04-24T12:00:37","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T12:00:37","slug":"category-demand-supply-planning-manager-nutrition-and-nhs-infant-formula-factory-production-manager-harrismith","status":"publish","type":"job_listing","link":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/southafrica\/job\/category-demand-supply-planning-manager-nutrition-and-nhs-infant-formula-factory-production-manager-harrismith\/","title":{"rendered":"Category Demand &amp; Supply Planning Manager: Nutrition and NHS \n\n\n            \n\n            \n            Infant Formula Factory &amp; Production Manager (Harrismith)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In this role you will be responsible for ensuring efficient integration of the Demand &amp; Supply Planning processes, performance measurements and key meetings within the corresponding Category. Drive Supply Chain Optimization End-to-End to support business growth and profitability. Excellence in Execution &amp; Winning Organization.<\/p>\n<p>A day in the life of a Category Demand &amp; Supply Planning Manager for Nutrition and NHS\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\tDefine the Supply Chain strategy and its execution for corresponding Category to maximize availability and support business profitable growth:<br \/>\n\tUpdate and challenge Demand Plans to support capacity planning and sourcing strategies<br \/>\n\tIdentify and lead performance and complexity optimization initiatives to improve Free Cash Flow<br \/>\n\tAssess supply risks and develop contingency plans to ensure consistent availability<br \/>\n\tPlay active role with defining stock policies in consultation with other functions and applying them<br \/>\n\tManage deployment of I&amp;R and ensure event management is effectively working to drive excellence in execution and eliminate waste\u00a0<br \/>\n\tStrengthening the structure of business planning processes through the strong relationship with internal, external business partners, and drive team performance:<br \/>\n\tensure the processes are fully implemented and followed for the corresponding category<br \/>\n\tensure BU reviews are efficiently conducted<br \/>\n\tprepare and conduct corporate meetings<br \/>\n\tidentify exceptions and ensure they are addressed with functional structure of D&amp;SP<br \/>\n\tDevelop and retain talents within corresponding Category working with functional D&amp;SP Managers to ensure winning organization<br \/>\n\tProvide input to succession planning for DSP team, factory planners<br \/>\n\tActs as the Single Point of Contact for all D&amp;SP matters for the corresponding Category<\/p>\n<p>What will make you successful?<\/p>\n<p>\tBachelor\u2019s degree in supply chain or related<br \/>\n\t5 years experience in Supply Chain, broad and including factory supply chain would be advantageous \u00a0<br \/>\n\tMultiple roles in at least 1 of: D&amp;SP, IMS, Customer Service \/ CFSC, Technical &amp; Production<br \/>\n\tBroad and deep Supply Chain knowledge in: D&amp;SP, IMS, Logistics and Distribution, Factory Supply Chain and Procurement \u00a0<br \/>\n\tLeadership and people development skills<br \/>\n\t\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>go to method of application \u00bb<\/p>\n<p>Apply via company website (  ) or<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_promoted":"","_job_location":"","_application":"","_company_name":"Nestle","_company_website":"","_company_tagline":"","_company_twitter":"","_company_video":"","_filled":0,"_featured":0,"_remote_position":0,"_job_salary":"","_job_salary_currency":"","_job_salary_unit":""},"job_listing_region":[11],"job-types":[12],"class_list":{"0":"post-34585","1":"job_listing","2":"type-job_listing","3":"status-publish","4":"hentry","5":"job_listing_region-gauteng","7":"job-type-full-time"},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/southafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job-listings\/34585","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/southafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job-listings"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/southafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/job_listing"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/southafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/southafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"job_listing_region","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/southafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job_listing_region?post=34585"},{"taxonomy":"job_listing_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/southafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job-types?post=34585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}