Supply Planner

National Brands Limited (NBL), a leading subsidiary of AVI Limited, is one of South Africa’s top FMCG companies with iconic brands like Willards, Bakers, Five Roses, and House of Coffees. For over 173 years, NBL has been a key player in the South African food sector, expanding its reach across Southern Africa and delivering high-quality products that impact daily lives.

At NBL, we embrace a culture of high standards, teamwork, and accountability. Our employees are driven by excellence and innovation, always prioritising customer satisfaction. We celebrate our South African roots and foster a workplace where collaboration thrive.

Why Choose NBL?

• Make an Impact: Influence daily lives through South Africa’s most iconic brands.
• Innovative Growth: Help drive continuous improvement in product development and marketing.
• Career Opportunities: Access diverse roles across world-class facilities in Isando, Rosslyn, Westmead, and Durban.
• Collaborative Culture: Thrive in a supportive, team-focused environment with AVI’s backing.
  
  

Shape the Future with Us! We’re looking for a passionate Supply Planner to join our NBL Head Office in Bryanston, Johannesburg. This role will be responsible for managing service levels, production plans, and stock levels, ensuring sufficient inventory for promotions, seasonality, and demand.

Reporting Structure

• Reports to: Planning Manager
  
  

Key Areas Of Impact

• Manage service levels - targets set by the business.
• Provide a production plan each week.
• Manage finished good stock levels within predetermined target days cover (this includes stock builds for promotions, line shutdowns, and peak build for seasonality).
• Work closely with the factories, sales, and marketing teams to ensure that stock is available when needed.
• Work closely with the distribution and the deployment team to ensure that all regions have sufficient stock to meet the demand.
• Manage forecast accuracy - set by the business.
• Run monthly forecasting meetings.
• Maintain planning parameters within SAP and Barnton planning tool.
• Manage new product launches to ensure that suitable stock covers are achieved before the launch date.
• Hold weekly feedback sessions to highlight service level, production, stock, or sales issues with key stakeholders in the various business units.
• Take part in monthly New Product Development (NPD) meetings to discuss new products and available capacity etc.
• Do weekly and or monthly reporting as required.
• Be able to do scenario planning and give feedback to the business units on capacity constraints and the view going forward.
• Collaboration with the Customer DC Planners and or Deployment Planners.
  
  

Experience

• At least 8 years’ experience gained in an FMCG environment of which a minimum of 5 years’ experience as a Planner in FMCG
  
  

Qualifications:

• A completed degree or equivalent qualification in Logistics, Supply Chain Management, Procurement or similar
• CPIM will be advantageous
  
  

Additional Requirements:

• SAP experience required
• Experience using Barnton or any other Supply Chain planning software
• Advanced MS Excel skills
• Advanced MS PowerPoint skills (presentations)