- Essential duties and responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.
- Send monthly forecasting and releases to suppliers based on SAP demand. This incorporates manual transmission of releases, EDI transmission with certain Suppliers and through Company's Supplier Network Collaboration (SNC) Portal
- Call in component stock in accordance with production plan from suppliers.
- Report any short supply or potential short supply to Supply Chain Manager and Master Production Scheduler.
- Reconcile all outstanding orders on a daily basis.
- Ensure that all changes are communicated to all suppliers timorously.
- Manage inbound shipment notifications on SAP, and re-align/reschedule shipments where necessary. Liaise with Freight forwarders regarding collections and delivery's from foreign suppliers. Reconcile all outstanding orders prior to subsequent releases.
- Manage engineering changes and stock run outs.
- Continuously explore option to reduce component obsolescence.
- Update supplier rating on a monthly basis and supply purchasing with the score for each supplier.
- Manage importation files and ensure timorous submission to Supply Chain Manager for approval in line with agreed SOP's from freight forwarders. (Import controllers)
- Resolve supplier queries w.r.t delivery and invoicing.
- Tertiary qualification in Supply Chain Management
- At least 3-5 years practical experience within an automotive component manufacturing industry
- Thorough and in-depth knowledge of shipping laws and processes.
- Material Control
- Planning
- SAP
