Planning Manager

Johannesburg
Salary: Market Related
Job Type: Permanent
Sectors: Business Management General Management
Reference: 2335897

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Vacancy Details

Employer: Career Circuit

Our client is seeking an experienced and strategic Planning Manager to lead end-to-end demand planning, supply planning, forecasting, and inventory optimisation across the business. This is a senior leadership role requiring strong cross-functional collaboration to ensure alignment between customer demand, production capacity, procurement, and distribution.

The successful candidate will play a critical role in driving service excellence, cost optimisation, and effective working capital management through integrated business planning.

Lead demand planning and forecasting across multiple product categories and channels
Translate demand forecasts into achievable supply and production plans
Drive inventory strategy, optimisation, and obsolescence reduction
Lead the Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) / Integrated Business Planning (IBP) process
Ensure planning data integrity and effective use of ERP and planning systems
Identify and mitigate supply and demand risks
Lead and develop planning and inventory teams
Partner closely with Manufacturing, Commercial, Finance, Logistics, and IT teams+

Candidate Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in supply chain, Industrial Engineering, Business, Economics, or a related field
10+ years’ experience in senior supply chain, planning, or operations roles
Proven experience in demand planning, supply planning, and S&OP / IBP
Strong ERP and planning system experience (e.g. Syspro, SAP, Oracle, or similar)
Strong leadership, analytical, and stakeholder management skills

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About Career Circuit

Career Circuit is a truly South African, privately owned Human Capital Recruitment and Management Services company, established in 2010. With cumulatively in excess of 50 years’ Human Capital Recruitment and Management experience, we partner with Candidates, Clients, Strategic Industry Partners and Subject Specialists to facilitate successful professional business partnerships. As specialist “generalists” in our approach, we offer end-to-end Human Capital solutions.

Being an equal opportunity employer, our Career Circuit Team is a truly unique blend of individuals from diverse backgrounds and cultures, who share a common passion - to maximise every possible opportunity to facilitate a positive difference in someone’s life. Suitably qualified and experienced, we are sensitive to the ever-changing business environment and pride ourselves in offering professional, dynamic, personalised and tailor-made solutions to our valued Business Partners.