Department: Ramsay Engineering
Type: Full Time/ Permanent
Ramsay would like to offer the opportunity to all employees who meet the requirements for this position to apply.
Main purpose:
To ensure materials, components and finished goods flow efficiently through the organisation by:
- developing and maintaining an Inventory Management System
- advanced material planning and expediting based on stock levels and;
- providing structured and routine transport.
Job objectives:
Material Planning
- Lead the development and implementation of material planning strategies to ensure uninterrupted supply of materials and components to meet production requirements.
- Develop and maintain material forecast models, working closely with production teams to align material requirements with Customer forecasts and production planning.
- Collaborate with suppliers to ensure timely delivery of materials and components to maintain set min/max policy levels.
- Monitor and report supplier performance KPI’s to Purchasing for all MP&L activities timeously.
- Minimize stockholding through improved planning, tracking, and replenishment strategies with suppliers.
Logistics
- Provide inbound and outbound logistics solutions to ensure the efficient movement of materials, components, and finished goods.
- Coordinate with internal departments (e.g., production, warehouse, purchasing) and external partners (e.g., suppliers, logistics providers) to ensure smooth operations across the supply chain.
- Develop strategies to reduce transportation costs, lead times, and optimize delivery schedules.
- Ensure compliance with safety, regulatory, and environmental standards for transportation of local and imports materials and components.
Inventory Management
- Implement, manage and maintain RIMS to ensure the organisation is able to conduct accurate inventory transactions throughout all departments and warehouses.
- Implement processes for inventory transactions from order to despatch to ensure accuracy and efficiency.
- Work with IT support teams to troubleshoot and enhance software and hardware systems.
- Set supplier and internal packaging and labelling standards with Production and Warehousing teams.
- Collaborate with Production and Warehousing teams to design and set warehousing standards including layouts, storage locations, aisle configurations, labelling and equipment to ensure efficiency in the flow of goods whilst reducing handling and space utilisation.
- Review and improve all inventory management processes as per above to ensure they are aligned with the company’s critical success factors and golden rules for transacting.
Team Leadership
- Lead and mentor the MP&L team, providing guidance, training, and performance management.
- Maintain a culture of teamwork, continuous improvement, and accountability within the team.
- Monitor KPIs as set in position contracts.
- Prepare and present department reports and trends to top management on KPI’s, project related activities and any issues impacting supply chain operations.
Internal matrix customers:
- Sales and Marketing Departments
- Purchasing Department
- Production Departments
- Warehousing Departments
- Quality Department
External customers:
- Suppliers
- Auditing Bodies
Job Specification
Technical skills and specialist knowledge:
- Advanced Microsoft Excel Skills (Critical) – Power Query, Pivots, Tables etc.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office 365.
- ERP system knowledge
- Inventory management and transaction skills
- Warehousing layouts, strategies and flow.
- Strong supplier interface skills.
Experience:
- 10 years’ experience in a MP&L role focusing on inventory management and flow.
- 5 years’ experience in Managing a team.
- Previous working Experience in SYSPRO (or similar ERP Systems).
Qualifications:
- Grade 12,
- Degree in Logistics / Supply Chain or related fields
Preference will be given to employees from the designated groups in line with the provisions of the Employment Equity Act, No 55 of 1998 and any amendments thereto, Ramsay Engineering (PTY)LTD Internal Recruitment Policy as well as the Employment Equity Plan.
NB: If applicants have not received a response two weeks after the closing date, please accept that your applications have not been successful.