Mars Africa: Supply Chain Graduate Programme 2023 in Cape Town
Mars South Africa is hiring and invites recent diploma/degree graduates to apply for the Supply Chain Graduate Programme 2023.
Location: Cape Town, Western Cape
This role is a great opportunity to work closely with the supply planning, commercial & warehouse teams to get a broad understand of the end-to-end supply chain process.
What are we looking for?
- Degree/Diploma in supply chain/industrial engineering
- 6 months -24 months experience of demonstrated success in Supply Chain/Logistics or procurement
- Analytical and problem-solving capability
- Ability to handle multiple tasks and prioritization
- Strong customer focus and service orientation
- Sound interpersonal skills and ability to be a team player
- Computer skills – Excel, experience in SAP or other ERP systems is a plus
- Ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment
- Preferred experience within FMCG
- Ability to work under pressure
- Good verbal and written communication skills in English.
What will be your key responsibilities?
In this role you will support the schedular with the following duties:
Factory Scheduling
- Prepare and distribute ATS for the factory weekly
- Daily rescheduling (in excel) as the schedule changes to ascertain capacity needs
- Manage process orders (open, close, update as the schedule changes)
- Attend standard meetings/connection points for any escalations
- Prepare data for supply planner for weekly connection points (ATP report, deviation tracker)
- Distribute ATP report daily and weekly to relevant stakeholders
- Daily factory walks (WIP inspection/FG stock)
Outbound Scheduling
- Daily updates of replenishment report to maintain targeted days cover at 3PLs
- Daily creation of loads for the warehouse to pick and load as stock becomes available.
What can you expect from Mars?
- Work with over 130,000 diverse and talented Associates, all guided by the Five Principles.
- Join a purpose driven company, where we’re striving to build the world we want tomorrow, today.
- Best-in-class learning and development support from day one, including access to our in-house Mars University.
- An industry competitive salary and benefits package, including company bonus.
Mars is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment.
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