Planning Team Leader – South Africa

About the role

Become part of the team powering household names like Andrex®, Kleenex®, Cottonelle®, Scott®, Viva®, and WypAll®. As a Planning Team Leader, you will lead a team responsible for strategic, tactical, and mill planning activities across manufactured and sourced products. Based at Enstra Mill, you will play a critical role in delivering excellent customer service, optimizing inventory performance, and driving planning excellence across the South African region.

Key responsibilities

• Lead and develop a team of planners responsible for strategic, tactical, and mill planning activities across in‑house produced products and bought‑in goods.
• Deliver target customer service levels across the South African region.
• Develop and execute inventory management strategies and tools to achieve inventory and service objectives.
• Ensure effective management of raw material and semi‑finished inventory levels at mill locations.
• Support regional promotional activities to ensure product availability and successful execution.
• Drive collaboration with regional affiliates to improve service, availability, communication, portfolio management, and planning execution.
• Support statistically managed inventory initiatives focused on year‑over‑year inventory improvements.
• Champion best practices and standardized Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) processes across Product Supply.

Required profile

• Experience leading planning, inventory management, or supply chain teams.
• Strong understanding of supply planning, inventory management, and customer service processes.
• Demonstrated stakeholder management and cross‑functional collaboration skills.
• Ability to drive process improvements and influence change across multiple functions.
• Excellent analytical skills.

Required skills

• SAP
• RPO
• PowerBi
• Excel

What we offer

• Comprehensive total rewards package supporting health, wellbeing, financial future, and professional development.
• Hybrid work model offering a blend of in‑office collaboration and remote working.