Demand and Supply Chain Manager

Join Indigo Brands, a leader in the personal care and beauty industry, where we create, market, and distribute globally recognised brands like Yardley, Lenthéric, Exclamation, English Blazer, and Gorgeous. As part of AVI Limited, we offer a fast-paced, innovative environment that values teamwork, excellence, and customer-centricity. At Indigo Brands, your contributions will be recognised, and you’ll have the opportunity to grow with a passionate team committed to success. With diverse career paths and a culture of collaboration, we foster an environment where everyone can thrive.

Why Join Indigo Brands?

• Industry Leadership: As a top cosmetics producer in Southern Africa, we lead with trusted, innovative brands.
• Collaborative Culture: We value teamwork and accountability, with every contribution driving success.
• Commitment to Excellence: Our high standards empower employees to achieve their best.
• Career Growth: We support professional development and offer diverse career paths.
• Accreditations: Indigo Brands is ISO accredited and boasts a five-star NOSA rating.

Your Next Career Move Starts Here! Join our Indigo Brands in Epping, Cape Town as a DEMAND AND SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGER and play a key role in the leadership of the business wide demand and supply planning function, responsible for forecast accuracy, inventory levels, stock availability and service levels.

Reporting Structure:

• Reports to: Operations Executive
• Direct Reports: 6

Key Areas of Impact:
Leadership and Management of the Demand Forecasting Business Process

• Lead demand forecasting across all Personal Care and Beauty SKUs, integrating customer plans, innovation, promotions and market trends.
• Drive executive demand reviews, forecast approvals and commercial risk and opportunity analysis.
• Optimise forecasting tools, monitor forecast accuracy and manage launches, promotions, seasonal trends and product runouts.

Leadership and Management of the Inbound Supply Chain

• Lead supply planning, order management and capacity planning to maintain service levels and optimise inventory.
• Drive supply and inventory reviews, manage stock health and obsolete inventory risks, and oversee inventory and MRP policies.
• Support innovation launches, promotions, product runouts and material master data integrity.
• Ensure accurate cycle counting and timely completion of bi-annual stocktakes.

Stakeholder Management

• Drive cross functional collaboration across Commercial, Finance, Procurement, Production, Project teams, suppliers and service providers.
• Provide analytical insights to identify risks, opportunities and business improvement initiatives.
• Manage export forecasting relationships with international subsidiaries.

Lead the implementation of Integrated Business Planning process improvements

• Coordinate and integrate the annual demand and supply planning cycle.
• Identify improvement opportunities, assess forecast performance and business impacts and manage associated risks.

High Performance Team Management

• Set strategic direction, develop operational plans and establish effective team structures.
• Build team capability, encourage cross functional learning and manage performance against agreed KPIs.
• Consolidate and deliver accurate, timely management reporting.

Business Process Improvements

• Identify and implement improvements to demand forecasting, supply planning, reporting and inventory management processes.
• Enhance systems, tools and operational efficiencies to improve business performance.

Continuous Improvement

• Drive ongoing improvements in business processes, technology applications and resource deployment.
• Strengthen cross functional alignment, forecasting reliability and master data integrity.

What It Takes to Succeed:
Experience that set you up for success:

• Minimum 5 years Demand and Supply Chain management related experience.
• Minimum 5 years managerial experience.

Qualifications & Certifications that will contribute to your success:

• A completed relevant Degree or Diploma is required.

Additional Requirements that will enhance your impact for success:

• Solid work experience on SAP ERP.

Take the Next Step with Indigo.

Join us to shape the future of South African seafood while making a meaningful impact on communities and the environment and be part of a team committed to excellence and making a positive impact.