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Supply Chain Customer Developer (Temp Role)

Job Details

Contract Type:
Limited, 6 Months / Part-Time
Job Start Date:
5/12/2025
Country / City:
South Africa / Durban
Company:
Beiersdorf Consumer Prods
Job Function:
Supply Chain Management

Your Tasks

Customer Collaboration
• Establish and execute strategy to strengthen collaboration and optimize opportunities with selected customers
• Maintain a Customer Development Matrix to prioritize and track opportunities
• Proactively build and maintain strong customer relationships, including regular face-to-face meetings to drive current and future initiatives
• Negotiate Supply Chain Trading Terms & Conditions with customers
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders to ensure Beiersdorf's supply chain needs are met and aligned
• Ensure timely implementation of agreed activities with customers
• Support customer-related projects across the supply chain, including logistics
• Maintain a weekly customer dashboard for transparent performance tracking, including commentary on exceptions and resolutions
• Represent supply chain in customer interactions

Service Level
• Deliver customer service KPIs to support overall service levels and business-specific metrics
• Lead monthly internal operational meetings with key customers to enhance Customer Infill and Service Level performance
• Provide actionable insights on service level drivers to support continuous improvement
• Manage pricing and returns claims (reverse logistics) for selected customers to minimize errors and support service level improvements and sales growth

Direct Cost of Selling (DCS)
• Own the Cost to Serve for assigned customers
• Leverage Cost to Serve tools to identify strategic cost and efficiency opportunities
• Lead and support initiatives with Logistics, LSPs, Customer Service, and customers to drive efficiencies
• Influence customer behavior to promote cost-effective and efficient service models
• Support CRT discussions on NOD, NDD, and lead time alignment, coordinating with Logistics, Sales, and customers

Stakeholder Management
• Coordinate decisions and keep stakeholders informed on customer supply chain matters
• Drive collaborative efforts with customers to:
- Improve service levels
- Enhance operational and process efficiencies
• Act as the primary supply chain contact for external customers and internal functions
• Facilitate collaboration between Supply Chain and Sales to support service and strategic planning (e.g., JBP)
• Partner with Logistics to optimize selling costs and improve performance metrics
• Serve as escalation point for supply chain–customer issues
• Address challenging customer interactions and mediate conflicts as needed

Your Profile

Knowledge
•    University or similar degree

Experience
•    Min. 5 years’ work experience – ideally in Customer Service and/or Customer Facing/Collaborator Role.
•    Experience in other Supply Chain areas (i.e. Logistics, Planning), FMCG, as well as working directly with external customers is beneficial
•    Understanding of Supply Chain and customer related processes and principles

Skills
•    High degree of motivation, initiative, problem solving and proactive thinking
•    Excellent Communication skills, dealing with a wide range of stakeholders within business and externally with customers
•    Ability to impact and influence a wide range of stakeholders
•    High level of attention to detail, data integrity and ability to analyze and create customer insight
•    Ability to adapt and prioritize in a high-pressure customer/business environment
•    Computer literate in SAP Order Management, SAP Business Warehouse, Microsoft Office

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Additional information

Please apply to the job latest by 20th May 2025

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    Get to know: Ceren

    Working at Beiersdorf has been an amazing experience. I get to collaborate with talented colleagues from around the world in a vibrant and supportive environment, shaping exciting projects and fostering strong partnerships. The company’s focus on teamwork and care makes the job rewarding, and Beiersdorf truly lives by its motto, '’Care Beyond Skin.’' If you're looking for a place where you can grow personally and professionally, this is it.