Supply Planning Executive

Overview

Supply Planning Executive - 1 Year Fixed-Term at Nestlé. The role involves driving end to end supply planning to ensure availability while balancing flexibility and reliability.

Responsibilities

• Build supply plans respecting the agreed level of available capacity to ensure that finished and semi-finished goods are available with high freshness, at the right stock location at the right time and quantity, to meet customer demand whilst minimizing cost (optimize service at the best E2E cost)
• Manage the Supply Network of the assigned area of the business by replenishing each dispatch point to meet customer service objectives whilst maintaining optimal stock cover that also takes into account the distribution costs
• Establish an 18 month production plan for the factories within the scope of their responsibility (including sub-contracting, co-manufacturing, co-packers, co-fillers, where relevant) that respects available capacity defined
• Establish Committed Capacity, including timing proposals for plant shutdowns, investments etc. and provide information on labor requirements
• Analyze net dispatch requirements and prepare/maintain a coordinated set of supply and deployment plans of finished (or semi-finished) goods in order to meet customer demand within min/max stock corridors, whilst minimizing the total delivered costs, taking into account the network complexity, supply and transportation constraints
• Ensure smooth implementation of promotional activities and new product launches protecting COF and minimizing write off
• Establish and revise regularly the stock policies for Finished Goods for all stock locations, together with Planners of Receiving Markets for IMS products. Proactively look for solutions in case of deviations

Opportunities & Collaboration

• Provide visibility on future supply issue or constraint and support decision making by providing simulated alternative supply scenarios (scenario planning) that balance available capacity, materials, and demand
• Challenge Manufacturing team and Production planners on regular basis to drive optimum FG inventory required freshness level
• Challenge and support Demand Planner to improve Demand Planning Accuracy
• Monitor requirements evolution and determine key issues with volume variance that may impact supply and highlight to affected function
• Act as Process Champion (Champs) of a user-specific/defined process (ways of working, etc)

Communication & Governance

Effectively communicate relevant information highlighting all supply issues, detailing impacts of proposed actions and related trade offs and ensure actions and Supply Plans are realistic and achievable in accordance with the Business Planning process and the long term master production schedule.

• Ensure proper Event Management related SNP visibility (new product launches, discontinuations etc.)
• Contribute and/or drive key meetings & reviews as required (DOR, WOR, WPR, OpsDSR, etc.)
• Support and/or drive NCE/LEAN initiatives, in relation to DSP

Long-Term Planning & Data

• Actively support the Annual Volume Commitment and Strategic Volume Planning process (Capex Planning) by providing capacity simulations, scenario planning and contingency proposals
• Provide visibility to Transportation, Logistics and Procurement teams on medium/long term horizons to prepare transportation negotiations and capacity booking
• Review and maintain all relevant master data (reliable visibility in the system) and perform weekly planning health checks

Key Experience

At least 5 years or more of relevant operational experience in one or several of the following areas:

• Factory Planning, Factory Logistics
• Other Supply Planning positions such as Manufacturing Production Planning & Control (MPS) or Manufacturing Finished Goods Inventory Planning & Control (SNP) or Manufacturing Production Scheduling (DPS) or Supply Chain Planning & Operations (IMSP) or IMS, Import/Export, Foreign Trade departments
• Procurement
• Factory Production Team Lead
• Exposure in Customer Service / Customer Facing Supply Chain is helpful
• IMS, Import/Export, Foreign Trade departments

Relevant operational practice

• Product Life Cycle process
• Factory Master Data Management
• CAPEX
• Strategic Planning / SBR
• NCE

Seniorilty level

• Not Applicable

Employment type

• Contract

Job function

• Management and Manufacturing

Industries

• Food and Beverage Services

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