Supply & Demand Planning Manager Specialized Nutrition Export

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Supply & Demand Planning Manager Specialized Nutrition Export

Spanish Speaking

Rijswijk - Hybrid - fulltime

 

Nutricia Worldwide is part of the baby division of Danone. Nutricia Worldwide continuously unlocks and develops markets, offering high quality nutritional products to an ever increasing number of parents all over the world by partnering with local stakeholders. We serve around 45 markets in the following regions: Balkans, Middle East, Indian Sub-continent, Central and South America, Caribbean, Asia and CIS. In these countries Nutricia Export appoints mostly pharmaceutical importers/distributors who represent our brands. We are a fast growing (double digit growth) CBU with great passion to achieve our ambition.

 

About the Job

 

As the Supply & Demand Planner, you are accountable for a portfolio of countries :

·  You provide visibility to the CBU through the animation of the Demand Planning Process, while ensuring that products are available at our distributor warehouses to enable the CBU operational plan;
·  In addition, you ensure the consistency & development in forecasting/planning methodology and tools;
·  You are the GPS process owner, thereby making sure that all functions contribute and own their part in this process.

 

Your key responsibilities

·  Design, implement and make sure the Global Planning System (GPS) is running properly, with the right contribution and buy-in from all the functions involved;
·  Animate the Demand planning process on short, mid and long term (18 months) horizons;
·  Ensure the collaboration of all necessary functions to the consensus building;
·  Agree on forecast with distributors and participate in demand review meeting every month for about 10 countries, core demand part of the role;
·  Define and optimize inventory policies in line with the Service and Cash targets of the distributor, manage inventory levels (Finished Goods);
·  In this context, manage the various supply points of Nutricia Export to ensure our purchase orders are produced on time in full and to engage and influence our key counter parts in the factories;
·  Define, follow up and update Service Level Agreements with all our supply points and Key Customers;
·  Support the planning team with specific systems and method know-how;
·  Cooperate with customers to propose orders in such a way that we optimize the utilization of containers for ocean freight;
·  According to the market clusterisation of Nutricia Export, contribute to cross functional acceleration teams (JBP: Joint Business Plan).

 

You will be interacting with a diversity of stakeholders internally (Customer Service & Logistics Team, Sales, Activity & Project Managers, Quality, Product Sourcing, Finance Controlling etc) and externally (supply points and distributors). Cross functional collaboration and leadership are key.

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About you

You have a bachelor or master education level, qualification in business or logistics and at least 3 years relevant working experience in a supply chain environment. Furthermore you are able to speak and write English fluently and Spanish fluently or on intermediate level.

To become the new Supply & Demand Planner we expect you to be responsible and able to take ownership. You will need to engage & align with teams and be able to influence & persuade others. You are inspiring people for the vision of Nutricia Export.

About us

Working at Danone is a unique experience. It’s fast-paced and complex and, at times, it can get a little challenging. But it’s packed with opportunities to learn and grow working with some of the best-known brands in the world, like Evian, Alpro, Nutricia, Activia and Nutrilon. Bring your unique perspective, ambitions and entrepreneurial ideas to the table – the impact you could make might just surprise you. One Planet. One Health – BY YOU .

We’re proud to be a B-Corp certified company. That means we meet the highest verified standards of social and environmental performance, transparency, and accountability in everything we do.

We’re committed to building a diverse and inclusive team. As an Equal Opportunities Employer, we base our hiring decisions on merit, job requirements and business needs.*

 

We Offer

It’s an exciting time to join Danone. You’ll build meaningful relationships and networks working with large, dynamic brands. And the best part? You’ll be supported to grow an impactful career that you can be proud of. Together, we’ll build a healthier world.

 

All Danoners receive a complete package of benefits. This includes a competitive salary and yearly bonus, a premium free pension and great discounts on health insurance and Danone products. We understand the importance of flexibility and offer 30 days of annual leave (with the opportunity to purchase more) and a hybrid working environment, where you can work either from home or from one of our People Hubs in Hoofddorp, Utrecht and Rijswijk. 

 

What’s next?

 

It’s simple – hit the “apply” button before the application deadline of May 15 th . In order to comply with GDPR we can’t process your personal data without your given consent, so please apply directly via this website. Good luck! We can’t wait to meet you.

Need more information? Please contact Irene Girardo, Talent Manager viairene.girardo@danone.com

 

* all applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status 

 

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