VIE SUPPLY CHAIN COORDINATOR JAPAN

Job description

Danone’s unique culture has always been people-centred. Providing our teams with an enriching experience and responsibilities is our commitment.
We want to give our talents means to evolve and blossom in a dynamic and committed company.
 
CONTEXT
Danone is one of the most dynamic companies in the food industry. Its mission is to bring health through food to everyone, operating on the 5 continents, and more than 130 countries. Danone is a leader on the healthy food market thanks to its four businesses: Fresh dairy products, waters and drinks, children nutrition and medicine food. Its unique culture has always been people-centred. Providing our teams with an enriching experience and responsibilities is our commitment.
 
YOUR MISSION
Depending on your experience, this role is opened to L9s, 9.9s or VIEs.
His/her role is to be responsible of Demand & Supply Planning and Customer collaboration for Evian Japan, in direct collaboration with local distributor (Itoen) and Danone internal stakeholders.
Japanese
- speaking is MANDATORY
Position based in Tokyo, Japan
Start from September 2017 in France for 1 month
1 year contract
 
1/ Demand Planning:
- Perform past sales analysis & define baseline
- Commercial & Marketing plan impact estimation vs baseline
- Follow and improve Forecast accuracy KPI
2/ Animate local forecast process (GPS)
- Monthly meeting with Evian Japan business team and our distributor Itoen
- Argue to align everyone on the most accurate figure
- Follow gap between latest forecast & business target
3/ Supply Planning and replenishment management
- Manage replenishments to ensure sufficient local inventory levels
- Define and maintain relevant local inventory policy
- Plan product switches and launches according to marketing plans
- Liaise with distributor to get stock reports and improve overall efficiency
- Monitor stock variation (vs forecast, Operations constraints) and avoid OOS at any cost
4/ Processes & Projects
- Identify potential bottlenecks and process optimization to improve its efficiency
- Analyze KPIs with an end to end approach
- Contribute to Route To Market improvement
Internal contacts:
- Hierarchical report
- Japan Sales team, Marketing & Finance team, Quality
- Export Supply Chain team (based in Evian, France)
External contacts:
- Local distributor
 
YOUR PROFILE :
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Full time availability
Professional with at least 2 years experience in Operations/Supply Chain (in FMCG company preferred)
ABILITIES & COMPETENCIES
- Autonomy & flexibility
- Problem Solving and analytical thinking
- Communication and coordination Skills
- Task Prioritization & Project Management
- Ability to interact with multi-cultural stakeholders
- Open-minded and pro-activity results and oriented to details in execution
- Enthusiasm and dynamism
- Strong user of Microsoft excel
- English & Japanese compulsory, French is a plus
EDUCATION
University degree, Supply chain related major is preferred
PC SKILLS
MS Office fluency and strong user of Excel, SAP knowledge is a plus