VIE SUPPLY CHAIN COORDINATOR - ZONE MIDDLE EAST- EVIAN VOLVIC INTERN...

Job description

Entreprise: DANONE
Danone Waters is looking for VIE Supply Chain Coordinator
- Zone Middle East
- Evian Volvic International
- W/M in Dubaï
- Start from May 2017
OUR ROLE
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
His/her role is to be responsible of Forecast & Customer collaboration for EVI Middle East zone, in direct collaboration with local distributor(s) or Danone internal stakeholders.
MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES:
1/ Co build
- Sales Forecast:
- Perform past sales analysis & define baseline
- Commercial & Marketing plan impact estimation vs baseline
- Follow and improve Forecast accuracy (country and regional level)
2/ Animate local forecast process (GPS)
- Monthly meeting with Sales & Finance team to review month result & YTG forecast
- 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
4/ Stock Management
- Liaise with distributor to get stock reports and improve overall efficiency
- Monitor stock variation (vs forecast, Operations constraints) and avoid OOS at any cost
- Provide most updated picture on stock into internal Danone system
5/ Processes & flow mapping
- Map internal local processes (Forecast process, orders, stock) and products flows;
- Identify potential bottlenecks and process optimization to improve its efficiency ;
- Align all stakeholders on the new processes & implement
5/ KPI
- Demand (Forecast Accuracy, bias)
- Stock (OOS rate, stock level)
- Customer service level (in collaboration with CS team)
6/ Projects
- RTM improvement
JOB CONTACTS :
Internal contacts:
- Hierarchical report;
- Middle East Sales tem, Marketing & Finance team
- Export Supply Chain team (based in Evian, France)
External contacts:
- ESMA (Emirates Authority for Standardisation & Metrology )
- Local distributors
Position based in Dubai, UAE
Geographical perimeter/countries: Middle East i.e: UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Egypt, Lebanon, Oman, Jordan
YOUR PROFILE
Trainee contract (VIE) for 12 months
Applicants should fulfill the following VIE contract criteria :
- Age: from 18 to 28 years old
- Citizenship: from the state members of the European economic space (the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Full time availability
Young professional or recently graduated with internship 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 users of Microsoft Excel
- English compulsory, French and/or Arabic 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