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Nestle invites application for Demand & Supply Planner in Dubai, UAE

Faculty Title:

Demand & Supply Planner – Nespresso UAE

Department:

Supply Chain & Procurement

Position Snapshot:

Company: Nestle – Nespresso

Role: Demand and Supply Planner

Position Summary:

Joining Nestlé means you are joining the largest food and Beverage Company in the world. At our very core, we are a human environment – passionate people driven by the purpose of enhancing the quality of life and contributing to a healthier future. As the Demand and Supply Planner, you will play an important part role in ensuring strong forecast accuracy to enable best-in-class customer service levels, optimized stock levels, and delivery of products on-time and in-full, while minimizing non-quality costs within Nespresso.

A Day in the Life…

Analyze and evaluate the supply plan and net dispatch requirements to satisfy customer needs considering the network complexity.
Communicate weekly stock alert (Low stock & Stock out) to local departments.
Manage operational issues with Suppliers (late, capacity, on time delivery).
Manage all specific extra-ordinary requests/demands from customers (internal and external), support business case data for decision making.
Balance the need for product availability versus the need to minimize costs of inventory to ensure optimum stocks of the right material in the right location.
Collect and integrate information and assumptions about events, activities in relation to promotions, product launches, customer/distribution changes that form important part of demand plan.
Collaborate with cross functional teams to drive effective MBP processes to reach consensus demand plan. and maintains the dynamic forecast for his/her category.
Work closely with Commercial Teams (marketing, CRM, B2C B2B Retail) and Finance, to challenge the figures and ensure a full consensus on figures, communicate risks and opportunities to the business.
Participate in the preparation for Monthly Forecast Reviews (MFR) with reviews with Commercial Teams (CRM/Marketing/B2C/B2B/ Finance) to deliver an unbiased and unconstrained view of the demand to support operational planning and the MFR Process with a goal of achieving a recommendation or escalation.
Identify & frame risks, opportunities and any critical business decisions and escalate up through the MFR process to drive decision-making.
Initiate and develop strong relationships with cross functional partners to build intimate knowledge of the business and be viewed as a trusted, credible advisor to teams they support.
Participate and actively contribute to all facets of the MFR/Supply Chain processes and meetings; this includes, weekly Supply Reviews, Integrated Marketing Reviews, CS Service Reviews, etc.
Taking pro-active measures in minimizing high inventory and in stock issues at DC level.
Identify opportunities to improve systems and processes to increase efficiency through scalable solutions that improve forecast accuracy and hence customer service levels.
Analyze demand forecast and generate high value business insights within and beyond DSP.
Demonstrates value creation though a Lean Enterprise Mindset
Develop and maintain reports to track and monitor the statistical forecasts, alerts for corrections/improvements and other analytical insights.
Leverage efficient planning (and related processes) to ensure availability of goods and services as a key competitive advantage and to achieve operational targets.
Participate in or lead improvements of Planning and Supply Chain performance and cost savings initiatives.
Collaborate with cross functional teams to manage portfolio lifecycle, such as new product launches, packaging changes, phase-in/phase-out, and product discontinuation.
Ensure Item master set up and discontinuation is properly reflected to drive operational processes.
Ensure service levels for OOH operations in market and address any specific needs in terms of homologation or product extensions. Stock monitoring
Ensure compliance with Nestlé Corporate Business Principles, Supply Chain & Procurement Policies and Nespresso Internal Control Standards.

What will make you successful…

Bachelor’s degree preferably with a specialization in Supply Chain/Logistics/Finance Business Administration, Engineering.
Experience of having worked in a similar capacity in a retail environment with an international company would be an advantage.
3+ years of experience
Advanced Excel skills required.
Forecasting and strong planning experience required.
Strong analytical and statistical skills.
Excellent written and verbal communication.
Must be already based in the UAE.