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Demand and Supply Planner (Nespresso)

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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.

We thank all applicants for their interest; however, only those individuals selected for an interview will be contacted.