Demand Planning Excellence Lead
Demand Planning Excellence Lead
Can you implement and lead change programs to get the performance of our Supply Chain to the next level across the globe?
Within the Global Supply Chain organization of FrieslandCampina we are looking for an energetic and team-driven Demand Planning Excellence Lead.
With our Global Logistics & Planning Excellence Team, you will help our Customer Supply Chains attain a higher maturity level in Demand Planning. In the process, you will drive performance improvement, you will be setting and driving ambitious standards, you will be boosting capability and improve operational lives of our Planning Community, and you will own and drive the realization of significant improvements on forecast accuracy & forecast bias, inventory level and supply chain cost.
A challenging and unique role within FrieslandCampina!
Do you like creating impact? Then apply!
Ce que nous demandons
What we ask
· At least 5-10 years of relevant experience in Demand Planning, with experience in supply planning and other supply chain functions preferred
· >2 years of line management experience in an operational Supply Chain role is preferred
· “Operational excellence” experience with proven knowledge and experience in working with one or more methodologies such as “Lean” or “Six Sigma”.
· A successful track record delivering results in terms of business or implemented projects.
· Knowledge of target setting and follow-up processes; Performance Control Management
· Relevant and demonstrated experience and success in change management and project management, preferably gained in an international business environment
· Knowledge of tools and systems linked to Demand Planning, preferably OMP and SAP S4/Hana.
· Knowledge of latest trends and developments in both the Demand Planning and the Change Management field.
· Influencing and stakeholder management skills without hierarchical power and in a senior stakeholder environment; proven track record of working in complex global organizations and as such able to create and maintain relationships and achieve success via collaboration rather than hierarchy.
· Languages: English and preferably one other language
Ce que nous offrons
What we Offer
· Your salary is based on the weighting of your job, your experience and your training.
· FrieslandCampina does not only compensate its employees with monetary rewards.
· We also consider it important for our people to continue to grow and offer excellent training programs and learnings on the job.
· After all, your development is not only good for your career; our customers and products also benefit from it. The mutual exchange of knowledge between colleagues in your network is also an important growth factor.
Description du poste vacant
As a Demand Planning Excellence Lead, you will be responsible for driving the Demand Planning maturity in our organization.
It is all about designing and further enhancing the right tooling, driving the capabilities of the operational teams across the globe to use them, and supporting the performance improvements with the right actionable insights and by the creation and implementation of the right standards.
Our Planning processes are going through a big change, with implementation of the Anura Demand (& Supply) Planning program. This new tooling enables a leapfrog in Demand Planning functionality. In this role, you drive the future-proof design, adoption of data-driven forecasting and relevant additional feature development, both in the Demand Planning tooling and in the surrounding environments on e.g. reporting/ SAP S4 Hana, with responsibility to bring the leapfrog impact alive, make it visible and sustain it.
You will actively drive our Customer Supply Chain teams to execute their Planning tasks effectively and efficiently. On top, you will drive improvement programs and support and train participants in order to develop the planning capabilities in the organization.
You own and drive standardization, best practice sharing and capability building via the Demand Planning Community of Practice.
An important part of your job will be in injecting the right Demand Planning standards into the global OWOW framework in all our entities. This will realize a standardized way of working, with fit for purpose performance meetings and will improve the lives of our operational employees across the globe.
You see the challenge in achieving cooperation and motivation between Demand Planning teams and their (main) stakeholders. You will actively build networks within RFC within your own Demand Planning Excellence discipline as well as across disciplines to further develop the impact within RFC. You understand the complexity is the limited level of tangibility of the output. In fact Output in terms of effective results are (and should be) realized in the businesses.
Key areas of responsibility are:
1. Lead larger improvement programs to results
2. Own the design and implementation of standard ways of working including performance management
3. Boost Demand Planning capabilities and promote Best Practices and foster cross-fertilization of ideas in expertise networks
4. Lead feature development to fit-for-purpose but state-of-the-art new functionalities in Anura DP/OMP and surrounding environments incl. reporting
5. Lead development and validation of the strategic direction of Demand Planning
6. Contribute with own domain knowledge and understanding of the End-2-End chain in domain-overarching projects
Détails de l'équipe
Voir tous les collègues sur LinkedInYou will join the Global Logistics & Planning Excellence team and will report into the Logistics & Planning Excellence Director. A highly skilled and experienced team with program and project managers along the grass-to-glass supply chain, across FrieslandCampina worldwide. Specifically, you will work together intensively with the other Demand Planning Excellence lead, where you jointly lead the work on the Demand Planning tooling & capability development, and with the other domains within Excellence, such as Supply Planning, Customer Care and Logistics.
This team is defining the right stepping stones for RFC, and delivers them through a practical and pragmatic approach. We are committed to deliver sustainable value. Our people are and will be at the core of everything we do.
The Logistics & Planning Excellence team is part of the Global Operational Excellence & Digital Team, next to Manufacturing Excellence, Digital Supply Chain and Program Management. The Global Operational Excellence & Digital Team improves the Performance and the daily lives of our Supply Chain employees to become and remain the Nr. 1 Dairy Supply Chain.
We do so:
· Performance & Result-driven: We strive for Excellence with discipline & rigor, so that Tomorrow is better than today!
· With Transparency as the key: we lead the way in data-driven decision making
· Connected to our partners: We understand business reality & impact where it counts, where Teamwork makes the dream work!
· Future oriented: We set the pace and course towards the end-state and keep our heads cool