Planner Demand Planning
Planner Demand Planning
In the Customer Supply Chain team of FrieslandCampina Professional in Asia we are looking for an enthusiastic demand planner who loves to work in an international environment where you can combine your analytical and communications skills to forecast our demand and ensure that products are available on time for our customers.
What we ask
- Bachelor degree with 4+ years or Master degree with 2+ years of relevant working experience (or equivalent)
- Knowledge and experience with forecasting and/or supply chain/logistics preferably in an FMCG/Food environment
- Knowledge and/or interest in statistics, modelling and tools/systems is key
- Knowledge of ERP-systems (OMP or SAP APO), Power-BI and Excel (advanced). Excellent Communication and Influencing skills
- Being able to determine your message in different cultures and types of markets
- Being able to challenge in a constructive way while maintaining the relationship
- Excellent analytical skills and results driven mindset
- Eager to continuously learn and improve
- Fluent in English
What we offer
- A large organization with significant shopper marketing and shared services responsibilities.
- One of the largest dairy suppliers to the Malaysian retail trade.
- Operates within a matrix organization, addressing both channel/customer and category dimensions.
Vacancy description
FrieslandCampina Professional develops, produces and commercializes a range of (dairy) products with added value and produced across several plants, targeted at worldwide professional customers.
In this position you will be responsible for:
- Create, monitor and improve the demand plan both for the operational (13 weeks) as the tactical (18-24 months) horizon in collaborations with sales, marketing, finance and the supply planning department
- Understand the impact of business dynamics and translate them into the demand plan: NPD, phase-in/out, promotions, events, seasonality, tenders, contracts, activations
- Monitor, analyze, understand and challenge the quality of the enrichments provided by the commercial teams (assumptions, deltas, consumption, trends, issues, gaps, risks, opportunities) and issue advice at request or at own initiative based on own expertise
- Manage the weekly and monthly demand review process as part of the S&OP cycle
- Manage any activities related to the constraining and allocation process and ensure the match of demand & supply
- Monitor and take initiatives to improve the KPI indicators: Forecast accuracy, forecast bias, service level and waste
- Execute flawless analysis and set up/provide adequate reporting when necessary
- Align with supply points on availability and work continuously on improving supply chain as a whole
- Manage management information: Provide insights at request or at own initiative regarding quantitative and qualitative developments by means of periodical and ad hoc reports and/or analyses
Team Details
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We value talented people from any background who want to contribute to something bigger than themselves. We encourage all of our employees to make decisions that benefit our entire company. At FrieslandCampina we own our own career and act accordingly. We trust you to make a difference in your job and influence the bigger picture. Working at FrieslandCampina means you are contributing to a better world.