Supply Network Planner
Supply Network Planner
Do you get energy from puzzles and problem solving? Do you want to be the linking pin in our supply chain bringing together the latest demand and optimal plant performance in order to realize the required service to our customers?
For the Sales & Operations Planning team of Ingredients we are looking for a Supply Network Planner responsible for the planning of our portfolio of the Meppel & Borculo factories.
What we ask
- Bachelor (HBO) or Master (WO) degree
- Minimum 2-4 years working experience
- Fluent in English and Dutch
- Knowledge of production and logistics in an FMCG / Food environment
- Knowledge of Advanced Planning Systems (preferred SAP R/3, APO DP/SNP, BW, optional: OMP)
- Strong analytical and communicative skills. Able to manage a diverse portfolio of appr. 10 outsource partners.
- A problem solver, who thinks in opportunities and challenges
- Result driven
- The ability to take decisions based on limited or ambiguous information
- A pro-active attitude
- A strong drive towards customer satisfaction and operational excellence
- Enthusiastic, able to motivate and engage with colleagues, management and customers
What we offer
- Unique company culture of Dutch heritage and international presence
- We offer great work life balance, and competitive salary & benefits package
- Workweek of 38 hours, competitive pension scheme, holiday allowance of 8%, end year allowance 5%, bonus scheme, flexible working hours and the ability to work from home
- Diverse training and mentoring programs to help you grow on your own professional journey
- Exceptional support of cross disciplinary movement within the company to broaden your knowledge and growth paths
- A friendly and informal working environment, yet professional team members as sparring partners
- Autonomy and trust to create longer term impact that helps bring better nutrition to the world
- Free cheese and milk at lunch in the central office, and barista coffee to help you go through your working days with a lot of joy
- FrieslandCampina has a ‘fietsplan’
Vacancy description
As Supply Network Planner, you are responsible for creating the optimal supply network plan for the assigned product portfolio. The supply network plan is based on the latest demand, planning parameters, inventory levels in order to realize the requested performance while maximizing value for FrieslandCampina. Many dependencies exist between plants in the Ingredients supply chain due to linked goods flows, making close cooperation and a helicopter view to assess the impact of your decisions important. In this function you are working closely together with other disciplines including Make Production, Quality Control, Demand & Goods Movement managers, finance and Order Fulfilment.
Supply Network Planning & Optimization
- Prepare and optimize the operational and tactical (1-18 months) planning for the outsourcing portfolio. Prepare and optimize continuously the plan by balancing demand, inventories, servicelevel and production and packaging capacities. Discuss and acquire agreement with the related parties.
- Identify constraints and opportunities as input for S&OP. Participate in the tactical supply review as part of the S&OP process. Perform complex scenario analyses and support financial decision making for own scope of planning.
- Discuss the plants plan performance, FTR and available capacities periodically.
- Manage inventory: replenish relevant stock levels (in line with targets), follow up on aging stock and obsoletes and acquire agreement with demand, plants and deliver (day-to-day contact and fixed meeting structure).
- Monitor the realized performance compared to budget, planning and parameters and, when necessary, perform a root cause analysis, set priorities and take corrective actions in agreement with the related party
- Observe and evaluate bottlenecks and identify opportunities and improvement actions in supply chain related (work) processes, planning systematics, procedures and/or systems, and ensure implementation of improvements after approval.
- Participates in assigned (supply chain, cross functional) projects (e.g. NPD, improvement)
Team Details
See all colleagues on LinkedInFor thousands of people every day, we are more than just a dairy company. To our farmers, our employees, the communities we serve, the businesses we work with and the people to whom we bring happiness, FrieslandCampina means something more. For them it's not just about what we do, but who we are.
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.
In this role you report to the Supply Network Manager of the S&OP team Ingredients, part of a team of total 10 FTE. Your workplace will in Amersfoort, the plants of your portfolio combined with work days from home.