Demand Planner at Nutreco

Job Description:

Demand Planning

Creates the demand plans based on baseline (statistical) forecast which is enriched by inputs from the commercial teams; for the operational (0-13 weeks) and tactical horizon (4-15 months)

Understands how to use statistical forecasting to create a solid baseline forecast and maintains, reviews and cleans historical data and determines if this can be applied to the portfolio.

Understand the impact of business dynamics and translate them into the demand plan: NPD, phase-in/out, promotions, events, seasonality, tenders, contracts, and activations.

If requested, provide different demand scenarios to the supply chain.

Secure demand plan constraining in case of supply restrictions and share the results with internal stakeholders (e.g., supply, sales and customer service)

Prepares the account & demand review meeting and provides input for the MT IBP meeting with the commercial teams.

Follow-up on the decisions/constraints from the IBP cycle of the organisation and/or supply points

First point of contact for the commercial organisation for the operational and/or tactical planning horizon

Supply Planning

Preparing an accurate Supply Plan for specific product group(s) based on 1-15 months' time horizon which aims to meet the associated demand plan in the most effective manner, considering all relevant aspects of supply (capacity, raw material availability, formulation optimisation etc.)

Quarterly or semi-annually creating a strategic (36 months) Supply Plan to identify potential supply constraints on the strategic horizon

Prepare Supply Plan scenarios to determine the best option to maintain supply considering total Supply Chain cost and Customer Service

Establish strict deadlines with the key contributors to the Supply Plan to ensure that information is available in time for the Supply Review

Preparing the content for the monthly Supply Review, including where necessary, scenarios which aim to eliminate or at least minimise the gap between Supply and Demand. Where Supply is greater than demand, this should be highlighted for the Executive IBP meeting

Manages the long term capacity planning of raw material supply based on analysis of sales and raw material forecasting in cooperation with the Commercial, Purchasing and Operations management, in order to support long term business planning.

Industries:Food & Beverages

Function: Others