Category Demand and Supply Planner

5 months ago

North York, Canada Nestle Operational Services Worldwide SA Full time

**Position Snapshot**
Business areas: Nestlé Canada
Job title: Category Demand and Supply Planner - Nestlé Heath Science (Hybrid)
Location: North York, ON located at 25 Sheppard Ave W, North York, ON M2N 6S8

**Benefits**
- Comprehensive total rewards benefits package including Health and Dental benefits that start on day one of employment
- Company matched pension plan
- Three weeks of Vacation and five personal days (Personal Paid Holidays)
- Flexible and hybrid work arrangements
- Excellent training and development programs as well as opportunities to grow within the company
- Access to Educational Assistance & Tuition Reimbursement
- Bonus eligibility
- Up to 50% off - Nespresso Coffee Machine, Capsules and accessories
- Access to the Discount Company store with Nestlé, Nespresso, and Purina products (Located across various Nestle offices/sites)
- Additional discounts on a variety of products and services offered by our preferred vendors and partnerships

**Position Summary**
We are looking for a Category Demand and Supply Planner based at our North York location. This person will be supporting Nestlé Health Science's VMHS category (Vitamins, Minerals and Herbal Supplements). This role will be responsible for developing, maintaining and improving a Demand Plan for a portfolio of products. The planner will ensure the alignment of this Demand Plan with internal and external partners through the Monthly Business Planning and Collaborative Planning processes. They will manage exceptions and monitor performance to continually improve the quality and accuracy of the forecast. This role will also manage the Supply Network of the assigned area of the business by replenishing each dispatch point to meet customer service objectives whilst maintaining optimal stock cover taking into consideration distribution costs.

**A day in the life of a Category Demand and Supply Planner**
As a Category Demand and Supply Planner, you will be managing the execution of the End-to-End forecasting and supply planning activities for your portfolio.

You will:

- Demand Planning: Collect information and assumptions about events, activities in relation to promotions, product launches, customer/distribution changes. Based on inputs, generate 18 months forecast and lead Monthly Business Planning in close collaboration with the Sales, CSD and Finance teams.
- Supply Planning: Analyse and evaluate the supply plan and net despatch requirements to satisfy customer needs taking into account network complexity and supply constraints.
- Inventory Management: Balance the need for product availability versus the need to minimise costs of inventory to ensure optimum stock covers of the right material at the right location
- Exceptions management: Analyse exceptions to make business decisions (based on priorities or after arbitration) and to adjust planning results accordingly. Analyse past KPI performance (DPA, Bias, Stock Cover, Working Capital etc), deviations vs targets and determine root cause and corrective action plans for future improvement.
- Inventory Policy: In collaboration with local and Intermarket stakeholders, establish stock policies for Finished Goods. Periodically review the stock level of the domestic and the Intermarket products. Pro-actively look for solutions in case of deviations. Challenge manufacturing on regular basis to manage lot sizes, cycle times and R&P inventory levels, to drive optimum FG inventory level.
- Analyse and effectively communicate relevant information to cross functional teams - Highlighting all supply issues - Detailing impacts of proposed actions and related trade-offs - Ensuring actions and Supply Plans are realistic and achievable in alignment with the Business Planning process

**What will make you successful?**
- Minimum 3 years of experience in one of the functions across Generating Demand or Ensuring Supply Areas of Sales / Marketing; Technical & Production; Customer Service; Demand & Supply Planning; Customer Facing Supply Chain; Supply Chain Development; Supply Chain Performance Acceleration team; Procurement, Factory Supply Chain
- Completed University Degree in business, operations management, supply chain or logistics
- Desirable to have had experience implementing LEAN concepts and tools.
- Effective Communication and organizational skills
- Excellent networking ability both internal and external
- Must be a self-starter with strong analytical capabilities and attention to detail
- Proficiency in Power Bi, BW and SAS is an asset. Experience in OMP/UNISON is a plus

We have a friendly, supportive team with a coaching and mentoring environment. There are real opportunities for future development and progression - this really could be a move towards the exciting Supply Chain career you’ve always wanted.

**What you need to know**

Nestlé Canada is an equal-opportunity employer committed to diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility. We welcome qualified applicants to bring thei

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