Category Demand and Supply Planning Manager

6 days ago


North York, Canada Nestle Full time

**Position Snapshot**

**Business areas: Nestle Canada**

**Job title: Seasonal Demand and Supply Planning Manager**

**Location: North York**

**Grade Level: 17**

**A little bit about us**

Nestle is the world’s largest food and beverage company. We have over 2000 brands ranging from global icons to local favourites and are present in 190 countries worldwide. In Canada, excelling means sharing our passion for our purpose of enhancing quality of life and contributing to a healthier future. It also means living up to our exemplary values which are rooted in respect for ourselves, others, diversity and the future. We will support your personal growth with a people-focused culture and a flexible and diverse working environment. Join our team to support our purpose of enhancing quality of life and contributing to a healthier future.

**Position Summary**

We are looking for a
**Seasonal Demand and Supply Planning Manager** based at our
**North York location.** This role will be responsible for managing the end-to-end demand and supply planning processes for the seasonal portfolio. You will be responsible to develop a set of feasible, effective and efficient set of plans that represent the best interpretation of cross functional assumptions regarding Customer / Consumer demand, and supply capacity and constraints through the Consumer Value Chain. Ensure the alignment of Customer Demand Plan with internal and external partners through the Monthly Business Planning and Collaborative Planning processes.

**A day in the life of a Seasonal Demand and Supply Planning Manager**

As a Seasonal Demand and Supply Planning Manager you will be managing 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 that also takes into account the distribution costs. Identify and manage exceptions and monitor performance in order to continually improve the quality and reliability of the Demand & Supply Plan and the Company’s ability to sense and respond to changing circumstances.

You will also:

- Collect information and assumptions about events, activities in relation to promotions, product launches, customer/distribution changes that form important part of demand plan
- Collect information and assumptions about supply capacity and constrains to ensure stock available to cover the demand.
- Collect the planning information required to define the optimal stock availability at each stock location point in the network at the best cost to serve
- Collaborate with cross functional teams to manage portfolio lifecycle, such as new product launches, packaging changes, phase-in/phase-out, and product discontinuation. Ensure that demand is appropriately forecasted and maintained in all circumstances and appropriate stock level are maintained to support I&R.
- Manage and maintain forecast over the planning horizon in OMP. Demand planner has sufficient knowledge to be able to generate and maintain statistical forecasts in SAS, supported by Demand Analyst. Combining incremental, impactors, Demand Planner finalises the total volume forecast
- Collaborate with cross functional teams to drive effective MBP processes to reach consensus demand plan. This becomes a primary input to the Dynamic Forecast
- Analyze and evaluate the supply plan and net dispatch requirements to satisfy customer needs taking into account the network complexity and the supply constraints, including planned and optimized mixed loads taking into account transportation and storage constraints. Ensuring actions and Supply Plans are realistic and achievable In accordance with the Business Planning process
- Challenge manufacturing on regular basis to manage lot sizes, cycle times and R&P inventory levels, to drive optimum FG inventory level and COF. Also, to challenge and support Demand Planner (Domestic and IMS) to improve Demand Planning Accuracy
- Balance the need for product availability versus the need to minimise costs of inventory to ensure optimum stocks of the right material in the right location. Establish stock policies for Finished and Semi Finished Goods. To do this for Inter Market Supply together with Planners of Receiving Markets. Periodically review the stock level of the domestic and the receiving markets to pro-actively look for solutions in case of deviations
- Analyse and effectively communicate key issues with volume variances and other relevant information to key stakeholders. Collaborate with 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 accordance with the Business Planning process
- To lead and coordinate the activities cross functions to effectively execute all Inter-Market Supply (IMS) related activities and projects of the Market, in accordance with the recommendations and priorities given by Zone M



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