Supply Planner
Job Location: Brussels
Company Description
Ferrero is a family-owned company with a truly progressive and global outlook and iconic brands such as Nutella®, Tic Tac®, Ferrero Rocher®, Raffaello®, Kinder Bueno® and Kinder Surprise®. As the love for our brands continues to grow, so too does our global reach. Represented in more than 50 countries, with products sold in more than 170, the Ferrero Group is loved by generations around the world. The secret to our global success? 38,767 dedicated employees who celebrate care and quality to craft a business, careers and brands we are proud of. Join us, and you could be one of them.
Diversity Statement
Ferrero is committed to building a diverse and inclusive culture in which all employees feel welcomed and appreciated and have the same opportunities. We believe all of our people are equally talented in their own way. In nurturing the curiosity and natural abilities of our employees, we provide them, generation after generation, the means to succeed personally and professionally, enabling them to craft their journey at Ferrero. The diversity of our talents is what makes our work environment multicultural, innovative and highly rewarding.
About the Role:
As a Supply Planner for Ferrero Benelux, you'll play a vital role in ensuring product availability and managing the entire product flow from production to customer delivery. Reporting to the Supply Planning & Copacking Manager, you'll be responsible for coordinating supply planning activities related to one or more plants.
Main Responsibilities:
In this dynamic role, you'll handle a range of tasks to maintain optimal product availability, stock coverage, and freshness levels. This includes determining weekly production requests in SAP APO, overseeing production and dispatch of volumes to local warehouses, and managing daily order dispatches.
Collaborating closely with colleagues in the copacking department, you'll ensure product availability for mixed displays and manage stock, identifying critical SKUs and finding solutions with customer service. Additionally, you'll proactively escalate risks of out-of-stock situations and overstocks, and participate in consensus meetings with trade and business intelligence teams to exchange information on product availability and forecast changes.
Your role also involves contributing to ad-hoc supply chain and company projects.
Who we are looking for:
To excel in this role, you'll ideally hold a Master's degree in Supply Chain, Business Management, or a related field, coupled with 5 years or more of experience in a similar function.
Proficiency in Microsoft Excel is essential, and fluency in English and French is required. Knowledge of SAP APO, SAP ECC, or BW is advantageous.
You'll need excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, along with the ability to work well under pressure and prioritize effectively. Clear and timely communication is key, as is a collaborative mindset and eagerness to learn and collaborate with multiple departments and levels within the organization.
How to be successful in the role and at Ferrero:
Consumers, quality and care are at the heart of everything we do. So, to be successful at Ferrero, you’ll need to be just as consumer and product centric as we are - dedicated to crafting brilliant results for consumers around the world.