Supply Planning Manager Benelux

We are looking for a people‑focused leader to drive and develop our Supply Planning & Copacking team (7 people). The role ensures high service levels across all categories (ambient, chilled, frozen) while optimizing freshness, inventory levels, and total supply chain costs.

The Supply Planning Manager guarantees the availability of finished products across the regional network by aligning supply with demand, maintaining optimal stock levels, and ensuring product freshness. The role enables smooth, reliable product flows and supports commercial needs while managing industrial and logistical constraints. He/she drives the transformation of planning processes by leveraging data, automation, and advanced analytics to improve agility and efficiency.

1. Supply Planning

Monitor stock levels, production plans, and goods in transit to generate accurate production requests based on demand and lead times.

Identify risks, manage critical situations, and escalate when necessary to ensure product availability and mitigate service impacts.

Analyze logistics and transport constraints to anticipate potential service issues and define improvement plans.

Share relevant inputs with Operations Planning, plant planners, and business stakeholders to ensure alignment on local constraints, thresholds, and network specifics.

2. Supply Distribution Planning

Define stock targets and safety levels and manage stock balancing between national warehouses.

Establish delivery plans from factories to commercial warehouses to ensure that the products are on the right place (deliveries to clients, copacking, deviate overflow during seasonal peak).

Monitor local inventory health and service performance and implement improvement actions where needed.

Maintain the right level of direct deliveries to optimize transportation costs.

3. Copacking Management

Lead the full scope of copacking operations, ensuring optimal SKU availability for customers.

Oversee production planning, from sales forecasts to final shipment.

Maintain a feasible weekly planning aligned with packaging/component availability, copacking capacity, and customer timelines.

Manage packaging orders with the 3PL partner and coordinate inbound flows to the copacking warehouse.

Oversee 3PL contract performance and provide monthly copacking KPI reporting.

Reporting Line & Key Interactions

You report to the BNL Supply Chain Manager and collaborate closely with Demand Planning, Customer Service, Logistics, Finance, Sales & Marketing, Factories & Industrial Teams, External Copackers and Group Supply Chain functions.

You own and continuously improve key planning rituals (Consensus Meeting, Stock Meeting, Quota Management), ensuring alignment between Operations, Commercial, and Finance.

You have a Master’s degree in Supply Chain, Business Management, Engineering, or equivalent.

You have a strong background in supply planning with proven people management experience.

Fluency in English is requested; Dutch and/or French is an asset.

Strong analytical and problem‑solving abilities, able to manage complexity and urgency with calm and structure.

Excellent communication skills with the ability to influence internal and external stakeholders.

Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, knowledge of PowerBI and experience with SAP ECC and APO.

Strong sense of ownership, priority management, and cross‑functional collaboration.

Team‑oriented mindset, eagerness to learn, and willingness to work closely with multiple departments and levels.

Capability to lead change and foster continuous improvement.

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Ferrero began its journey in the small town of Alba in Piedmont, Italy, in 1946. Today, it is one of the world’s largest sweet-packaged food companies, with many iconic brands sold in countries all over the world. Find out more about Ferrero at ferrero.com.

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 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.
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