Company Description

JDE is a subsidiary JDE Peet’s, the world's leading pure-play coffee and tea company, headquartered in The Netherlands. For more than 265 years, JDE has been inspired by the belief that it’s amazing what can happen over a cup of coffee. Today, JDE unleashes the possibilities of coffee and tea in more than 100 countries, through a portfolio of over 50 brands including L’OR, Jacobs, Senseo, Tassimo, Douwe Egberts, OldTown, Super, Pickwick and Moccona.

What’s it like to work at JDE?

We are proud of our passionate, driven associates that challenge the status quo and pursue mastery in everything they do. Our goal is simple and ambitious – JDE: A coffee & tea for every cup.

At JDE, we're Made to Stand Out. Every day we are progressive in outlook, ambitious in nature, resourceful in action and decisive in approach, bringing coffee and tea moments to everyone around the world.

Job Description

The Supply Chain Initiative Specialist plans, directs and reviews all supply and logistics activities to ensure a cost-effective flow of finished goods from suppliers to customers for all category. This role acts as a partner for R&D, Manufacturing, Marketing and Sales units to ensure on time and in full launch to markets of any product change, and with procurement on supplier optimization projects for relevant supply chain activities.

The Supply Chain Initiative Specialist reports to the Supply Chain Initiative Manager Asia and is part of the JDE Regional Supply Chain organization.

Regional Supply Chain sets the strategic direction, defines standard operating systems, ensures template compliance and centrally manages inventory, demand & supply planning and warehouse & distribution whereby the local supply chain organizations are executing.

Responsibilities:

• Enable the innovation calendar of the category, by delivering supply chain readiness of largest and/or most complex innovation and productivity projects.
• Lead Manufacturing sourcing change projects.
• Deliver portfolio rationalization for the Professional business unit.
• Optimize portfolio by optimizing the product clusterization and aligning & enforcing hurdle rates for product changes.
• Participate to and lead improvement processes on behalf of the global Initiative Management Pillar in the SCOS program: determine key loss areas for SC readiness, develop standards & KPI’s, set-up pillar and deployment of standards.
• Coach local SC in local projects delivery with high initiative losses.
• Lead KPI improvement by development of standard and roll out. Examples are Phase In Phase out (KPI’s CSL and Obsoletes), CoMan Playbook (KPI’s ATO adherence and CSL), Pallet Aging (KPI Obsoletes).

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years experience in FMCG, in Manufacturing or Supply Chain environment;
• Bachelor's Degree, with ideally a specialization in Operations, Supply Chain, Engineering or Economics
• Excellent analytical skills and proven track record in building business cases (e.g. analyzing costs/volumes/stock levels/capacity) and defining multiple scenarios
• Excellent communication skills, up to executive level;
• Profound experience in project management;
• Profound experience in stakeholder management.

Additional Information

Come join us and enjoy:

• Flexi Leave in addition to your annual leave
• Outstanding Career Development Opportunities
• The best coffee and tea served all day in our office – or be your own barista!