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Position Summary:

As the Supply Planning Specialistyou will be responsible for contributing to the inventory and distribution plans of products from production facilities to distribution centers (DC), DC to DC, to make it cost effective and efficient. In addition, you will be responsible for maintaining customer service levels, reducing working capital, minimizing distribution, redeployment and overflow cost. You will works with other Supply Planners, Demand Planners, Warehouse Ops, Quality coordinators and Inventory Analysts to manage inventory (create storage capacity, redeploy, phase in-out, aging of stock etc.) for finished goods at factory or factory warehouses. In additionm you will contribute to and drive execution of the inventory planning and distribution strategy to deliver against growth plans of the company and divisions. .

Key Responsibilities:

• Responsible for recommending resolutions to distribution plan, DC/warehouse space planning related exceptions in the long to mid- term (beyond 10 days) horizon. They will also have a view of the exceptions / alerts in the short-term horizon and will provide support to deployers on request.
• Collaborate with the divisions and internal departments (SC Planning, Fulfillment) to align on inventory targets, improvement opportunities, action plans, resolution of deployment exceptions and tracking key metrics that drive effective business results.
• Collaborate with analytics and business services teams to support decisions on inventory management and distribution strategies
• Execution of Supply Planning process to generate the distribution requirements for deployment and MPS for National and Location level demand. For specific divisions, optimized DRP plans based on low cost sourcing models are provided to the MPS process.
• Calculate the Net requirement (National) and Compare net requirement against the Inventory Plan Inputs using the analytics and reporting tools.
• Manage finished good inventory levels (planned + actuals) at each distribution center and product availability targets.
• Work with demand planning to update the business rules to ensure product freshness, spoilage avoidance and minimize salvage situations.
• Support the deployers in determination of the business rules within the short term (1- 10 days) horizon.
• Adjust DRP Plans based on:
  • Approvals from customer on product substitutions communicated via demand management
  • Outcomes from the cross functional review meetings o Requests from deployment
  • Business rule updates (ex. Customer prioritization , product commercialization decisions, allocations, exclusions)
• Manage distribution plans in situations such as warehouse capacity shortage in the short term, stock aging, expiring inventory, inventory redeployment, product phase in phase out, quality issues.
• Collaborate with Analytics and Business Intelligence teams to analyze the distribution plan, stock balance reports, redeployment decisions trees, dispatch plan, inventory targets policies to identify Inventory target violations, supply issues (stock out, drop in stock coverage etc) and the action plan to resolve supply planning exceptions.
• Communicate the Distribution Plan improvement opportunities, Inventory KPI tracking results, Strategy to resolve supply issues and concerns with the Nestlé internal departments (Sale and Marketing, Finance, Deployment, Supply Planning, Demand Planning) and divisions in the Weekly/Monthly Cross functional meetings o Identify issues, review all available options and make detailed recommendations for improvement.
• Work with the Planning Master Data Management team to review/modify/update the master data and planning parameter for Supply Planning.
• Adjust the distribution plan based on the outcome from the cross functional collaboration meetings and inputs from the internal departments.
• Actively identify process improvement projects and contribute to their execution.
• Measurements/Performance Indicators:
  • Coordinate with the plant/DC supply chain and deployment group to maintain service level standards while minimizing distribution, redeployment and overflow cost.
  • Maintain service level standards
  • Execute to inventory targets to support in reducing inventory costs and spoilage

Experience & Education Qualifiictions:

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience or extensive production or retails planning experience in lieu of degree
• Minimum of 3 years of experience in Inventory Management roles such as: Inventory Deployer, Inventory Coordinator, Production Planner
• Consumer Packaged Goods experience is a plus
• Strong computer skills with focuses on mathematical modeling and/or database building and maintenance - Microsoft Office - Intermediate level/Excel and Word
• Experience using DRP or other finite scheduling tools
• Strong analytical aptitude with a proven ability to analyze/interpret data.
• Strong oral and written skills, organizational and time-management abilities, effective inter-personal skills, and the ability to work with personnel at all organizational levels.
• Flexibility and adaptability to the demands and requirements of a fast-paced environment.
• Takes the initiative to accomplish objectives and find opportunities for continuous improvement.

The approximate pay range for this position is $70,000.00 to $80,000.00 . Please note that the pay range provided is a good faith estimate for the position at the time of posting. Final compensation may vary based on factors including but not limited to knowledge, skills and abilities as well as geographic location.

Nestlé offers performance-based incentives and a competitive total rewards package, which includes a 401k with company match, healthcare coverage and a broad range of other benefits. Incentives and/or benefit packages may vary depending on the position. Learn more at About Us | Nestlé Careers (nestlejobs.com)

Requsition ID: 249659

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