Senior Supply Planning Specialist

Nestle Operational Services Worldwide SA•Bridgewater Township, NJ

4d•$85,000 - $95,000•Hybrid

About The Position

The Senior Supply Planning Specialist will be responsible for ensuring effective supply planning for finished goods, achieving targeted service levels, while optimizing inventory and bad goods management, and maintaining close relationships with factory/co-manufacturing locations, all to ensure supply plans optimize total delivered cost, and effective response to markets demands. This role will also be responsible for the cost effective management of the Supply an Production Planning and Co-Manufacturing requirements planning functions. The Senior Supply Planning Specialist will also oversee supply plans that optimize supply, service, and inventory whilst working with productions constraints and total delivered cost impact. This position will also manage short and long term (rolling 18 month) capacity plans in close conjunction with the factories, to early identify and resolve potential capacity issues. In addition, this role ensures that customer service and time objectives are achieved within existing financial constraints in order to meet marketing and financial objectives. This position will be either a remote or hybrid role based on the selected candidate’s geographic location. Strong preference will be given to applicants who live within a commutable distance within Bridgewater, New Jersey or Arlington, Virginia.

Requirements

High School Diploma or GED required; Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management or in a related field preferred.
5+ years of experience working in a Supply Chain role, preferably in a Demand or Supply Planning function.
Strong analytical aptitude with a proven ability to analyze/interpret data, problem solve and develop solutions to complex problems.
Demonstrated fluency in MS Office including MS Excel.
Must have a transformational mindset and the ability to navigate through change management.
Must have excellent communication (oral and written), organizational and stakeholder management skills (including the ability to work and develop strong cross-functional stakeholder management skills).
Willing and able to work under tight deadlines with minimal supervision.
Must be agile and team-oriented.
Willing and able to travel up to 10% based on the needs of the team and the business.

Nice To Haves

Experience with ERP systems such as JD Edwards and/or SAP is highly preferred.

Responsibilities

Recommend decisions for balancing supply needs across all available sourcing locations (factory, co-manufacturer).
Responsible for setting, reviewing, and maintaining safety stock policy by SKU to meet agreed upon customer service level objectives while minimizing associated working capital costs.
Manage bad goods in the P&L by closely monitoring any risk of ageing stock, communicate with the commercial team to align on potential actions to mitigate financial risks, and propose preventive actions to minimize future occurrence.
Continually reassess current inventory management processes and propose and lead new planning methods and/or tools.
Identify and analyze build stock needs and timing based on production availability and strategic decisions, while communicating to the appropriate stakeholders.
Communicate with the cross functional team on product availability and critical items, highlighting risks of customer shortages, back in stock projections, root cause of the issue, and preventative actions to avoid future reoccurrence.
Present supply outlook (days on hand, service levels, projected future working capital, factory performance) and any strategic plans for the 18-month rolling horizon as well as the long-term supply outlook to NHS leadership and other stakeholders.
Responsible for gathering all necessary inputs from other Operational functions that impact the supply outlook.
Lead the budget planning and target setting activities.
Optimize, review, and propose meeting structures and contents to ensure alignment with Manufacturing and other Operational functions.
Responsible for weekly production reviews with Manufacturing (Factory, Co-Manufacturer).
Manage and responsible for coordination with the QA team on effective and timely product release, while prioritizing products as necessary.
Lead monthly production reviews with Manufacturing.
Coordinate communication and flow of transitions amongst various Supply planners affected by major sourcing changes and projects.
Develop the network of Supply Planning by leading and actively presenting in Supply Planning functional meetings with other business units to share experiences and contribute in defining company-wide best practices.