Position Snapshot

Business area: Nestle Purina  
Job Title:  Customer Demand Planner  
Location:  Crawley, West Sussex  
Duration: 10-12 months Fixed-Term Contract

Salary circa £39,000 depending on experience + potential bonus + generous pension scheme + 12 flexible days on top of 25-day holiday entitlement + 2 paid volunteering days + other fantastic benefits!

Championing diversity and inclusion is so important to us; when we embrace different perspectives and give everyone the chance to be the best they can be, we can think in new, creative ways that grow and enhance our business.  

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Position Summary

We have a great opportunity for an individual to join the Nestlé Purina Supply Chain team as a Customer Demand Planner.  

Do you have experience of a dynamic fast paced supply chain environment?  Do you have the ability to analyse and interpret data? Do you have the mind-set and initiative for continuous improvement? Then this could be the role you’re looking for. 

At Nestlé PURINA Pet Care, we're passionately committed to helping pets enjoy happier, healthier and longer lives because we're pet owners too.  As a world leading company in pet care and nutrition, Nestlé PURINA has been helping pets’ live healthy, happy lives for over 85 years. We are proud to produce some of the UK’s best loved brands including FELIX®, WINALOT®, GO-CAT®, BAKERS® and BONIO, trusted and bought by millions of pet owners. We believe that pets and people are better together which is why our employees can bring their dogs to work at our Crawley and Sudbury sites. 

A day in the life of a Customer Demand Planner

The purpose of the role is to create an accurate and timely forecast for all products across a set of customers. 

With knowledge and a clear understanding of supply chain you will be able to accurately formulate weekly & monthly demand plans with the Sales teams and manage these in conjunction with the category demand planning and product supply team.

The Demand and Supply Planning Lead will support you in achieving these objectives, however you will be afforded a high degree of responsibility early on in this largely autonomous role. Therefore, an overriding desire to not only achieve KPIs but to exceed them will be critical for success.  

Key responsibilities include: 

• Production and ownership of a timely and accurate 12 month plus customer demand plan across a range of SKUs and customers 

• Identification, quantification and incorporation of all factors and information relevant to the determination of an accurate forecast 

• Development of relationships and collaborative planning processes with sales teams and external customers to support the forecasting process 

• Successfully engaging cross functional input, to ensure high levels of planning accuracy, business delivery and customer service 
• Playing a pivotal role within the monthly business process through planning ‘roadshows’ in conjunction with the sales team and ensuring weekly and monthly alignment of forecasts and highlighting gaps to target 

What will make you successful

As the successful candidate, you will be of graduate calibre and have experience working in Supply Chain as a Demand Planner ideally within the FMCG sector or experience working in another Supply Chain role with an understanding of the end-to-end process. 

You will have the ability to plan ahead and meet deadlines and be able to achieve results and make an impact whilst building strong relationships with key stakeholders. 

Other competencies required are: 

• Attention to detail  

• Analytical skills  

• Excellent Excel skills and it would be advantageous to have experience working with and analysing using Power BI. 

• IT Literate with strong learning agility to adopt new tools and processes 

• Continuous Improvement mind set 

• Influencing skills  

In return, the Supply Chain team will offer you all the support and guidance necessary to succeed. This is a great opportunity to work within a talented and dedicated team.  

What you need to know

What can we offer in return? Great benefits you’d expect from a business the size of Nestlé – in the shape of a competitive salary and benefits package, bonus scheme, flexible working scheme, 25 days holiday plus statutory holidays plus flex leave, pension scheme and a real focus on personal development and growth.

The closing date for this role is 22.11.2024

We will be considering candidates as they apply and we will occasionally close job advertisements early in the event we receive sufficient applicants, so please don’t delay in submitting your application.
 

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