POSITION SNAPSHOT

• Location: Head Office, Ho Chi Minh City
• Company: Nestlé Viet Nam
• Full time

MAIN DUTIES:

• Analyze and evaluate the supply plan and net dispatch requirements to satisfy customer needs considering the supply constraints.
• Ensure the right quantity of products is available at the right time and location to meet customer demands while optimizing inventory levels and costs
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Engage with various teams, including sales, marketing, and finance, to align supply planning with business objectives.
• Inventory Management: Balance the need for product availability versus the need to minimize costs of inventory to ensure optimum stocks at the right location.
• Monitor and manage stock levels to balance supply and demand effectively, minimizing excess inventory while ensuring product availability
• Production Planning: Develop production schedules that maximize efficiency and capacity utilization while controlling production costs and finished goods inventory
• Create feasible 18-month production plans for the factories/outsources under responsibility considering production constraints and relevant lead time.
• Identify practical issues / possible problems and possible opportunities concerning major events e.g. factory shutdowns, timing of promotion activities, transition of old/new products and etc
• Give advance information on labor requirements for short to medium term.
• Analyze and proactive/ effective communication supply issues to relevant parties
  • Highlighting all supply issues
  • Detailing impacts of proposed action and related trade offs.
• Ensuring actions and Supply Plans are realistic and achievable in accordance with Business Planning Process.
• Be effective member in New Product Development Process (Both domestic and IMSP) , ensure all planning activities along the process are meet target timeline and support product launch.
• Analyze relevant supply parameters and seek improvements on regular basis to manage lot sizes, cycle time, production frequency, frozen period, R&P inventory level etc, to drive optimum FG inventory level.
• Engage in NCE activities to have continuous improvements.

JOB REQUIREMENTS:

• At least 2 years of relevant operational experience, especially in FMCG, at least one of the following areas:
  • Supply Planning
  • Factory Planning
  • Demand Planning
  • Import / Export Operations
• Additional experience in customer service and procurement would be beneficial
• Proven ability to stay focused and productive under pressure.
• Demonstrates a proactive approach to problem-solving and decision-making.
• Maintains a high level of attention to detail, ensuring accuracy in work outputs and consistency in execution across tasks.