Position Snapshot
Business area: Nespresso Canada
Location: Montreal, QC located at 300 Léo-Pariseau, suite 2300 Montréal, QC Canada H2X 4B3;  Hybrid
Grade: 19

Position Summary 

The successful hire plays a key leadership role in the  Monthly Business Planning Process (S&OP) for  Coffee, Machines and Accessory categories  in both B2C and B2B channels. As part of the supply chain leadership team, manages  a team of demand and supply professionals  in driving the MBP discussion,  executing inventory strategies, and optimizing the end-to-end demand planning process and tools. The Senior Demand & Supply Planning Manager is responsible for a  central demand planning model which aims at improving and strengthening the interactions between the demand planning teams, the commercial functions to Contribute to Strategic and Tactical Business Planning. The Senior Demand & Supply Planning Manager plays an influential role with senior management through thorough in-depth analysis of all business categories influencing market MBP, & Strategic long term business planning. 
 
Additionally,  they will be owners to drive strategic, long-term change in inventory management and working capital, demand planning, and net profit opportunities with a focus on product life cycle, trend-based analysis at both the market and HQ management level. Additional responsibilities include the ability to lead cross functional projects across DSP including, creating new projects, leading as product manager, managing a team to ensure execution/completion. Core planning activities the Demand & Supply Planning Senior Manager will lead include top line forecasting for monthly business planning process/dynamic forecast, production planning, managing the portfolio lifecycle, creating forecasts by style and by distribution centre, and SKU mix analysis.
 
A day in the life: 
 

• Leader of Market Monthly Business Planning/Commercial review process  (Sales and Operations Planning) by driving discussion to meet commercial targets for B2C and B2B, drive opportunities and risks to deliver target growth, implement  improvements, and innovation in forecast accuracy and inventory planning across all business units.
• Owner of the Plan to Execute end to end process.  Own the bottoms up unit forecast for all channels across all categories; ECOM, BTQ's, Trade, B2B 
• Create a highly empowered, motivated Demand and Supply Planning team setting clear performance expectations and coaching for continuous improvements.
• Design scenario modelling strategies to maximize working capital. 
• Develop vision, strategy, and road map for End-to-End DSP / Plan to Execute processes, KPIs across the demand and supply planning team and working collaboratively with key stakeholders to deliver on that vision.        
• Ensure consistency of forecast assumptions across the business unit, including base business trends, promotional plans, new launch volumes, planogram changes and seasonal volume. 
• Own the year strategic roadmap for DSP  Planning that supports the needs of all businesses categories.                   
• Define key performance indicators, monitor, and benchmark performance with similar Nespresso Markets or Nestlé counterparts.                
• Ensure continuous alignment with Business priorities, initiatives and activities and the delivery of performance to agreed KPI levels.       
• Achieve network stability in both short and long term across all distribution centres and ports of entry through long term demand and supply planning strategies focusing on inventory management, capacity planning, production/manufacturing planning, and movement of goods. 
• Develop cross-functional alignment with Marketing and commercial (Ecom/ BTQ/ CRC; B2C/B2B) to ensure proper planning, allocation  and execution of promotional activities.
• Ensure an adequate level of flexibility of team structures and processes to:

               o    Meet ad-hoc customer requirements or to deal with unexpected Supply Chain disruptions.
               o    Adapt to changes in the market environment.  
 

 
What will make you successful?

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills: Bilingualism in French and English
• 5-8 years of relevant operational experience within Demand and Supply Planning 
• 3-5 years in managing a Monthly Business Planning cycle (Sales and operations planning/consensus)
• 5+ years’ experience in effective people management required.
• Strong negotiation skills, project, and trade-off management, including lead monthly forecast reviews, process, and negotiation with commercial functions.
• Knowledge in product portfolio management (type of demand, seasonality, lifecycle status, shelf-life)
• Experience with a demand statistical tool is an asset (OMP, SAS, SAP/APO, etc.) required.
• Advanced Computer skills (Excel, SQL and reporting tools such as Cognos any Business Intelligence) required.
• Advance knowledge of supply chain KPIs (demand plan accuracy, stock cover, stock availability, etc.)

We have a friendly, supportive team with a coaching and mentoring environment. There are real opportunities for future development and progression – this really could be a move towards the exciting Supply Chain career you’ve always wanted. 
 
What you need to know 

If you believe you have the profile we are looking for, please contact your line Manager before submitting your application and ensure this role is part of your PDP. We will be considering applicants as they apply, so please don’t delay in submitting your application.

Nestlé Canada is an equal-opportunity employer committed to diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility. We welcome qualified applicants to bring their diverse and unique experiences as a result of their education, perspectives, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veteran’s status, colour, religion, disability, sexual orientation and beliefs.

If you are selected to participate in the recruitment process, please inform Human Resources of any accommodations you may require. Nestlé will work with you in an effort to ensure that you are able to fully participate in the process.

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