Supply Planning Lead

Job Location: Pune

Company description

Ferrero is a family-owned company with a truly progressive and global outlook and iconic brands such as Nutella®, Tic Tac®, Ferrero Rocher®, Raffaello®, Kinder Bueno® and Kinder Surprise®. As the love for our brands continues to grow, so too does our global reach. Represented in more than 50 countries, with products sold in more than 170, the Ferrero Group is loved by generations around the world. The secret to our global success? 40,000 dedicated employees who celebrate care and quality to craft a business, careers and brands we are proud of. Join us, and you could be one of them.

Diversity Statement

Ferrero is committed to building a diverse and inclusive culture in which all employees feel welcomed and appreciated and have the same opportunities. We believe all of our people are equally talented in their own way. In nurturing the curiosity and natural abilities of our employees, we provide them, generation after generation, the means to succeed personally and professionally, enabling them to craft their journey at Ferrero. The diversity of our talents is what makes our work environment multicultural, innovative and highly rewarding.

About the Role:

Leading strategic projects to optimize Supply Planning processes within Ferrero India, conducting in-depth analysis and ensuring improvement in Planning KPIs of Inventory coverage, Sales forecast accuracy and Stock Freshness

Main Responsibilities:

• Lead and manage Supply Planning Projects from inception to completion, ensuring timely delivery and alignment with business goals
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including Plant planning, Customer Service, Demand Planning and Trade Marketing, to achieve project milestones and deliverables
• Accountable for Weekly Inventory review for all Stock keeping units and taking actions to maintain optimal inventory
• Proposes strategies for Inventory Optimization within the Ferrero products and aligning the Target Stock Coverage with Area Operating Planning
• Conduct detailed analyses of supply chain data to identify trends, opportunities, and areas for improvement
• Leading the Weekly Operative Consensus meetings to highlight the critical stock situations and identifies potential solutions to mitigate risk
• Regularly supervises the stock availability throughout the region network including the Direct delivery locations
• Provide the analysis of logistic network and transportation constraints to anticipate the risk of not accomplishing demand
• Initiates the Weekly Reason Code Management cycle in collaboration with Customer Service to ensure accuracy of Customer Order data
• Analyses the Service Level losses and drives actions plans to minimize the impact on service level
• Coordinates with Demand Planner to highlight constrained supplies vs unconstrained demand in S&OP meetings
• Builds and maintains relevant dashboards to review Performance vs Plan
• Develop and maintain key performance indicators (KPIs) to monitor supply chain performance, such as forecast accuracy, inventory coverage and service levels

Who we are looking for:

EDUCATION
Postgraduation – preferably in a operations with minimum 4-7 year of experience
SPECIFIC KNOWLEGE (if required)

• Understanding of Supply/ Demand planning business drivers, organization structures and key metrics
• Knowledge of Supply Chain processes and Operations
• Project Management
• Familiar to KPIs – Forecast Accuracy, Inventory coverage, Freshness, Service Level
• Sound knowledge of Inventory Management, Inventory Value and Working capital
• Customer Service Level, Order Management, and other Customer service related concepts
• Understanding of End-to-End Planning processes
• Understanding of Production processes and plant operations
• APICS or any other supply chain certification preferred

Skills required

• Ability to manage multiple stakeholders and changing priorities supported by timely and appropriate decisions in the interest of business
• Collaborative and Data driven
• Ability to deal with challenging timelines and willingness to go extra mile
• Logical blend of mind
• Mindset of 100% customer satisfaction, Service oriented
• Negotiation skills
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Proficiency in MS Office (MS Excel, Power Point etc.)
• Knowledge of SAP APO 3.0 is a must

Job Referral Code: B

How to be successful in the role and at Ferrero:

Consumers, quality and care are at the heart of everything we do. So, to be successful at Ferrero, you’ll need to be just as consumer and product centric as we are – dedicated to crafting brilliant results for consumers around the world.