Join us as our Supply & Demand Planner!

Are you a driven and ambitious supply chain professional and do you have a commercial and operational mindset?
Are you a self-motivated team player with a desire to take on responsibility and able to work under pressure in a fast-paced environment?
Are you ready for a challenging career with the ability to advance personally and professionally in a successful and fast-growing company with innovative and tasty products?
Join us as our Supply & Demand Planner!
We are currently looking for a Supply & Demand Planner who will be responsible for continuing our journey to improve our forecasting, demand and production planning processes within the Beverage business unit. The Supply & Demand Planner holds a critical role in our organization with an end-to-end scope and multiple stakeholders. You work closely with sales leaders to ensure the accurate forecasting - operational forecast vs tactical forecast and actual sales. You align stock allocation with commercial, in partnership with supply planning and customer care.
Does This Sound Like You? Then this could be an opportunity for you!
At Barry Callebaut, we are on a journey to transform the cocoa and chocolate industry. As the world’s leading manufacturer of high-quality chocolate and cocoa products, our actions truly shape the future of our industry. We are a business-to-business company, serving the entire food sector, from the cocoa bean to the finest chocolate product. We are a company with a purpose, we believe in doing well by doing good and reinvesting in the communities we operate. We have a long-standing commitment to sustainability and our goal is to shape a sustainable cocoa and chocolate future. We are headquartered in Zurich, and have more than 13,000 passionate Employees working in more than 40 countries worldwide. We are very proud of who we are and what we do. And of course, we are always looking for talented people to help us have a positive impact on our industry and beyond!
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE
As our Supply & Demand Planner you will
● Drive and ensure an accurate forecast in close cooperation with sales and marketing, including identifying possible risks in relation to our customer agreements
● Challenge forecast based on historical, current and future market trends
● Challenge commercial leadership & customer assumptions where necessary using strong data-based analysis to ensure realism
● Weekly analysis on the inventory levels based on planning for future sales
● Run relevant demand planning reports and prepare input for S&OP meetings.
● Take ownership of operation and development of the S&OP process together with finance
● Utilize existing KPI reports to identify and implement improvement opportunities for the value chain, including monitoring products with a low turnover rate, and in collaboration with logistics alert relevant stakeholders regarding possible need for action
● KPI responsibility for Stock Levels, Forecast Accuracy, OTIF Supplier
● Provide feedback, follow-up and continuous information about plans and results to maintain stakeholder engagement
● Act as an early warning system, identify possible risks and initiate corrective actions related to capacity constraints
● Optimizing collaboration and processes across the organization
● Support the development of long-term capacity plans
● Support the volume yearly budgeting process for your business unit
● Lead process improvement and other key projects
ABOUT YOU - Things We Will Be Looking For
Professional qualifications
● Degree in a relevant discipline, preferably within Supply Chain or equivalent level of knowledge
● Several years of relevant work experience from Supply Chain work in a transaction-intensive, fast-moving environment, preferably in a manufacturing or FMCG environment
● Strong IT skills within SAP (R/3 and APO DP) and excel.
● Solid experience with Google applications (Docs, Sheets, Slides)
● Fluent in Swedish and English, both spoken and written
● Proven record of meeting goals, deadlines and experience in creating and implementing short-and long-term plans and following up goals.
● Experience in analyzing current business situations, including store capacity and goods flow operations, and can formulate appropriate actions to continually improve the result.
● It is a great advantage to have previous experience from a global and fast-paced environment where structure and processes had to be set at the same time as the business developed
Personal skills
● Excellent analytics, communication, and collaboration skills. Able to work in virtual teams and cross-functional teams.
● Ability to balance day-to-day detail with long-term helicopter view, combined with a result driven attitude
● Ability to see the big picture and dig into details when necessary
● Curious and dares to challenge existing ways of working to achieve results
● Flexible as a person, fits in an entrepreneurial growth environment
● Ability to actively prioritize own tasks as well as support team in prioritizations
● Analytical mind, structured with attention to details, critical thinking and problem-solving skills
● Passionate about improving, creating and adapting procedures, structures and working methods
● Ability to grow personally and professionally
● An ambassador of the Barry Callebaut values: Customer Focus, Passion, Entrepreneurship, Team Spirit and Integrity