Demand Planner, Term to Nov 2024 - St. Marys, Canada - Trouw Nutrition

Trouw Nutrition

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St. Marys, Canada

2 weeks ago

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Sophia Lee

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DEMAND PLANNER
Trouw Nutrition is hiringa Demand Planner to join our team in the St-Mary's, ON.

As a demand planner, you are responsible for creating, monitoring, analyzing and improving the demand forecast for both the short and long term, various product types, brands and channels.

You do this in cooperation with the sales and supply chain (operations) teams and contribute to the clarity towards our regional Mills about capacity needs.

This is a bilingual French/English position.

In this position, you get the opportunity to develop yourself within a broad field of the supply chain and operations.

The emphasis is on the cooperation with the sales, supply chain and operations departments, and the colleagues in our different production locations.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

In addition to ensuring a smooth monthly demand forecast process, you are also responsible for monitoring the forecast accuracy and you are constantly looking for solutions and tools to improve the accuracy of the plan.

Specific responsibilities include, but are not limited to the following:

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FORECASTING:Preparing an accurate demand forecast for all products with a horizon of 18 months

Maintaining the demand planning master data, systems and software, and maintaining relevant data and monitors /analyses trends.

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DATA AND INFORMATION:Communicating with Sales about seasonal effects, promotions, market trends, distribution changes, tenders, product introductions and product terminations

Leading and further shaping the monthly demand meeting, in which the input from sales is discussed beforehand
Informing of the organization when stock levels, outbound deliveries and/ or customer service are at risk
Identifying variances based upon historical production performance and expected future activities of products, and planning inventory needs for future demand.

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COLLABORATION:Achieve consensus for operational demand forecasts by facilitating a collaborative planning process with sales & operations

Contribute to optimal supply chain activities working closely with Supply chain and operation teams.

Preferred Hiring Criteria:

You have a diploma in the field of logistic, operations, administration, or equivalent;
Roughly 35 years of experience in a similar position
Excellent verbal and written communication skills in French & English
You have experience with forecasting and sales and operations planning
Excellent knowledge in Microsoft Office (in particular of MS Excel) is a requirement
Experience with Power BI and a Demand planning system would be an asset.

REQUIRED SKILLS:

Strong leadership and communication skills to drive vision / direction for supply management in the organization
Resultsoriented, and thrive in a fast paced, demanding environment
Proven problem solving and customer service skills
Ability to quickly prioritize individual responsibilities and effectively manage time
You have excellent communication and negotiation skills, know how to convince and persuade, and always maintain a constructive, trusted relation with your stakeholders

_ WE TAKE GREAT CARE OF YOU _

_ Commitment to continuous learning | Supportive team | Attractive total compensation package | Competitive health benefits that start on your first day | Above-average compensation commensurate to experience_

Our corporate values FEED your career: Passion | Inclusivity | Integrity | Trust | Curiosity. _These values are engrained into our core and shape everything we do_

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