Senior Specialist, Demand Planning

 

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Nestlé USA, Inc. seeks a Senior Specialist, Demand Planning in Arlington VA

Duties: Acts as the main point of contact with Marketing, Sales, and Finance with responsibility for developing the aligned sales and operational forecast for Nestlé products. Lead the process to achieve alignment in forecast assumptions. Responsible for reporting out demand plan accuracy. Build a rolling demand forecast by item by shipping DC for assigned portion of the product portfolio. Analyze product and customer performance to inform item specific forecast assumptions. Utilize available syndicated data to analyze trends related to consumption, distribution, incremental mix in development of demand plan. Monitor metrics to identify potential inventory problems through all planning horizons and coordinate efforts to resolve. Provide visibility to sales forecast in the format, level and detail required by all customers. Communicate changes timely including underlying documented assumptions. Work cross-functionally with Brand/Category, Finance, Sales, and broader Supply Chain teams to influence and align on key demand forecast assumptions focused on driving forecast accuracy improvements. Work with customer sales teams to ensure customer events are accurately captured in forecasted plans. Lead and facilitate cross functional meetings to drive alignment on the end-to-end plans. Develop and lead short term projects related to capacity/demand studies and other objectives related to demand planning. Develop conclusions and make recommendations about forecast opportunities and risks to maximize business unit performance.

 

Requirements:

 

Requires a Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent in Operations Management, Industrial Engineering, or related field plus 5 years of experience in the job offered or in Engineering and Operations in the Consumer Packaged Goods industry. Job requires 3 years of experience in each of the following:

• Experience utilizing a ERP system;
• Analyzing and interpreting data using SAP and other ERP systems to help impact demand and business planning in the medium and long term future;
• Experience using syndicated data sources, Office 365 and advanced Excel skills;
• Working in inter-market supply markets;
• Experience utilizing APO Demand and Supply Networking planning solution;
• Experience in driving continuous improvement and change in management.

Telework is available up to 3 days per week.

 

Work Location: 1812 N Moore St, Arlington VA 22209

To Apply: Please email resume to: nestlejobsgm@us.nestle.com. Please reference Job Code 0494. No calls.

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