Deployment Specialist

Foods you love. Brands you trust. And a career that empowers you to grow. 
 
At Nestlé USA, we’re all working towards the same goal – to delight and deliver for our consumers. With a rich portfolio of beloved brands, including DiGiorno, Toll House, and Coffee mate, in 97% of U.S. households, we have a unique opportunity – and responsibility – to be there for every moment in our consumers’ lives.

 

Joining Nestlé means becoming part of an inclusive workplace that inspires innovation, encourages strategic thinking and creativity, and celebrates your achievements. No matter where you work within the organization, you are empowered to challenge the status quo, embrace risk-taking, and pioneer new ideas. Our supportive and collaborative environment encourages bold ambitions and continuous learning so that everyone can grow and thrive.
 
This position is not eligible for Visa Sponsorship.

 

 

POSITION SUMMARY: 
Here, you will find limitless opportunities to learn and advance your career, and feel empowered to succeed in the workplace and beyond. Because our focus is not only on nourishing our customers, it’s about enriching you. Supply Chain at Nestlé At Nestlé USA, our Supply Chain team is driven by the desire to deliver premier service and support to our trusted retail partners. Inspired by our company’s four key Ways of Winning – Speed, Agility, Collaboration, and Courage, Nestlé’s Supply Chain professionals strive to efficiently and effectively distribute ourproducts “wherever and whenever” needed while fulfilling our commitments and delivering outstanding value to our customers. Position summary: Daily review of current and short term inventory level projections, analysis of immediate term distribution plans to identify gaps or remove excess recommendations, and make final decisions on product movement that fits within current network capacity constraints and achieves the operational objectives of maximizing service and minimizing waste.

 

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:

•  Make experience based and data driven decisions that aim to minimize service risk in scenarios with imperfect solutions.
•  Communicate regional inventory gaps to internal/external stakeholders and be accountable for service results.
•  Be a key advocate for smooth flow of supply and drive transparency when supply is constrained.
•  Push end to end collaboration and continuous improvement in areas that affect supply, service or waste.
•  Daily review of event exceptions that impact short term inventory projections such as ‘late incubation release’, ‘loads in the past’, ‘in-transits in the past’. Follow up with key cross functional teams to resolve event exceptions and reduce future event exceptions.
•  Reconcile and confirm dispatch plans. Adjust dispatch plans where needed to account for redeployment decisions, possible spoilage, rebalancing inventory levels, production planning variance, or aging of stock.
•  Work closely with Factory and Transportation teams to ensure production deployment is completed timely and reduces need for future re-deployment.
•  Ensure supply moves fit within short term DC/Factory/Warehouse space and throughput capacity. React to current capacity constraints by prioritizing inventory moves, reducing truckloads, pushing out supply moves all while solving for service.
•  Make decisions on inventory movement that maximizes supply payload. Build and optimize truckloads using system tools to improve payload while maintaining target service levels. Research examples where payload is not met to identify  root cause and drive improvement.
•  Identify the need to expedite inventory movement and facilitate process with cross functional partners.
•  Build Stock Transfer Orders (STOs) according to aligned cut-off times
•  Check Available To Promise (ATP) inventory and confirm inventory to STO Delivery Notes according to aligned cut-off times
•  Coordinate the deployment of semi-finished product (SFP) from Nestle distribution centers/contract warehouses to Nestle plants/co-manufacturers in support of plant master production schedules. (where applicable)
•  Execute moves for potential salvage waste or specific moves to help solve for capacity.

 

REQUIREMENTS:

• College degree or equivalent experience preferred.
• Must have ability to work well with others and demonstrate desire to collaborate team environment.

 

EXPERIENCE:

• Previous supply chain work experience is preferred! Demonstrated experience working well with members of the team.
• Demonstrated ability to focus with limited distraction and work in a fast paced environment.

 

SKILLS:

• Strong analytical and organizational skills, time management