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For our client in Utrecht Harvey Nash is looking for a Demand Planning Supporter

Startdate: asap

Duration: 3 months

Hours: Fulltime

The demand planning department is responsible for creating and managing the demand forecasts of our customers so that we consistently and accurately predict their orders.

In this position you will report the Demand Planning Manager NL. You will be part of the Customer Service & Logistics Department with a strong link with Sales, Finance, Marketing, HR and BIS departments.

The role requires a balance between commercial awareness, supply chain acumen and interpersonal skills.

Job Dimensions

* Monitoring daily administrative stock accuracy

1 Inventory snapshot between logistics service provider and client.

2 Processing and solving interface irregularities in SAP

3 Processing and monitoring in-transit stocks between plants and the 3PL warehouse

4 Root cause analyses for above mentioned information flows including proposals for continuous improvement

5 Signal deviations and trends in stock developmen

* Coordinating co-pack activity

* Ordering packaging materials

* Manage the process with external co-packers and proactively signal on deviations to secure timely resolution of issues

* Monitor related rental contracts.

* Pro-actively participate in NPD-projects concerning co-pack activities and advise on optimal routes towards least landed costs

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* Plan and manage third party supply (Comanufacturing activities):

* Manage the demand planning process (incl. NPD’s)

* Identify and initiate improvements for the 3rd party planning process

* Send forecast, inventory levels and/or requested production quantities produced to Comanufacturer.

* Enter and change PO’s for to be shipped quantities to local warehouse.

* Follow up on production planning, produced and shipped quantities.

* Securing accurate base volumes and ensuring customers’ events are entered into Manugistics in a timely manner, and managing the phasing and scale of all event / NPD volume.

* You will communicate effectively with order entry and supply planning to ensure they have the information they require to manage their part of the total supply chain effectively.

* Produce weekly reports

Key Skills/Experience Required

* You have excellent customer facing qualities and are a pro-active team player who helps building high performance teams.

* Commercial affinity and customer focus, ability to challenge commercial and supply colleagues on the quality of their input

* Can-do attitude with pro-active approach and fostering open communication

* Good in taking initiatives and be a problem solver (able to identify a problem and lead the process till its final solution). Taking others with you on realizing a sustainable solution.

* Strongly service oriented, manages balance well between service and costs.

* High level of pro-activity, driven, enthusiastic and a high energy level

* Master degree level, preferably in Logistics/Supply Chain Management;

* >2 years Supply Chain experience in preferable FMCG;

* Previous employment as demand planner in FMCG or preferable food environment an advantage;

* Experience with working in a professional planning tool (SAP APO, Manugistics, FuturMaster or like)

* Experience in working with SAP is preferable

* Additional certificates like APICS-CPIM and LEAN Six Sigma are an advantage;

* Previous customer collaboration experience an advantage;

* Knowledge of retail supply chains

* Computer literate: Excel, Word, Power Point

* Language skills : excellent knowledge of Dutch with good knowledge of English

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