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Supply Planner

  • Welwyn Garden City (Hertfordshire)
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Job description

Nestlé Cereal Partners UK

Supply Planner – Supply Chain

Based in Welwyn Garden City

Salary: circa £36,000 depending on experience + potential bonus + fantastic benefits

We have a great opportunity for an individual to join Cereal Partners as a Supply Planner in the Supply Planning Team.

Do you have experience of a dynamic fast paced supply chain environment? Do you have the ability to analyse and interpret data? Do you have the mind-set and initiative for continuous improvement? Then this could be the role you’re looking for.

Our supply chain really is at the heart of all operations at Nestlé from sourcing raw materials right through to delivering the end product to our customer. Working closely with these customers and our internal colleagues, we are able to manage one of the FMCG industry’s most complex and sophisticated value chains, putting the consumer at the heart of everything we do.

At Cereal Partners UK we have established ourselves as one of the largest cereal manufacturers in the UK, making many well-loved brands with a long heritage such as Shredded Wheat, Cheerios & Shreddies. Our aim is simple: to provide high quality, nutritious and great tasting breakfast cereals. You could join our mission to create a nation of Cereal Lovers!

What can you expect?

With knowledge and a clear understanding of Supply Chain you will maintain forward visibility of future Out of Stock risks, preventing shortages and communicating upcoming issues to key stakeholders. You will engage with a wide variety of stakeholders at all levels both from across our European Network and within the UK&I. There is significant opportunity to challenge current ways of working and processes and be integral in shaping the Cereal Partners Supply Planning team’s focus for the future.

Key responsibilities include:
· Plan & manage an aligned 18 month production plan for some of the Customer Branded production lines at our Bromborough Factory
· Manage inbound supply from European production locations into the UK distribution network
· Leveraging relationships with Factories, Demand Planning, Distribution, Event Management, Customer Facing Supply Chain and Sales colleagues to ensure the highest possible service levels
· Acting to maintain best in class standards of Communication on upcoming Supply & Capacity Issues to key stakeholders
· Ensuring the optimum levels of stock across our distribution network to deliver excellent customer service, while maximising Freshness and eliminating Waste
· Ensure Agile Availability in order to support the Business in delivering short-term opportunities and driving profitable growth
· Participate in cross stream projects and problem solving focused on root causing supply issues and implement improvement plans to prevent reoccurrence

Who are we looking for?

As the successful candidate, you will be of graduate calibre (or equivalent), have strong operational experience with significant experience within Supply Chain. If you come from a forecasting or planning background, this would be an added advantage.

You will have the ability to plan ahead and meet deadlines and be able to achieve results and make an impact whilst building strong relationships with key stakeholders.
Other competencies required are:
· IT Literate with intermediate to advanced Excel skills
· Attention to detail
· Analytical skills
· Strong learning agility to adopt new tools and processes
· Continuous Improvement mind set
· Influencing skills
In return, the Supply Chain team will offer you all the support and guidance necessary to succeed. This is a great opportunity to work within a talented and dedicated team.

What you need to know

The closing date for this role is 28 th September 2018

We will be considering candidates as they apply, so please don’t delay in submitting your application.

To find out more about our Nestlé Cereal Partners, please visit https://www.nestle-cereals.com/uk/en

Nestlé UK&I is committed to equal opportunity for all. We may collect relevant data for monitoring as part of our candidate registration process.

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