Position Snapshot

Location: Belgrade

Team: Demand & Supply Planning

Line Manager: FRNF-SCN Category Supply Lead - Flavor World

Position Summary

Are you ready for your next challenges?

As a Category Production Planner, you will build production plans, collaborate with Market Planners, provide information on labor requirements, identify opportunities for improvement and contribute to cross-functional planning activities in the largest food and beverages company.

Category Production Planner

A day in the life of Category Production Planner

• Build production plans respecting the agreed level of available capacity to ensure that finished and semi-finished goods are available with high freshness, at the right stock location to meet customer demand whilst minimizing cost (optimize service at the best E2E cost)

• Establishes an 18 month production plan for the factories within the scope of responsibility (including sub/contracting and/or co-manufacturing where relevant) ensuring continuous product availability in all Receiving locations

• Collaborate with Receiving Market Planners to set Finished Goods stock policies, periodically reviewing levels and resolving deviations.

• Provides information on labour requirements through Committed Capacity

• Regularly challenge manufacturing for lot sizes, cycle times, and inventory levels, aiming for optimal Finished Goods inventory levels.

• Identifies possible opportunities and improvements in collaboration with the factory

• Coordinates AVC Consolidation, volume Forecast Affiliates and is SPOC for Market Controlling

• Contribute to cross functional planning activities such as MPR according to Best Practice.

• Actively supports the Strategic Volume Planning process (i.e. Capex Planning) by providing capacity simulations, scenario planning and contingency proposals

What will make you successful?

• Ideally, you are a proactive person with strong analytical skills and data-driven thinking who has university degree in relevant field and 2-3 years of relevant work experience.

• You have strong communication skills and a willingness to work in a international team environment.

• You have excellent knowledge of English language, both written and spoken.

• You are advanced user of MS Office package.

What we offer?

• A culture that fosters inclusion, diversity and innovation

• International work environment

• Work from Home - Hybrid and flexible approach

• Private Health Insurance including annual medical check-up for employees

• Annual leave quota higher than defined by law (up to 30 days)

• Paid parental leave as per Parental Policy

• Modern and pet friendly office

• Coffee and fruits

• And many other benefits

What are you waiting for?

If you are interested in this career opportunity and what to join our team, please submit your application. We review all applications on an ongoing basis, so please do not delay your submission. By sending us your CV you also give us the right to collect and process your personal data, as part of our candidate registration process.

Please apply with a CV in English.

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