Production & Supply Planner (Planning Service Center) - Zone Europe

Nestlé; Esplugues de Llobregat; On-site; EUR 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Pension plan

Hybrid work environment

Health insurance

Job summary

Nestlé Global Services in Barcelona seeks a Concurrent Planner (Production & Supply Planner) to join our Planning Service Center. You will ensure product availability across markets, optimize Total Delivered Cost and orchestrate end-to-end planning processes with multi-functional teams.

You will generate and review production and deployment plans, partner with stakeholders, and drive best practices to improve planning performance and supply chain outcomes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a relevant field.
• 3+ years in supply planning, production and demand planning or distribution planning.
• Experience in a multinational setting and ERP systems.

Responsibilities

• Generate 18 months production plan respecting capacity and service levels.
• Provide visibility of committed capacity through scenario planning.
• Conduct risk analysis and communicate impacts to stakeholders.
• Review inventory targets and ensure alignment with demand plans.
• Lead stakeholder reviews with factories and markets.

Skills

Fluent English

Cross-cultural collaboration

Stakeholder management

Supply planning

Production planning

Demand planning

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, Business or Economics

Master’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Operations Management

Tools

ERP system

Job description

Position Snapshot

• Location: Esplugues de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain
• Company: Nestlé Global Services
• Full-time
• Function: Demand and Supply Planning
• Bachelor’s/ Master’s Degree
• 3+ years of working experience in Supply Chain, Supply Planning, and any relevant experience

Position Summary

We are looking for Concurrent Planner (Production & Supply Planner) to join our Planning Service Center in Barcelona and play a key role in ensuring product availability for the assigned supply network while optimizing Total Delivered Cost (TDC).

In this role you will contribute to efficient end‑to‑end supply planning processes by orchestrating teams that impact the production and supply plan attainment, leveraging the technology available and ensuring the best practices are in place.

You will generate and review production plans, manage deployment plans, and partner with multi‑functional stakeholders across markets and categories, directly influencing planning performance and business success, and shaping the supply chain of tomorrow.

Key Responsibilities

• Capacity and production planning
  • Generate 18 months production plan that respects available capacity and ensures service in all markets.
  • Provide visibility of Committed Capacity through scenario planning.
  • Scenario planning and communicating the risk of service failures to appropriate stakeholders in factory, markets and others.
  • Work hand in hand with the factories to align committed capacity and production requirements.
• Supply Planning
  • Review and confirm production requirements from the signed‑off demand plan, respecting inventory targets and considering network complexity and supply constraints.
  • Ensure the produced goods are reaching the market to avoid any out‑of‑stock risks in collaboration with relevant stakeholders (i.e., Manufacturing) in the 18‑month horizon.
  • Provide up‑to‑date Master Data and system alignment with realistic production process.
• Risk Management
  • Run what‑if scenarios to resolve supply / demand gaps and determine feasibility of scenario solution based on business requests.
  • Bring attention to potential supply issues in advance. Provide a thorough analysis of the impacts of proposed actions and associated trade‑offs. Ensure actions and supply plans are realistic and achievable.
• Inventory Management
  • Review inventory targets and work towards reducing these targets without putting at risk the availability of products.
• Stakeholder Management
  • Collaborate with stakeholders to ensure the fulfilment of the role’s objectives.
  • Lead review meetings with the factories and markets.

What will make you successful

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, Business or Economics
• Master’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Operations Management
• Fluency in English is a must and any other European language would be value adding
• +3 years of experience in supply planning, production and demand planning or/and distribution planning, logistics role
• +3 years of experience working with an ERP system
• Exposure to working in a multinational setting, where they have gained experience navigating diverse cultural dynamics, managing cross‑border operations, and coordinating with global stakeholders. They should be adaptable and culturally sensitive, capable of collaborating effectively with colleagues from different backgrounds and locations to achieve common supply chain objectives.

We offer you

• Great benefits including competitive salary and a comprehensive social benefits package. We have one of the most competitive pension plans on the market, as well as flexible remuneration with tax advantages: health insurance, restaurant card, mobility plan, etc.
• Personal and professional growth through ongoing training and constant career opportunities reflecting our conviction that people are our most important asset.
• Hybrid working environment with flexible working scheme. Our state‑of‑the‑art campus is dog friendly and equipped with a medical centre, canteen and areas to co‑create network and chill!
• Recreation activities such as yoga, Zumba, etc. and a wide range of volunteering activities.

At Nestlé, we are strongly committed to providing equal opportunities for all individuals. We value diversity in age, ethnicity, nationality, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, sex characteristics, social origin, religion or belief, and disability.