Food Planner

Lavazza Group; Torino; Ibrido; EUR 35.000 - 50.000; Tempo pieno

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A renowned coffee roaster in Turin is seeking a Food Planner to manage production planning aligned with commercial needs. The role includes developing production plans, coordinating raw materials, and monitoring KPIs. The ideal candidate has 3-5 years in production planning and strong analytical skills. A hybrid working environment and comprehensive welfare package are offered.

Servizi

Comprehensive welfare package

Hybrid working policy

Company restaurant service

Access to corporate gym

Competenze

• 3-5 years of experience in production planning focusing on finished goods.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to remain calm under pressure.
• Fluent in English for daily work and collaboration.

Mansioni

• Collaborate with teams to manage demand forecasts.
• Build and maintain medium- and long-term production plans.
• Monitor KPIs and prepare performance reports with strategic insights.

Conoscenze

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Teamwork

Flexibility

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Job Description

As a Food Planner, you’ll play a key role in ensuring production planning is aligned with commercial needs and runs efficiently. You’ll develop medium- and long-term production plans based on demand forecasts, allocate volumes across internal and external manufacturing sites, and support resource planning. You’ll also coordinate raw materials and packaging, contribute to new product development planning, and monitor KPIs to provide actionable insights to management.

Key Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Commercial Demand Planning teams to gather and analyze forecasts by product and country.
• Build and maintain medium- and long-term production plans.
• Allocate production volumes across in-house and third-party sites, analyzing cost efficiency, capacity constraints, quality standards, and lead times.
• Support production budget management and track costs and resource allocations (machinery, labor, materials).
• Coordinate planning of raw materials, semi-finished goods, and packaging to ensure availability aligns with production needs.
• Work cross-functionally with R&D and Marketing to align production planning with new product development and launches.
• Review and adjust production plans based on demand fluctuations, production capabilities, or external factors.
• Monitor KPIs and prepare performance reports with strategic insights.
• Stay up to date on industry trends, emerging technologies, and best practices in production planning.

Requirements & Competencies

• 3–5 years of experience in production planning, with a strong focus on finished goods.
• Strong analytical skills and attention to detail.
• Flexibility and ability to remain calm under pressure.
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills.
• Strong organizational and multitasking abilities.
• Fluent in English, confident in daily work and cross-functional collaboration.
• Location: Nuvola HQ, Turin, Italy

In Return We Offer

• Comprehensive welfare package including short working week during summer months.
• Hybrid working policy (10 days a month remote working).
• Company restaurant service.
• Access to our corporate gym.
• A fast paced and dynamic international context.

What next?

• Our Talent Acquisition Team will assess your application and if you have what we’re looking for, you'll be contacted for an initial interview.
• If you make it to the short list, you’ll be interviewed by the Hiring Manager and if necessary, other members of the hiring panel.
• In some cases, you may be required to show us your skills via technical challenge.

Who We Are

Our Group was founded in Turin in 1895, has been owned by the Lavazza family for four generations. As one of the world’s most important coffee roasters, we operate in more than 140 countries through our brands, subsidiaries and distributors, with a total of over 5,500 employees.

Every day we operate in all sectors of the coffee industry, offering our products through every channel and positioning our brands as a high-quality blend.

We are a community of single origins united into a perfect blend, humans enriching one another through our mutual diversity.

Awakening a better world every morning: the commitment we make every single day.

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