VIE 12 months - Junior Demand Planner - Milan - January 1, 2027 - M/W

Danone; Lombardia; On-site; EUR 11,000 - 20,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Social coverage by Business France

2.5 paid leave days per month

Monthly allowance per Business France

Job summary

Danone in Milan invites applications for a VIE position within the Demand Planning Team in the Supply Chain division. You will work with multiple departments to sharpen analytical skills and reveal competitive market insights for dairy and ambient products.

You’ll support daily demand planning activities and key projects, learning to balance service levels with efficiency. You will forecast short- and long-term demand using historical data and inputs from sales, marketing, and category teams,

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Economics or Management Engineering or similar.
• Problem solving and entrepreneurial thinking.
• Structured and analytical way of working.
• Relational skills and flexibility.
• SAP knowledge will be a plus.
• Excel and PowerPoint knowledge.
• Fluent in English and ideally in Italian.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with several company departments to develop analytical skills and understand competitive dynamics of the dairy & ambient products market.
• Support the Demand Planning team in day-to-day activities and projects.
• Prepare short- and long-term forecast based on historical data and input from the top line team (sales, marketing, category).
• Manage forecast activities using the IBP tool (master data, promo events, phase-in/phase-out products).
• Analyze tool output to identify the most appropriate forecasting algorithm.
• Ensure high forecast accuracy to balance zero waste and high customer service level.
• Interface with supply planning to anticipate issues that affect service and waste.
• Prepare and present all reporting for the demand planning team to support daily activities.
• Collaborate with the finance dept to support the GPS process.
• Analyze data, derive insights, and fuel TopLine growth ideas.

Skills

Problem solving

Structured & analytical

Relational skills

Flexibility

Fluent English

Italian language ideal

Education

Master’s degree in Economics or Management Engineering or similar

Tools

SAP knowledge

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

About The Job

For our Supply Chain division in Milan we are looking for a VIE for our Demand Planning Team.

During your experience you’ll be part of a young and dynamic team, you’ll get in touch with all company’s departments and you’ll contribute to the achievements of your team.

Your Role

You’ll collaborate with several company’s departments to develop your analytical skills and to discover competitive dynamics of dairy & ambient products’ market. You’ll support the Demand Planning team on day by day activities and projects.

In details, you'll be accountable to:

• Preparing short- and long-term forecast based on historical data and input from top line team (sales, mktg, category)
• Managing forecast activities using IBP the tool (masterdata, promo event, phase-in/phase-out product). Analyzing the output of the tool to identify the most appropriate statistical forecasting algorithm
• Assuring high level of forecast accuracy to balance between zero wastes and high customer service level
• Interfacing with supply planning dept to anticipate issue/change in forecasting trend that can affect the service and waste performance
• Preparing and animating all the reporting of the demand planning team, to support daily activities
• Collaborating with financial dept to support the GPS process
• Analyze data, look for insights, fuel the TopLine team with growth generating ideas

About You

To be able to achieve the above and be successful in this role, we believe you need to have:

• Master’s degree in Economics or Management Engineering or similar;
• Problem solving and entrepreneurial thinking;
• Structured and analytical way of working;
• Relational skills and flexibility;
• SAP Knowledge will be a plus
• Excel and Power Point knowledge;
• Fluent in English and ideally in Italian

Are You Eligible for a V.I.E.?

The V.I.E. (International Corporate Volunteer Program) is a scheme managed by Business France that enables European citizens to work internationally on behalf of a company. The contract duration ranges from 6 to 24 months.

To be eligible, you must:

- Be between 18 and 28 years old.

What Are the Contractual Benefits of a V.I.E.?

• Business France manages all administrative aspects of the volunteer's contract.
• Business France also provides comprehensive social coverage, including health insurance, maternity, disability, and workplace accident coverage.
• No income tax or social security contributions are deducted from the allowance. However, the V.I.E. program does not provide unemployment benefits or pension contributions.
• You are entitled to 2.5 days of paid leave per month.
• Your monthly allowance is determined according to the compensation scale established by Business France.

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About Us

As a world leading food company DANONE stands for international success. Around 104000 employees work on all five continents in the three Danone business areasEssential Dairy & Plant-Based, Specialized Nutrition and Wateron one corporate mission: “Bringing health through food to as many people as possible”.

We want to invite people to join the movement for a healthier world. We recognize the power peoplehave toimpact the world through their daily choices. Each time we eat and drink, we vote for the world we want to live in. We believe a healthy body needs healthy food and healthy food needs a healthy planet: this is what our new signatureOne Planet One Healthembodies.

Do things your way. The way you work, the way you develop, the way you progress, it’s all up to you.

Working here you’ll need to enjoy a fast-pace, complexity and it can get a little challenging. But it’s packed with opportunities. You’ll work with some of the best-known brands in the world and we absolutely guarantee that you can just be yourself.

Be innovative and entrepreneurial and the impact you could make might just amaze you. Join our movement for a healthier world. One Planet OneHealth BYYOU.

We offer

We believe in a “Phygital” workplace.

Phisycal because our offices are centrally located and easily reached by public transportation. Free water, yogurt andfruitsare of course benefits for our employees.

Digital as we work for objectives, without time or space constraints, in a responsible, autonomous and flexible way that helps to reconcile life and work times, improving productivity and focusing on results.

We offer you aculture,where you’ll bewelcomedto bring in ideas and takeinitiative. You’ll learn from colleagues highly committed and passionate about what they do. We believe in learning something new each day as it means you keep growing every day!

We believe everyone has talent, something which comesnaturalto you. Your uniqueness is something which brings both excellence as well as energizes you.

In Italy we are Certified Great Place to Work and B Corp.

Inclusive Diversity

Danone is committed to create and live an inclusive & diverse environment, which will drive our growth as a business, as teams, as members of communities & as individuals. Valuing diversity is recognizing and respecting human differences and similarities. Our aim is to ensure that all employees and applicants are given equal opportunity and that our organization is representative of our consumers and society.

We commit to foster an inclusive working environment where we celebrate all types of diversity, both visible and invisible, which includes age, race, gender, nationality, disability, background, education, religion, beliefs, thinking style, perspectives and sexual orientation.

We believe that our differences will make the difference

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