Market Distribution / Load Planning Executive

Nestlé; Petaling Jaya; On-site; MYR 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading food and beverage company in Selangor seeks a Market Distribution/Load Planning Executive to manage stock availability and demand planning efficiently. The ideal candidate will have relevant experience in demand and supply planning, project management, and should hold a Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management or Logistics. This role offers a dynamic, inclusive work environment with significant opportunities for growth and development.

Qualifications

• Relevant operational experience in Demand & Supply Planning.
• Experience in project management in related field.
• Has worked in a LEAN organization.

Responsibilities

• Ensure availability of stocks to meet customer demand.
• Implement improvements to demand and supply processes.
• Analyze and communicate supply issues effectively.
• Manage inventory to minimize costs while maintaining availability.

Skills

Demand & Supply Planning

Project Management

Leadership

Inventory Management

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Supply Chain Management, Logistics, or a related field

Job description

Position Snapshot

Location: Petaling Jaya, Selangor

Company: Nestlé Products Sdn Bhd

Permanent – Full Time

Position Summary

Joining Nestlé means you are joining the largest Food and Beverage Company in the world. At our very core, we are a human environment – passionate people driven by the purpose of enhancing the quality of life and contributing to a healthier future. A Nestlé career empowers you to make an impact locally and globally, as you are provided with the opportunity to make a mark and stand out, as long as you seek it. With Nestlé, you are enabled and encouraged to grow not only as professionals, but also as people.

We are looking for a Market Distribution/Load Planning Executive to ensure the right stocks are available at correct location to meet customer demand and to best estimate projection forecast is released to supply planning effectively and efficiently.

A day in the life

• Consistently achieve sustainable Demand Plan Accuracy (DPA) improvement.
• Implement improvements to Demand and Supply Planning processes and tools to deliver tangible benefits (e.g.: time savings, increased efficiencies etc).
• Capture, prioritize, analyze and input Generating Demand events; customer, consumer & competitor information; other external / internal trends and influences, which impact demand plan.
• Communicate relevant information to Senior Management in accordance with the Consensus Demand Planning process;
• Drive fast, appropriate actions to minimize the impact of deviations from the Demand Plan and communicate these actions to stakeholders.
• Effectively use all Demand Planning system functionality to enable an exception based management approach.
• Consistently achieve sustainable Customer Service Level for domestic within the Working Capital and Freshness objectives by ensuring that the weekly planning process is executed on time.
• Inventory Management: Balance the need for product availability versus the need to minimise costs of inventory to ensure optimum stocks of the right material in the right location.
• Analyze and evaluate the supply plan and net despatch requirements to satisfy customer needs taking into account the network complexity and the supply constraints.
• Establish stock policies for Finished Goods. To do this for Inter Market Supply together with Planners of Producing Markets.
• Periodically review the stock level of the domestic to pro-actively look for solutions in case of deviations.
• Analyse and effectively communicate relevant information highlighting all supply issues and detailing impacts of proposed actions and related trade offs;
• Ensuring actions and Supply Plans are realistic and achievable in accordance with the Business Planning process.

What Will Make You Successful

• Two or four years of relevant operational experience at market/business level is useful, in at least one of the following areas:
• Demand & Supply Planning
• Project Management in the area of DSP

• Leadership role in one of the functions across Generating Demand or other Ensuring Supply areas of:
• Sales / Marketing
• Technical & Production
• Customer Service
• Demand & Supply Planning
• Supply Chain Development
• Purchasing

• Desirable to have had worked in a LEAN organization, who has adapted LEAN concepts and tools as part of their way of working.
• Bachelor's Degree in Supply Chain Management, Logistics, or a related field.
• Has 2+ years of working experience in related field.

We are Nestlé, the largest food and beverage company. We are 308,000 employees strong driven by the purpose of enhancing the quality of life and contributing to a healthier future. Our values are rooted in respect: respect for ourselves, respect for others, respect for diversity and respect for our future. With more than CHF 91.4 billion sales in 2018, we have an expansive presence with 413 factories in more than 85 countries. We believe our people are our most important asset, so we\'ll offer you a dynamic inclusive international working environment with many opportunities across different businesses, functions and geographies, working with diverse teams and cultures. Want to learn more? Visit us at www.nestle.com.