Copack Planning Lead for Supply & NPD

JACOBS DOUWE EGBERTS; Utrecht; Hybrid; EUR 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

JDE Peet’s is seeking a Copack Planning Specialist to create a weekly supply plan for copacking activities in the Netherlands and Belgium. The role ensures optimal stock levels, service performance, and long-term capacity planning, collaborating with Supply Chain, Sales, Marketing, and external copack partners to launch new products and maintain supply integrity.

You will work across projects, monitor inventories, support NPDs and BOM setup, and help minimise obsolete stock while keeping stock

Qualifications

• 2–3 years of experience in Supply Chain or Sales (e.g. Demand, Inventory, or Supply Planning).
• Strong personality with drive, leadership potential, and initiative.
• Proactive mindset with a focus on identifying improvements and optimising processes.
• Affinity with operations including procurement, sourcing and manufacturing.
• Strong analytical skills with ability to break down complex problems and identify root causes.
• Project management skills and ability to independently lead projects.

Responsibilities

• Maintaining a helicopter view of copack operations and managing the copack plan, monitoring material inventories and copacker availability.
• Monitoring and managing stock levels to meet service levels and stay within min–max ranges.
• Participating in international projects related to copacking, inventory management, and packaging sustainability; reducing complexity.
• Initiating implementation for NPDs, displays, or outer cases; supporting BOM setup and logistics data.
• Monitoring obsolete stock to minimise scrapping.

Skills

Supply chain knowledge

Leadership potential

Proactive mindset

Analytical skills

Project management

Job description

JDE Peet’s is seeking a Copack Planning Specialist to create a weekly supply plan for copacking activities in the Netherlands and Belgium. The role ensures optimal stock levels, service performance, and long-term capacity planning, collaborating with Supply Chain, Sales, Marketing, and external copack partners to launch new products and maintain supply integrity.

You will work across projects, monitor inventories, support NPDs and BOM setup, and help minimise obsolete stock while keeping stock