Supply Chain Planning Specialist

GİZLİ; Fatih; On-site; TRY 300,000 - 540,000; Full time

Job summary

GİZLİ, a leading Food & Beverage services company, seeks a Supply Chain Planning Specialist for our Head Office. The role ensures uninterrupted production and logistics, aligning production and inventory planning with demand forecasts and coordinating between warehouse, production, and logistics teams.

We require 3+ years in related sectors, strong English, and ERP proficiency, plus cost analysis and process improvement capabilities. This full-time position is based at our head office.

Qualifications

• Graduated from relevant university departments, preferably with a master’s degree.
• Minimum 3 years of experience in retail, food & beverage, hospitality, services, or logistics.
• Advanced proficiency in English; proficient in MS Office and MS Project; ERP experience.

Responsibilities

• Ensure uninterrupted production and logistics processes.
• Coordinate demand forecasts and order management.
• Collaborate between warehouse, production, and logistics teams.
• Monitor warehouse operations and implement improvements.
• Manage ERP and planning systems; analyse costs and optimize processes.
• Prepare documents for audits and ensure compliance.

Skills

English proficiency

Education

Master's degree

Bachelor's degree

Tools

MS Office

MS Project

ERP systems

Job description

As one of the leading companies in the Food & Beverage Services field, we are looking for enthusiastic, dynamic and quality-oriented colleagues to join our innovative, dynamic team for the position of “Supply Chain Planning Specialist” located in our Head Office.

General Qualifications:

• Graduated from relevant university departments (Engineering, Economics and Administrative Sciences, Logistics, Supply Chain, etc.), preferably with a master’s degree
• Minimum 3 years of experience in one of the following sectors: retail, food & beverage, hospitality, services, logistics
• Knowledgeable in areas such as planning, demand forecasting, production planning, warehouse management, goods receipt, inventory counting, shipment, return processes, efficiency project management, process management, and process/procedure development
• Advanced proficiency in written and spoken English
• Proficient in MS Office and MS Project programs
• Experienced in ERP systems

Job Description:

• Ensuring the uninterrupted and efficient execution of the company’s production and logistics processes.
• Ensuring production and inventory planning in line with demand forecasts and sales plans.
• Coordinating demand forecasts and order management.
• Ensuring coordination between warehouse, production, and logistics teams.
• Monitoring and reporting warehouse operations (goods receipt, shelving, picking, shipment, returns); identifying improvement needs, creating action proposals, and ensuring implementation of agreed actions.
• Managing and reporting processes through ERP and planning/warehouse management systems.
• Conducting logistics/planning cost analyses and developing optimization and efficiency recommendations.
• Preparing necessary documents for internal and external audits and supporting related processes.
• Executing warehouse and logistics operations in compliance with occupational safety and quality standards.
• Ensuring efficient use of resources and planning and implementing operations to be timely, efficient, and cost-effective.
• Performing inventory and production planning based on sales forecasts and monitoring implementation in branches.
• Achieving time, cost, and quality optimization in operational processes.
• Ensuring coordination between relevant departments to support smooth process flow.
• Analyzing issues arising in planning processes and developing solutions.
• Supporting process and system improvement initiatives in areas under the responsibility of the reporting manager and the Supply Chain department.
• Ensuring tracking of recipe adjustments by branch planning officers and reporting monthly.
• Executing verbal and written requests and instructions from the reporting manager.
• Reviewing and reporting monthly market lists prepared by branches and headquarters; participating in branch-specific planning when necessary.
• Consolidating and reporting branch par-stock studies.
• Identifying system equivalents of products in operations such as events and banquets, defining them in request screens, determining estimated quantities, and reviewing cost studies by branch planning officers.
• Analyzing and reporting root causes of discrepancies between recorded and physical stock after branch warehouse counts.
• Ensuring accurate and timely invoice entries in branches and headquarters.
• Reporting monthly analyses of returns and waste in branch warehouses.
• Being responsible for master data management for domestic and international branches.
• Being responsible for system entries and removals of new and delisted products.