Position Snapshot

　　• Nestlé in Italy, Milan headquarter

　　• Permanent contract

　　• Management engineering or equivalent

　　• At least 2 years of experience in Demand or Supply Planning or Trade Marketing/Sales

　　• Knowledge of Out Of Home is nice to have

　　• Proficiency in English and Italian

　　Position Summary

　　In this role you will develop, maintain and improve a consolidated Demand Plan at SKU level and on weekly basis for a portfolio of products, which represents the most realistic estimate of customer/ channel demand, through projection of the most realistic demand estimate, managing exceptions to enhance the responsiveness of the supply in fulfilling market demand.

　　You will also ensure the alignment of this Demand Plan with internal and external partners through the Monthly Business Planning and Collaborative Planning processes.

　　A day in the life of a Demand Planner

　　• Active player in the monthly forecasting process for generation of forecast in a multichannel context, sharing data and critical info with Category Sales Manager and Trade Marketing. Capture and analyze commercial, marketing and sales input/events, analyze baselines, events, uplifts and interpret historical data and statistical forecast, to reflect into the 18-month rolling forecast

　　• Identify and manage exceptions, monitor performance in order to continually improve the quality and reliability of the Demand Plan and the Company’s ability to sense and respond to changing circumstances. Challenge numbers and constraints, by finding opportunities to be agile.

　　• Review historical sales trends, evaluating statistical forecast results

　　• Consistently achieve sustainable Demand Plan Accuracy and variability BIAS balance

　　• Support to Category Trade Marketing in evaluation and definition of next year volumes for Campaigns (Xmas, St. Valentin, Easter)

　　• In case of shortage of stock (short/long period), receive the input from Supply Planning, giving alert to sales and give Customer priority to allocate stock in according with Sales Manager

　　• In case of possible waste, receive the input from Supply Planning and contact Sales to identify possible actions to avoid waste

　　• Support to OPL and MBP process

　　Key Relationships Internal to Nestlé Group:

　　• Sales, Marketing, Corporate and Category Channel & Customer Development

　　• Customer service, Logistics

　　• Supply planning, Demand analyst

　　• Procurement

　　• Sales and Category Controller

　　What will make you successful

　　• At least 2 years of experience in Demand or Supply Planning

　　• Knowledge of Out Of Home is nice to have

　　• Good knowledge of Excel - SAP and Power BI knowledge is a plus

　　• Initiative and Proactivity;

　　• Strong communication and relational skills: ability to manage people relations and share critical informations

　　• Good in stress management

　　• Mental agility, insight, analysis and synthesis

　　• Fluent English and Italian