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Senior Demand and Supply Planning Manager

Nestle
401(k)
United States, Washington, Seattle
Jan 27, 2025

Foods people love. Brands people trust. And a career that nourishes your future like no other.

If you're driven by the passion to do something meaningful that changes lives, Nestle is the place for you. Nestle USA is one of seven operating companies that make up Nestle's presence in the United States. We're in 97% of American homes, and as the leading food and beverage company, our goals are to continue to deliver quality food and beverage products, strengthen our local communities, and reduce our environmental and climate impact.

We're determined to challenge the status quo and be better tomorrow than we are today. As individuals and teams, we embrace our entrepreneurial culture and have created a workplace where collaboration is essential, courage is rewarded, speed is expected, and agility is the norm to delight our consumers every single day. Here, you will find limitless opportunities to learn and advance your career and feel empowered to succeed in the workplace and beyond. Because our focus is not only on nourishing our customers, but also about enriching you.

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POSITION SUMMARY:
The Senior Manager of Planning, will be the primary planning lead for the division, representing the end-to-end planning functions and tradeoffs. In this role, you will lead the development of bottom-up consensus demand plans in the division by aligning stakeholders efficiently. You will also ensure supply by coordinating with central supply planning teams to understand constraints, gaps, and scenarios, aligning with division teams on tradeoffs to drive key decisions. Close collaboration between the central demand, supply, and distribution planning teams is essential, with those teams enabling processes across all divisions.

This role serves as the voice of the planning function to the division and vice versa, communicating with the functional teams and the X-SCLT Chain Leadership Team. Strong cross-functional collaboration and influence are necessary throughout the Monthly Business Planning Process to optimize product availability, long-term strategy, and total delivered cost.
This individual will interact with and influences key stakeholders within the division, as well as the entire end-to-end planning and operations team. Regular collaboration will occur with divisional leadership teams, business supply chain directors, supply planning, distribution planning, finance, commercial, and sales to develop an accurate demand forecast and align on supply constraints, tradeoffs, and critical operational decisions.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:
* Provide E2E Planning expertise and strategic guidance to the division around demand forecasting, supply availability, operational constraints, customer prioritization and product renovation/innovation, including customization.
* Leads and champions sales forecasting strategies and efforts that increase efficiency, profitability, and sustain business unit growth. Develops relationships with cross-functional Business Unit partners and appropriate supply chain functions to ensure cohesive forecasting, operational planning, and business unit strategies.
* Ensures the forecast is a collaborative process by developing appropriate interface/input processes with Marketing and Category, Market Planning and Customer Business Development (Sales) teams on an on- going basis as well as part of the monthly Sales & Operating Planning Process (S&OP).
* Leads and champions the refinement and improvement of sales forecasting processes and systems to support business requirements, and lead to improved forecasting efficiency and effectiveness, and result in increased forecast accuracy and customer service levels.
* Ensures supply by coordinating between the division and centralized demand and supply planning teams in order to assess current plans evaluate key business scenarios and understand/represent the E2E plans and tradeoffs to the division.
* Builds and maintains a strong partnership across Commercial and Operational Teams, supporting functional and divisional leadership for S&OP/MBP/IBP processes. Participating or facilitating key meetings as needed to create the consensus demand plan, align on operational supply plan, and drive key decisions necessary around gaps and tradeoffs.
* Plans and manages business unit conversations, influencing strategies and ensuring programs are aligned between company business objectives, and broader functional strategies.
* Manage Division facing communication and narratives for reporting of key planning outputs and scorecards, ensuring risks and opportunities are shared proactively.
* Manages Function facing communication ensuring strategic plans, and business risks and opportunities are translated and shared proactively to be appropriately considered by the function.

REQUIREMENTS & MINIMUM EDUCATION LEVEL:
* Bachelor's degree, preferably in a Supply Chain Management field, Industrial Engineering or Business-related field
* Strong analytical aptitude with a proven ability to analyze/interpret data, problem solve and develop solutions to complex problems.
* Excellent communication (oral and written) skills, organizational and time-management abilities, inter-personal skills, and the ability to work with personnel at all organizational levels.
* Flexibility and adaptability to the demands and requirements of a fast-paced environment.

EXPERIENCE:
* Minimum of 8+ years Production Planning, Supply Planning, Demand Planning, Supply Chain, or Operations experience.
* Experience with both Demand Forecasting and Supply Planning strongly preferred.
* Previous people leadership preferred

SKILLS:
* Demonstrated expertise in Microsoft Excel software
* Demonstrated ability to influence without authority and manage key stakeholders
* Demonstrated expertise in statistical forecasting methods
* Able to work in an empowered team environment
* Must have excellent analytical and decision-making skills
* Ability to work under pressure to meet deadlines

The approximate pay range for this position is $165,000- $190,000 base salary. Please note that the pay range provided is a good faith estimate for the position at the time of posting. Final compensation may vary based on factors including but not limited to knowledge, skills, and abilities as well as geographic location. Nestle offers performance-based incentives and a competitive total rewards package, which includes a 401k with company match, healthcare coverage and a broad range of other benefits. Incentives and/or benefits packages may vary depending on the position. Learn more at:About Us |Nestle Careers (nestlejobs.com)

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