Nestlé: Good food, Good life | Nestlé Global
Materials Planning Manager
Location
New York
Posted
9 days ago
Salary
$100K - $120K / year
Seniority
Senior
Job Description
Materials Planning Manager
Nestle
• Develop and facilitate implementation of strategic roadmap for Materials Scheduling initiatives and projects. • Act as liaison between Factory, Procurement, Technical & Production, Transportation, Technical Applications Group (TAG), Supply Planning etc. to drive cross-functional process improvements. • Create and maintain training documentation and plans Materials Scheduling. • Serve as escalation point for critical MRP-related process and system issues. • Monitor Packaging stock levels and lead stock policy discussions with factories. • Monitor health of MRP master data (e.g., safety stock, safety time, GRPT) in factories and work with Materials Schedulers to continuously improve and optimize. • Run MRP health checks and work with factory teams to address corrective. • Own and continuously improve process and tools to mitigate expiring materials risk. • Monitor Material Requirements Accuracy (MRA) and coordinate with Procurement and Planning teams to address major opportunities. • Coach and develop team members, ensure environment for optimal performance. • Manages material forecasts resulting from enterprise-wide planning activities including S&OP, demand planning, rough cut capacity planning and supply planning; analyze monthly changes and communicate significant material changes to the plan to internal and external stakeholders. • Participate in integrated supply planning activities to improve Demand, Supply, and Material forecast accuracy. • Develop material plans for new product launches and manage obsolescence of materials resulting from SKU rationalization. • Collaborate with procurement leaders to shift strategies on spot vs contract buying and related inventory policies and practices in response to market conditions. • Analyze and support overall space constraints and outside warehouses used for material including inventory at co-manufacturers and co-packers. • Perform other duties may be assigned as required.
Job Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Business Administration or in a related field required.
- 5+ years of progressive experience in Supply Chain, Manufacturing and/or in a related field required.
- 1+ years of People Leadership experience required (equivalent combination of people management/leadership development and educational experience will be considered).
- Experience in Materials Scheduling and/or in Procurement is required.
- Advanced experience in SAP and MS Office (Word/Excel/Outlook/PowerPoint) is required.
- Must have current or prior experience managing cross-functional teams to drive performance improvement or change management initiatives.
- Willing and able to work under pressure to meet tight deadlines with minimal supervision.
- Must have strong communication (oral and written), organizational, presentation and stakeholder management skills (including the ability to develop and maintain strong, cross-functional stakeholder relationships).
- Ability to coach, manage performance and develop a high performing team.
- Must have strong analytical skills and able to lead a team through business transformation/change management.
- Willing and able to travel up to 15% based on the needs of the team and the business.
Benefits
- performance-based incentives
- 401(K) with a company match
- healthcare coverage
- a broad range of other benefits
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