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OPR Supply Planner with French

Location: 

Lodz, PL, 90-530

At Barry Callebaut, we are on a journey to transform the cocoa and chocolate industry. As the world’s leading manufacturer of high-quality chocolate and cocoa products, our actions truly shape the future of our industry. We are a business-to-business company, serving the entire food sector, from the cocoa bean to the finest chocolate product. We are a company with a purpose, we believe in doing well by doing good and reinvesting in the communities we operate. We have a long-standing commitment to sustainability and our goal is to shape a sustainable cocoa and chocolate future. We are headquartered in Zurich, and have more than 12,000 passionate Employees working in more than 40 countries worldwide. We are very proud of who we are and what we do. And of course, we are always looking for talented people to help us have a positive impact on our industry and beyond!

About the role:

  • Ensure Customers orders are delivered in time through the good execution of supply planning.
  • Execute the weekly planning in the reactive horizon (0 – 6 weeks), optimize and communicate the plan for Solids (cakes/powder) or Liquid (liquor / butter) with all stakeholders involved in the process. Track the metrics and KPI's, identifying resulting risks and opportunities on a daily basis to fulfill the requested sales orders management position.
     

Key responsibilities:

  • Ensure optimized deployment of planning in the 0-6 weeks time horizon through the entire netwok: European factories, Subco, African flows, TP suppliers;
  • Ensure best possible service to interco choco partners and TP customers;
  • Ensure stock projection & control for the areas he is responsible of: ensure stocks are in line with target at macro level but also at SKU level – address deviation if any;
  • In collaboration with senior supply planner, bridge active and reactive planning horizons: smooth transition without any risk or impact in the short term service performance; 
  • Update reporting tools to support the entire short term planning process, maintain target service level KPI – daily and weekly;
  • Be a key actor of S&OE process : 
  1. Hold weekly reviews with assigned production sites to discuss production schedules and raw material concerns and all needs for the 6 weeks rolling;
  2. Attend Daily Gemba talking with Operational Stakeholders in the factories linking it to the weekly plan;
  3. Be a key player in building the future of S&OE and take part in all relevant process steps;
  • Identify issues, propose solutions, challenge status quo and escalate when necessary;
  • Help facilitate cross-functional communication between the different stakeholders in the business, as example: factory, sales, customer care, inventory, quality, distribution and transportation teams;
  • Get consensus between sales/ Q.A/ factories and planning teams for ending up an issue in the reactive horizon and linking it to the active horizon planning;
  • In collaboration with customer service and sales team, recommend and co build prioritization process/ demand shaping when needed;
  • Have a collaborative, communicative & proactive attitude in the Planning Team;
  • Work towards Continuous Improvement in the Cocoa Supply Chain Planning.
     

 

About you:

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Economics, Business Administration, Engineering or similar;
  • Desirably 1st experience in Planning, S&OE/ Supply Chain & inventory processes, with knowledge and foundations/ principles in SCM;
  • 3-5 years experience in supply chain planning in an industrial and international environment;
  • Advanced in English;
  • Advanced in French;
  • Excel-Advanced;
  • Previous experience with SAP, OMP, and Business Objects preferred;
  • Microsoft Power BI Advanced will be a differential;
  • Autonomous – Ability to work with a remote manager & Team;
  • Strong analytical skills with focus on process & controls.
     

 

We offer:

  • Employment on a regular basis in the sweetest company in the world.
  • Annual bonus based on your work results.
  • Lunch card to be used for groceries and restaurants.
  • Private medical care in Lux Med (basic package fully financed by BC).
  • Fit Profit sports card co-financed by BC.
  • PPE: we care about your future, and we save money for your retirement.
  • Cafeteria Program as a part of Social Fund.
  • Group life insurance.
  • Hybrid working model: min. 8 days in the office a month.
  • As part of our work-life balance culture, we can start work between 7 am and 10 am.
  • Free consultation with a lawyer once a quarter.
  • Chocolate! Yes, surprising but we have chocolate in the office, for Christmas, BC’s Birthday, and many otheroccasions during the year.
  • And if chocolate is still not enough, you can join one of our theme clubs, where together with otheremployees we develop our passions and interests.
  • Daily delivery of fresh fruits and veggies to the office.
  • You can purchase our sweet products with a special discount.
  • Relax zone in the office and plenty of options to choose from: PlayStation 5, football table, pool table, Ping-Pong, library, table games, and massage chairs.
  • Sport @work? Sure! We have treadmills and indoor exercise bikes with a laptop station.
  • We like to party as much as we like chocolate! We have integration budgets we can use for team events.
  • Forever Chocolate and Event Team: you can join them and have a real influence on social life in BC andCSR activities.

At Barry Callebaut, we are committed to Diversity & Inclusion. United by our strong values, we thrive on the diversity of who we are, where we come from, what we’ve experienced and how we think. We are committed to nurturing an inclusive environment where people can truly be themselves, grow to their full potential and feel they belong. #oneBC - Diverse People, Sustainable Growth.

If you want to learn more about Barry Callebaut, please find further information here.

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