Junior Supply Chain Specialist Material Planner (All Genders)

About the role: What's in the Box

The Material Planner's primary responsibility is to ensure on time, in full, and in quality availability of goods required for production.

This role involves daily incident management, requiring communication and collaboration with stakeholders, including the DC, Operational Procurement team, and Suppliers to swiftly resolve any emerging issues within the production week. A core focus is complying with key performance KPIs, particularly those related to waste mitigation and error reduction and working on efficiency through the creation of processes and continuous improvement.

Your area of responsibility

Inbound check and handling any OTIFIQ deviations from the suppliers.

Availability check every morning together with the inventory and production teams.

Handling of QC blockages in close contact with FSQA and the suppliers. Incident resolution, organizing pick ups of blocked goods.

Manage SKU Substitution, collaboration with culinary team and suppliers for error mitigation.

Daily waste mitigation checking all supplier and inventory deviations like BBD, Replenishment deviations at the DC, identifying root causes, and implementing corrective actions or processes to have a sustainable waste management approach.

Securing SKU availability for a seamless production by handling swiftly any incident that might occur on a daily basis.

Support with information gathering and documentation to create efficient and sustainable processes and work on continuous improvement.

Responsible for the calculation of carryover stocks at the end of the production week.

Your profile

A Proactive Problem Solver: You don’t just spot a gap; you close it before it impacts production.

An Analytical Thinker: You enjoy digging into the "why" behind errors to prevent them from happening again.

A Master Communicator: You can navigate conversations with everyone from warehouse floor teams to external suppliers and culinary experts.

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