Our client is a very successful, dynamic and international company in the confectionary / healthy snack sector. The mindset in how people think about food has changed. There is a clear trend for more healthy snacking alternatives. The company has therefore set itself the target of investing in a strong healthy snacking business to enter other new markets. To complement the new team in Switzerland, we are looking for an innovative and entrepreneurial personality as
Your responsibility
- You act as link between the sales organizations and the manufacturing departments
- You are responsible for facilitating and improving the key supply chain planning processes like sales & operations planning, using the integrated Business Software for planning in SAP
- You optimize the communication between the sales offices in Europe / the international distributors and the operations organizations abroad
- You work in close collaboration with the sales organization to deliver monthly forecasts and support operations in compiling the supply plans (production, capacity, sourcing and inventory plans)
- You interact with Senior Management to report key issues and to facilitate decision making
- As key output, the supply chain manager focusses on improving the demand-supply balance to deliver excellent customer service at optimal cost
Your profile
- You have a master degree in business economics or engineering
- You have minimum 5 years of experience in supply chain planning (factory planning, S&OP, distribution, logistics) in FMCG industry or industrial manufacturing business
- You bring excellent knowledge of supply chain management theory and policies
- You are an experienced user of SAP planning tools and an expert user of Excel to process large amount of data
- You are fluent in spoken and written English, other languages (e.g. German) are an advantage
- You can connect the strategic with the operational level
- You are a strong communicator and have collaborations skills
- You are a result-oriented person and KPI driven
Are you interested in becoming part of a small and highly motivated team in the center area of Switzerland, where people work with passion and initiative? Magdalena Rohner will be happy to answer your questions. We look forward to receiving your complete application documents in pdf format at info@ema-partners.ch