Senior Global Planner

Zurich, CH, 8005

About the Role:

The Senior Global Planner drives the long term planning activities as part of the S&OP cycle for the Cocoa business; you will provide the global positions by product & region, ensure alignment on one plan in close collaboration with the regional planning teams, steer the run of the tactical plan, participate in the S&OP/E and contribute to the continuous improvement initiatives.

Key Responsibilities Include:

• Steers and provides business guidance for the monthly long-term planning for Global Cocoa
• Ensure business guidelines are reflected in tactical plans and scenarios
• Accountable for accurate and timely information to support the S&OP/E cycles, with required views by product & region
• Supports the preparation of the various meetings as part of the S&OP/E cycle
• Provides visibility on the global/ regional position by product, at the relevant granularity, as well as the available to sell by region/product
• Main point of contact for the topics such as purchase, availability, capacity utilization, flows – for the full Cocoa network
• Guarantees the availability of Cocoa products for chocolate business needs and third-party sales
• Proposes options and solutions on how to best serve the customers at the most profitable cost, jointly with the Finance teams
• Defines the optimal level of Cocoa products inventory, in close coordination with the regional teams and other functions
• Contributes to the decision-making process by providing the accurate data, plans, scenarios and recommendations
• Ensure decisions taken are executed and adhered to across the planning teams, as well as with the other functions
• Reflect the strategic and S&OP decisions on the tactical plans
• Provide and align on the production plans and external purchases for the full horizon (up to 24 months)
• Identify capacity & resources requirement to be in place to support agreed demand plan
• Coordinate and align with strategic planning team on capacity and footprint decision, to reflect relevant updates across all planning layers

About You:

• 10+ years of experience in the Supply Chain related roles
• Bachelor’s Degree in Supply Chain, Finance, or related field
• Excellent communicator, with possess strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Ability to lead and influence teams, and getting consensus for decisions needed
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel and with previous experience with SAP, OMP and other planning software beneficial
• Language skills: English

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