Regional Capacity Planner

Company Description

It’s amazing what can happen over a cup of coffee. At JACOBS DOUWE EGBERTS (JDE), we’ve made it our mission to find out. Our people have been raising the bar since day one, thinking fast and acting even faster to make an impact that’s felt around the world. JDE is the home to some of the most well-known coffee brands in the world.

For more than 265 years, we have been inspired by the belief. Today our coffee & tea portfolio is available in over 140 countries around the world through iconic household names including: Jacobs, Tassimo, Moccona, Senseo, L’OR, Douwe Egberts, Super, Kenco, Pilao & Gevalia etc.

It’s amazing what can happen over a cup of coffee. At JACOBS DOUWE EGBERTS (JDE), we’ve made it our mission to find out. Our people have been raising the bar since day one, thinking fast and acting even faster to make an impact that’s felt around the world. JDE is the home to some of the most well-known coffee brands in the world.

Job Description

Regional Planner will ensure supply of the right volume at the right time so that customers can be delivered in time in full by creating a weekly capacity and production plan taking into account market requirements, capacity utilization and materials availability to ensure an optimal inventory position of semi-finished and finished goods.

The associate also coordinate supply with various stakeholders including Manufacturing, Demand Planning, Procurement, New Product Development and Finance, as part of cross-functional project teams new product introductions and phase out of old products has to be managed. Regional Planner also drive the monthly local Supply IBP meeting and participate in the Regional Supply meeting.

The associate will lead scenario development and decision making for capacity assessments, drive continuous improvement by monitoring the daily and weekly performance and define actions to improve.

• For the short term create on a weekly base the weekly production plan for the Factory considering capacity restrictions, material availability, safety stock settings and customer demand. The volumes per SKU per week will be handed over to the Factory Production Scheduler.
• Coordinate changes in the fixed horizon impacting the volumes per SKU per week for (semi-) finished goods. The changes can be caused by unexpected material shortages, out of stock situations, rush orders, machine breakdowns, quality issues, etc.
• For the mid/term (horizon after the fixed horizon for the factory) create a capacity plan to ensure the supply at the short term for an optimal customer service level within the agreed stock levels. The capacity issues which can’t be solved with the regular measures should be input for a scenario development and be prepared for the monthly IBP Supply meeting.
• Define a clear way of working in the Supply Chain with regards to Make to Stock and Make to Order strategies. Define actions to improve in terms of costs, cash and service targets.
• Managing stock levels of (semi) finished goods for the short and mid/long term. Run the alert monitor to track stock alerts (shortage, below safety stock, maximum stock exceeded) and define actions to solve the alerts across Demand Planning, Factory Planning, etc.
• Approve parameters with an impact on stock levels. For the MU the MOQ and production frequency have to be approved and for the MSU (principal only) the minimum and maximum stock levels have to be approved. Also maintain APO specific master data in case of new products or changes in existing flows.
• Drive scenario development and decision making for capacity assessments for the mid/long term (1-18 months), for the monthly IBP Supply meeting, for New Product Developments, for strategic capacity investments and product re-allocations in order to optimize cost, cash and service targets.
• Plan Co-manufacturing flows (if applicable) by balancing demand versus capacity and to ensure the timely availability of components to be send to the co-manufacturer.
• Construct the monthly Supply plan for the local IBP MU Supply meeting and the Regional Asian Supply review meeting.
• Lead projects to deliver inventory reduction for (semi-) finished goods.
• In case of supply shortages coordinate the allocation of stock or capacity across the supply chain according to the agreed priorities.
• Coordinate phase in phase out projects across the MU and MSU with the objective to minimize obsolete costs and to secure the availability of the new products in time.
• Drive continuous improvement by monitoring Customer Service level, Stock levels and Production Adherence (TOP/TAP) key performance indicators. Define actions across the stakeholders in the Supply Chain to drive improvements.
  
  

Qualifications

Education:

• Minimum at least a Degree in any discipline
  
  

Experience

• At least 3-6 years of Working Knowledge of SAP APO and ECC or OMP or any other ERP system (s)
• Capacity Planning Tools & Processes
• Distribution Network & Processes
• Preferably with at least 3-6 years in assistant manager/ senior planner / executive role.
• Microsoft Office – Excel, Words & PowerPoint is a MUST
• Manufacturing network knowledge
• IBP (Integrated Business Planning) knowledge preferred.
• 3-6 years of business experience in Supply Chain including, but not limited to, production & fulfilment planning, distribution operations and/or demand planning.
  
  

Additional Information

• Passionate, energetic & innovative work culture
• Outstanding Career Development Opportunities
• Exciting allowances to perk up your day
• Meal subsidies (because great coffee needs great snacks!)
• Sports perks to keep you energized
• The best coffee and tea served all day in our office – or be your own Barista!