Demand Planner

**Position Snapshot**

Location: Europe flexible, Germany (preferred), France, Spain, UK

Company: Nestlé Health Science

Act. Rate: Full Time Act. Rate 100%

Type of contact: Permanent contract

**What we offer at Nestlé**

Flexible work policies in terms of core hours and working from home. Please talk to us during the recruitment process about what flexibility could look like for you

Genuine opportunities for career and personal development

Modern “smart office” locations providing agile & collaborative workspaces

Dynamic international working environment

Attractive additional benefits

**Position summary**

Nestlé Health Science is a globally recognized leader in the science of nutrition, with more than 11,000 employees around the world. With a portfolio of science-based consumer health, medical nutrition, vitamin and supplement brands, and pharmaceutical therapies, we are redefining the management of health.

As a
**Demand Planner** in the VMHS business unit, you will be responsible to develop, maintain and improve a Demand Plan for a portfolio of products and customers, which also includes the full ownership of generating and maintaining Promotion Uplift Volume.

We offer a dynamic, inclusive, and international working environment with many opportunities across different companies, functions, and regions. Don’t miss the opportunity to join us and work with different teams in an agile and diverse context.

**A day in the life of a Demand Planner**
- Collect Information and Assumptions about events, activities in relation to promotions, product launches, customer/distribution changes that form important part of demand plan
- Collaborate with cross functional teams to manage portfolio lifecycle, such as new product launches, packaging changes, phase-in/phase-out, and product discontinuation
- Demand planner has sufficient knowledge to be able to understand and maintain statistical forecasts in SAS Forecast Studio, supported by Demand Analyst
- Collaborate with cross functional teams to drive effective Monthly Business Planning process to reach consensus demand plan. as a primary input to the Dynamic Forecast
- Collaborate with peer Planners to share best practices, liaise with Business Excellence and Sales Management to drive continuous improvement and improve ways of working and efficiency

**What will make you successful**
- Any relevant operational experience either/or in Supply Chain (DSP, CS, SC Development), Sales (KAM, CCSD), Marketing or Finance (Business planning)
- Sufficient understanding and practice in the following areas:

- Nestlé Continuous Excellence (NCE) methodology
- Monthly business planning processes and tools
- Roles and objectives of all cross functional teams (including all functions within SC, Sales and Marketing and Finance)
- Fluent in English

Nestlé Health Science is a leader in the science of nutrition, offering an extensive portfolio of science-based consumer health, medical nutrition, pharmaceutical therapies, and vitamin and supplement brands. Headquartered in Switzerland, we have more than 11,000 employees around the world, with products available in more than 140 countries.

Nutrition can be life-transforming for those who need extra support during short
- or long-term medical challenges, and it can enhance the quality of life of those who are already healthy. With an extensive research network providing the foundation for products that can help people to live their healthiest lives, our commitment to science-based products means that we provide nutritional solutions that can make a real difference in the quality of life of customers, patients, and caregivers.

At Nestlé, we want to help shape a better and healthier world, inspire people to live healthier lives and deliver impact at a scale and pace that makes a difference. We do this by fostering a diverse, friendly, supportive, and collaborative environment, that creates positive disruption, embraces innovation, and empowers people and teams to win.

We aim to hire friendly, respectful, inspiring people who care about the people’s lives that we touch every single day.