About this role
Join us and celebrate the beauty of human experience. Create for happier, healthier lives, with love for nature. Together, with kindness, humility, and a spirit of adventure, we deliver food innovations, craft inspired fragrances and develop beauty and wellbeing solutions. There’s much to learn from our 79 production sites worldwide, known for their best-in-class processes and procedures. There’s many to learn from, with high-performing leaders and caring colleagues to explore ideas and ambitions with. Every day, your energy, your personality, and your determination will shape our future, making a positive difference on billions of people. Every essence of you enriches our world. We are Givaudan. Human by nature.
Purpose
Responsible for material requirements planning (MRP) activities for a medium portfolio, including (raw) materials planning and inventory, as well as production planning and scheduling, in order to guarantee that products can be manufactured and supplied on time to customers as per defined standards and operative KPIs.
Core Responsibilities
- Evaluate and validate material requirements and release PR, optimize inventory level.
- Monitor MRP exception messages
- Liaise with Demand Planners as well as Customer Care and Manufacturing organizations to review customer orders and agree on production plans and schedules.
- Refine/finalize production schedules based on inventory levels and material requirements.
- Provide production schedules and related supply forecasts to procurement to secure (raw) material availability.
- Identify and resolve shortages through efficient coordination and collaboration, working with the relevant stakeholders
- Resolve or escalate issues related to orders, working with production, customer care and regional and global affiliates as required.
- Obsolescence Control (use of SLOB Tool for Inventory at Risk assessment).
- Liaise with Logistics to ensure that finished products will be shipped on time.
- Identify and implement opportunities for improvement in terms of supply planning and service to customers.
- Work under the standards of quality, safety and industrial hygiene.
Academic Background
- Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Engineering or others preferred.
Professional Experience
- 3+ years of experience in the area of materials management and planning.
Technical Skills
- APICS certification desired.
- ERP/MRP expertise.
- Strong affinity to systems and analytical tools (Desired SAP, BI,BO).
- Language skills: English – Fluent.
- Microsoft Office Suite expertise.
- Yellow Belt Certification and Problem Solving L3
At Givaudan, you contribute to delightful taste and scent experiences that touch people’s lives.
We value the different perspectives that come from diverse cultures, backgrounds, and experiences.
Everyone — regardless of race, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, disability, culture, religion, or any personal circumstances — is warmly welcomed at Givaudan, a place where we all love to be and grow.
Every essence of you enriches our world. Join us in making a difference together.