Supply Planning Specialist

At Nestle Health Science, we believe that nutrition, science, and wellness must merge, not collide. Here, we embrace the intrinsic connections of these three pillars, harnessing their collective strength to empower healthier lives. Our broad product portfolio includes renowned brands like Garden of Life, Nature's Bounty, Vital Proteins, Orgain, Nuun, BOOST, Carnation Breakfast Essentials, Peptamen, Compleat Organic Blends, and more. We also have extensive pharmaceutical expertise, offering innovative medicines that aim to prevent, manage, and treat gastrointestinal and metabolic-related diseases.

At Nestle Health Science, we bring our best for better lives. Our people are challenged to bring fresh, diverse views and make bold moves to empower healthier lives through nutrition. We know brilliant ideas can come from anyone, anywhere. Here we embrace the entrepreneurial spirit and collaborate with teams that champion focused and forward thinking. We are committed to fostering professional growth and celebrating the achievements of our people along the way. We offer dynamic career paths, robust development, opportunities to learn from talented colleagues around the globe, and benefits that support physical, financial, and emotional wellbeing.

Join us to innovate for impact and reimagine the future of health and nutrition for patients and consumers.

Position Summary :

In this pivotal role, you will oversee all aspects of supply planning within our fast-paced Gummy Manufacturing Plant. Your key responsibilities will include, ensuring effective supply planning for finished goods while meeting targeted service levels, optimizing inventory management and minimizing waste and building and maintaining strong relationships with factory, corporate planning and co-manufacturing locations to ensure that supply plans optimize total delivered costs and effectively respond to market demands. You will also manage daily scheduling activities to maximize output at our facility. Your contributions will be essential in ensuring the timely supply of materials for production, directly enhancing our ability to deliver exceptional customer service through the prompt availability of finished goods.

If you're ready to make a significant impact in a dynamic environment, we invite you to apply and become a valued member of our dedicated team!

Important note : This position requires you to be present on-site full-time at the San Antonio, TX manufacturing site, five days a week.

Key Responsibilities :

• Ensure cost-effective management of supply and production planning, as well as co-manufacturing and co-packing requirements.
• Provide supply plans that optimize supply, service, and inventory while considering production constraints and the total delivered cost impact.
• Support short-term and long-term capacity planning in close collaboration with factories to proactively identify and resolve potential capacity issues.
• Ensure that customer service and timing objectives are met within existing financial constraints to align with marketing and financial goals.
• Balance supply needs across all available sourcing locations, including factories and co-manufacturers.
• Identify and analyze build stock requirements and timing based on production availability and strategic decisions, while effectively communicating with relevant stakeholders.
• Facilitate regular communication with the cross-functional team regarding product availability and critical items, highlighting risks of customer shortages, back-in-stock projections, root causes of issues, and preventative actions to avoid future occurrences.
• Present supply outlooks (days on hand, service levels, projected future working capital, factory performance) to NHS leadership and other stakeholders.
• Gather all necessary inputs from other operational functions that impact the supply outlook.

Experience & Education Requirements :

Requisition ID : 77037721

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