Raw Material Planner

Join us and celebrate the beauty of human experience. Create for happier, healthier lives, with love for nature. Together, with our customers, we deliver food innovations, craft inspired fragrances and develop beauty and wellbeing solutions. There's much to learn and many to learn from, with more than 16,000 employees around the world to explore ideas and ambitions with.
In the USA, we develop, market and produce a wide array of solutions from our 25 most innovative sites, based across the country. Stretch your skills, create and get inspiration from passionate colleagues. Every day, your energy, your thirst for knowledge, and your creativity 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.

Job Purpose

Build material planning activities for raw materials to ensure that the finished product can be manufactured without interruption and supplied on time to our customers. Ensure material availability upon production. Minimize write-offs and optimize inventory levels. Work together with other departments to increase settings and processes.

Main Responsibilities

Main Results areas:

* Planning/Schedule that is 100% executable and following productivity targets to meet the production plan

* Inventory levels meet company targets

* Supply Chain Write-off levels meet budget

* Service to customers meets all set targets

Review procurement requirements in MRP (Material Requirements Planning) to ensure on time customer response times, raw material availability and minimal waste.

Release purchase requisitions for raw materials following MOQ (minimum order quantities) and lead time to let completion of manufacturing requirements. This includes meeting the SLAs established with GBS.

Review slow-moving and obsolete inventory.

Develop an understanding of the replenishment processes.

Build relationships with partners and teams such as Finished Goods Planning, Quality, Receiving, Logistics, GBS Operational Buying, GBS Replenishment Planning, GBS Spot Buying and GBS Supply Planning.

Resolve or escalate supply issues, working with team members.

Share best practices and ideas with the team; involve cross-functional teams to achieve the most efficient ways of working.

Support cost reduction projects and improvement projects.

Follow Givaudan procedures, guidelines, and best practices on relevant areas, including Safety; address and implement where missing.

Help develop training programs, manuals, and methods of implementation to ensure stable and best practice execution of planning.

Academic Background

Bachelor's Degree in Supply Chain, Operations Management, Business Administration, or equivalent.

Professional experience

2+ years of experience in supply planning, supply chain, production planning, knowledge of Planning, Inventory Management, and Supply Chain best practices APICS

Experience in the flavour, ingredient or fragrance industry

6 sigma / lean Yellow or Green Belt

Technical Skills

Working knowledge of planning. Preferably have experience with demand, supply or production.

Show flexibility when solving issues

Affinity to systems and analytical tools

Continuous improvement mindset Working knowledge BI, BO, Google and SAP

Language Skills: English and other language(s)

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At Givaudan, you contribute to delightful taste and scent experiences that touch people's lives.
You work within an inspiring teamwork culture - where you can thrive, collaborate and learn from other talented and passionate people across disciplines, regions and divisions.
Every essence of you enriches our world.
Diversity of perspectives fuels innovation and fosters deeper connections with our employees, customers, and partners. At Givaudan, we are dedicated to cultivating an inclusive environment where every individual's voice is valued and has the power to shape our world. Join us in making a difference together.