Supply Planning Lead

At Nestlé 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 Nestlé 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.

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* Position Summary:

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* As the Supply Planning Lead supporting the Vital Protein brand for a Nestlé Health Science business unit, you will own all aspects of supply planning and play a pivotal role in ensuring our products are available where and when our consumers need them. In this dynamic role, you will develop and execute supply plans for finished goods, achieve targeted service levels, and optimize inventory while proactively managing obsolete and slow-moving goods.

Working in close partnership with our factories and co-manufacturing partners, you will balance total delivered cost with the agility needed to respond to shifting market demand. This is an exciting opportunity to make a tangible impact-solving complex supply challenges, collaborating across functions, and helping bring health and nutrition solutions to consumers around the world.

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* Important Note:

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* + This position is remote. Preference will be given to candidates who reside within the Tri-State area (New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut), Arlington, VA & Solon, OH.

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* Key Responsibilities:

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* + Manage the supply/production planning and co-manufacturing/co-packing requirements planning functions in a cost-effective manner.

+ Develop supply plans that optimize supply, service, and inventory while working within production constraints and managing total delivered cost impact.

+ Manage both short-term (within the Planning Time Fence) and long-term (rolling 18-month) capacity plans in close partnership with the factories to proactively identify and resolve potential capacity issues.

+ Ensure customer service and delivery objectives are achieved within existing financial constraints to meet marketing and financial goals.

+ Manage and recommend decisions to balance supply needs across all available sourcing locations (factory and co-manufacturer).

+ Set, review, and maintain safety stock policy by SKU to meet agreed-upon customer service level objectives while minimizing associated working capital costs.

+ Manage bad goods within the P&L by closely monitoring the risk of aging stock, aligning with the commercial team on mitigation actions, and proposing preventive measures to minimize future occurrences.

+ Manage inventory for salvage selling and assess potential salvage opportunities.

+ Manage inventory dwell time appropriately.

+ Continually reassess current inventory management processes, and propose and lead new planning methods and tools.

+ Identify and analyze build-stock needs and timing based on production availability and strategic decisions, communicating clearly with the appropriate stakeholders.

+ Lead frequent communication with the cross-functional team on product availability and critical items-highlighting risks of customer shortages, back-in-stock projections, root causes, and…