Associate, Materials Planning

Nestle's Research & Development Center is our regional powerhouse driving innovation in food, beverage, and pharmaceutical science. Backed by our global Nestle R&D organization, we lead breakthrough discoveries that are both good for consumers and the planet. Our team of experts range from product developers to engineers, working across our portfolio of food, beverage, infant nutrition, and health science to create leading-edge products and services. As part of our organization, you will use your entrepreneurial spirit and commitment to excellence to unlock the power of food and provide premium value.

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JOB SUMMARY:

Responsible for all Supply Chain functions at NDC- collaborating with internal/external partners.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Plans and prioritizes all activities working toward supply chain excellence. Should demonstrate flexibility and willingness to work under short timelines and accommodate changing work environment.
• Lead discussions with various functional groups to constructively deal with: leveraging difficult situations, identifying opportunities for improvement and implementing best practices.
• Contribute to routine inventory accuracy (raw, finished, semi-finished, packaging materials, chemicals, supplies and shipping materials) to maintain agreed-upon levels of stock in storage areas including monitoring of shelf life.
• Support trial excellence by ensuring supply and timely availability of materials at all times, proactively working to anticipate and resolve supply/delivery issues.
• Must be able to be a resource for purchasing related duties and to ensure that all PO's are properly tracked to their respective projects.

• Ensure confidentiality of all proprietary information and procedures are enforced
• Firm understanding of all applicable food safety and quality guidelines and regulation; obtaining all pertinent information required for incoming goods.
• Support drive towards knowledge-capture & re-use, facilitate day to day problem solving activities through coaching and lead operational reviews when required.
• Contribute to standard Ways of Working through group discussions and focus groups; actively engaging in sustainability, risk assessments and audits.
• Oversee a tracking system to monitor and reduce raw material waste, ensuring sustainable practices throughout the supply chain.
• Collaborate with the finance department to accurately process and record Goods Receipt for all invoices
• Coordinate and schedule dedicated trucks for transportation of goods from factories and suppliers.

JOB QUALIFICATIONS (Education, Experience, and Knowledge):

• A.S or B.S degree preferred or equivalent work experience
• 4 or more years of working in procurement, warehousing or food manufacturing environments.
• Comfortable performing physically demanding work in extreme temperatures in an industrial environment.
• Have a baseline understanding of mathematics (multiplication, division, averages, and percentage calculations)
• Computer skills - Microsoft office suite (Outlook, Power Point, Word, Excel)
• Travel as required 5%
• Excellent communicator - verbal and written

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