Supply chain

JACOBS DOUWE EGBERTS (JDE) is a global coffee & tea company based in NetherlandS. For more than 265 years, we have been inspired by the belief that it’s amazing what can happen over a cup of coffee. Today our coffee & tea portfolio is available in over 140 countries around the world through iconic household names including: The JDE APAC region combines a diverse brand portfolio, promoting our global brands to the Asian markets whilst also owning a wide range of beloved heritage brand cherished by our Asian customers. Brands such as Old Town, Super, Maxwell House, Owl and Ye Ye have become household names, deeply ingrained in the cultural fabric of the Asian market.
JDE APAC operates across the region in 7 key markets consisting of Australia, Greater China, Malaysia, Myanmar, New Zealand, Singapore, Thailand, and an international export market. Singapore also serves as a operating hub for the APAC leadership team and the regional corporate functions such as Finance, Internal Controls, Marketing, HR and Corporate Affairs.
Loads the weekly promo forecast in SAP and reviews carefully to ensure total forecast is correctly calculated.
Define for new SKUs the local master data. Create a high-level forecast for the second year of the demand planning horizon by applying the long -term statistical forecasting approach. Update forecast every quarter and provide this as initial input to operations planning purposes and the Annual Operating Plan volume target setting by the local MSU in first quarter of a calendar year.
Align the demand forecast assumptions different functions in the Marketing and Sales unit, such as Sales, Marketing, Finance. Perform product portfolio analysis to validate the SKU volumes versus operations and financial hurdle rates.
For the supply from the JDE manufacturing plants cooperate with the Regional Supply Planner to ensure availability of finished goods in the MSU warehouse according to minimum and maximum stock rules. Execute stock aging and slow moving & obsolete investigations and propose actions to the Regional Supply Planner to improve the quality of the stock. Responsible for main brands within Export MSU as well as strategic markets Philippines and Vietnam. For Philippines a weekly dialogue with customer is key to ensure the end- to end supply chain is optimized: order- and production lead times, shipping process, SAP SKU setup and customer collaboration.
Create overviews that clearly depict risks related to supply constraints in volume and value (NOS), escalates this during weekly calls with manufacturing units as well as with management teams.
Performs and leads champions (supply chain operating system) by systematically solving problems using the root cause analysis (RCA), the whiteboard meetings and determine clear preventive actions. Measure and analyze key performance indicators to improve forecast accuracy and forecast bias figures. Execute root cause analysis and apply preventive actions to improve future performance.
Minimum 3 years of Supply Chain planning experience;
Experienced with SAP APO;