Description

Distribution Requirements Planner

Location: Amsterdam

12 Month Fixed Term Contract

About us

With over 200 brands sold in nearly 180 countries, we're the world's leading premium drinks company. Bring your passion and use your curiosity as you explore, collaborate, and innovate to build brands consumers love. Together with passionate people from all over the world, you'll test new ideas, learn and grow, and unlock a brighter, more exciting future.

Join us to create a career worth celebrating.

About the Function:

Our Supply Chain and Manufacturing team are problem-solvers, sourcing, producing, and delivering our much-loved brands to delight customers around the globe. Over half of Diageo's 30,000+ people work in Supply Chain and Manufacturing. It's an intricate and sophisticated operation that's the product of logistical, manufacturing, and technical collaborations.

Our teams in 100 sites in over 30 countries cover production facilities, supplier relationships, customer collaborations and third-party agreements. We're committed to realizing our 'Society 2030: Spirit of Progress' goals, to protect the environment and support our farmers and suppliers. Whatever your skills and experience, we'll help you to thrive in our inclusive culture.

About the role:

The Distribution Requirements Planner's primary role is to manage stock movements across the supply chain network, maintaining optimal stock cover at each of the locations (plants and warehouses), ensuring minimum distribution costs and is responsible to communicate stock availability to commercial team

The role includes planning and coordination of stock transfers among the network nodes (including 3rd parties) in collaboration with production sites and Supply Planning teams.

Responsibility for planning of supply of imported products with manufacturing plants, 3PL's, carriers, customs, etc.

Role Responsibilities:

• Act as the main point of contact for the commercial team regarding product supply into the market, ensuring continuity and providing clear availability dates.
• Confirm stock availability and inbound delivery dates to support customer order fulfilment.
• Generate and share the product availability status report with the Commercial and Demand Planning teams.
• Work closely with Demand Planners and support with planning related activities
• Manage stock transfers between markets.
• Work closely with the Logistics team on warehouse space planning, market allocation per warehouse, and future inbound forecasting.
• Support the phasing in and out of products throughout their lifecycle.
• Assist in managing slow-moving stock to help minimize the write-off of obsolete finished goods.
• Lead on initiating stock destruction processes when required.
• Request stock blocking for allocation and planning purposes.
• Provide input into the monthly S&OP (Sales & Operations Planning), Supply Review and weekly S&OE (Sales & Operations Execution) reviews.

Experience / skills required:

We're looking for someone with a collaborative attitude and a genuine interest in supply chain operations. You will ideally have a bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in a relevant subject such as Supply Chain, Logistics, Engineering, Mathematics, or Business.

In addition, we are looking for:

• A foundational understanding of end-to-end Supply Chain Planning processes, including Supply Planning, Distribution Requirements Planning, Inventory Management, Conversion, Logistics, Procurement and Customer Service.
• Strong analytical skills, with the ability to interpret data and make sound, informed decisions.
• Excellent organisational abilities, able to manage multiple priorities effectively.
• Clear and confident communication skills, both verbal and written, with the ability to present ideas and information in a concise and engaging manner.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, such as Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Access and Outlook.
• Experience in Distribution, Supply or Demand Planning, preferably within the Consumer-Packaged Goods industry (beneficial)
• Hands-on experience using advanced planning systems, especially SAP APO and Business Intelligence/BW tools (beneficial)

Working with Us

Flexibility is key to our success. Talk to us about what flexibility means to you so that you're supported to manage your wellbeing and balance your priorities from day one.

Our purpose is to celebrate life, every day, everywhere. And creating an inclusive culture, where everyone feels valued and that they can belong, is a crucial part of this.

We embrace diversity in the broadest possible sense. This means that you'll be welcomed and celebrated for who you are just by being you. You'll be part of and help build and champion an inclusive culture that celebrates people of different gender, ethnicity, ability, age, sexual orientation, social class, educational backgrounds, experiences, approaches, and more.

Our ambition is to create the best performing, most trusted and respected consumer products companies in the world. Join us and help transform our business as we take our brands to the next level and build new ones as part of shaping the next generation of celebrations for consumers around the world.

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