Subcontracting Planner (12-month contract)

Position Snapshot

Business area: Nestle Canada Inc

Location: Subcontracting Planner - 12-month contract

North York, ON located at 25 Sheppard Ave W, North York, ON M2N 6S8;

Hybrid

A little bit about us

While Nestlé is known for KitKat, Gerber, Nescafe, and Häagen-Dazs, our recipe for success comes down to one thing: our people.

We strive to lead a people-focused culture that empowers employees to bring their authentic selves to work each day. There are 3,000+ members of Nestlé Canada celebrated for taking action using agility, courage, and trust to find solutions that benefit the business or greater good. We're a team of changemakers, who are curious and challenge the status quo, that take risks that will help drive us forward.

Our focus is not only on nourishing our customers, but also about enriching you. We know that empowerment leads to strong employee engagement, a great work culture, and motivated employees.

What to expect

As a Subcontracting Planner, you will establish a 12-month production plan for the subcontracting factories (co-packers) within their responsibilities. You will be working on creating an optimized replenishment plan for raw and packaging materials over a 12-month horizon that ensures supply of material to production whilst ensuring that the working capital targets for raw and packaging materials are met.

A day in the life

• Creating capacity / feasibility scenarios for the 3 years MBS plans

• Creates a feasible production plan that respects capacity defined (available capacity)

• Identifies possible opportunities and improvements in collaboration with the co-packers within the 12-month horizon

• Monitor supply signals through the use of MRP purchase requisitions while ensuring delivery dates, lead times and required quantities are correct

• Creating purchase orders and ensuring their fulfilment by the supplier

• Manage directly with the defined supplier the delivery of materials: this includes creating, sending, confirming, receiving, investigating errors and discrepancies on blocked or parked invoice lines and handling all exceptions / issues in those operations, including claims management

• Define the stock policy and management approach to be applied to each SKU within their portfolio

• Support Innovation & Renovation Projects including new product development, packaging transition, source change and cost improvement ideas.

Role Requirements

• 2 years or more of experience in Supply Chain or Technical & Production (especially in Factory and/or Co-Manufacturing logistics, Materials Handling or Production Scheduling)

• Diploma in Business, engineering, Supply Chain or a related field or the equivalent combination of experience

• Demonstrated strong interpersonal, communication and organizational skills; Able to communicate information clearly and concisely

• Proven problem solving, and administrative skills; attention to detail

• Ability to prioritize workload effectively

Benefits

• Flexible and hybrid work arrangements

• Excellent training and development programs as well as opportunities to grow within the company

• Up to 50% off - Nespresso Coffee Machine, Capsules and accessories

• Access to the Discount Company store with Nestlé, Nespresso, and Purina products (Located across various Nestle offices/sites)

• Additional discounts on a variety of products and services offered by our preferred vendors and partnerships

What you need to know

We will be considering applicants as they apply, so please don't delay in submitting your application.

Nestlé Canada is an equal-opportunity employer committed to diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility. We welcome qualified applicants to bring their diverse and unique experiences as a result of their education, perspectives, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veteran's status, colour, religion, disability, sexual orientation and beliefs.

If you are selected to participate in the recruitment process, please inform Human Resources of any accommodations you may require. Nestlé will work with you in an effort to ensure that you are able to fully participate in the process.