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We are committed to growing our iconic and innovative brands by reimagining everyday essentials in new, sustainable, and responsible ways.\nOur culture encourages a \"roll up your sleeves and get the job done\" mindset, ensuring self-starters, problem solvers, and innovative thinkers can truly thrive. At BIC World, you are empowered to take ownership of your career and use your unique perspective to make a meaningful, global impact on our mission.\nOverview\nAs part of the Americas factory planning team for Human Expression category, you will build short & medium-term production plans maximizing product availability while optimizing inventory levels as well as considering all manufacturing constraints. You lead continuous improvement initiatives and participate in various projects: new product introduction, implementation of new tools. You are the cornerstone between worldwide supplies and factories located in different countries in the continent. Your actions will have a direct impact on customer satisfaction as well as on working capital.\nWhat You’ll Do:\nDrive the monthly supply review meeting (S&OP / IBP) to define the optimal medium-long term plan at family level getting information from factory, demand planning, local supply chains and project teams.\nPrepare different scenarios to mitigate exceptional situations or to reflect different business or manufacturing assumptions.\nBuild and align with the factory on the weekly constrained production plan (CPP). Monitor the accomplishment of the plan and challenge the factory where necessary.\nAnticipate, communicate and bring solutions for product shortage in close collaboration with all local supply chain teams.\nProvide transparency to all regions on production processes, arbitration, and priorities - first point of contact in case of arbitration needs for factories and continents supply organization.\nMonitor and optimize global finished goods inventory level challenging local supply chains with support from inventory analysts.\nMake sure new product launches are delivered in due time and communicate regularly with project teams in case of slippage.\nTrain other team members in other regions and sharing good practices.\nChallenge current processes and suggest improvements and simplification.\nProjects You’ll work on:\n\nLead or participate on several cross functional projects\nComplexity reduction related initiatives\nPlanning tools roll-out (Anaplan, Blue Yonder)\nChange of sourcing - Transfer of lines - Capacity balancing\nMOQ & KANBAN analysis.\nQUALIFICATIONS\nYou have a Master or post graduate degree in Business, Supply Chain or related field.\nYou have 3+ years of experience within demand or supply planning function within a fast-paced environment, familiar with S&OP / IBP processes and planning tools.\nYou are fluent in English.\nExperience with interacting in a complex, cross-functional, matrix and multicultural environment.\nYou have demonstrated strong analytical skills and are comfortable in managing lots of data from multiple sources.\nYou’d describe yourself as reliable, curious, proactive, problem solver. Detail oriented as well as with a strategic view.\nTeam player with high customer focus.\nYou have great communication skills that allow you to collaborate, educate and influence people from different backgrounds.\nExperience in FMCG is a plus.\nBIC World is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We strongly commit to hiring people with different backgrounds and experiences to help us build better products, make better decisions, and better serve our customers. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, veteran status, disability status, or similar characteristics. All employment is decided based on qualifications, merit, and business need.\nBIC World is not seeking assistance or accepting unsolicited resumes from search firms for this employment opportunity. 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