Assistant Manager, Customer Facing Supply Chain Nestle

To be the face of Nestl within the Customer s supply chain, liaising with all aspects of the Nestl supply chain and commercial functions and providing high level of communication in order to maximize service.

Building trust with the Customer to enable deeper level of engagement and accelerate business improvements.

A DAY IN THE LIFE

• Ensure availability of Nestl products on shelf by Collaborating closely with the Customer to understand their operations and supply chain to shelf.
• Communicating and resolving out-of-stock & availability issues at store and distribution centers.
• Reviewing progress of agreed KPI scorecard at defined frequency e.g. Monthly /Quarterly with Customer and Nestl line managers.
• - Ensuring regular Master data clean up and on time listing and disliking of SKU s (phase in/phase out)
• Proactively updating the Barcodes in Customers database.
• Reviewing demand deviations, re-forecasting as needed using sales and historical trend data - communicating and working closely with Demand Planners - organising/ chairing key meetings, challenging assumptions and ensuring agreement on initial forecast and communication to all parties involved

What will make you successful

Ideally educated to degree standard (minimum A level)

3 - 4 years experience in Supply Chain function

Ideally would also have spent some time within Customer Service.

Exposure within Sales and / or Retail Account would be beneficial