Job Description
As a Response Planner you’ll be responsible for ensuring product availability by aligning supply with demand, managing risks, and coordinating flows across the logistics network. E2E visibility and strong cross‑functional collaboration is required in order to drive alignment, manage risks, and ensure customer needs. This role also supports launches, monitors key KPIs, and drives continuous improvement in supply chain processes.
In this role, their main responsibilities are:
- Ensure that supplies from our European production network are optimised in line with sales forecasts and expected coverage levels.
- Coordinating product flows and distribution within the logistics network, taking into account warehouse capacity constraints.
- Identify, assess, and communicate supply risks, proposing mitigation actions to commercial and internal teams while ensuring proper follow‑up across all supply chain functions.
- Analyse recurring disruptions to determine root causes, proactively implement solutions, and challenge production plans when shortages are projected to minimise service losses.
- Manage stock‑out analysis, validate the feasibility of promotional volumes, and ensure optimal stock distribution across the logistics network.
- Monitor our key performance indicators (KPIs): Despatch rate, Stock cover (DOH), obsoletes & residuals etc.
- Coordinate new product launches and range relaunches in collaboration with head office teams (Sales, Marketing, Customer Service and Demand Planner) as well as factories and European teams.
- Anticipate and minimise obsolete products, proactively propose solutions to sell them off and lead the follow-up of actions undertaken with the various business partners.
- Responsible for repacking planning activities, ensuring product availability in line with customer needs
- Drive continuous improvement across the supply chain by identifying process issues and collaborating with stakeholders to optimize and simplify workflows. Proactively implement improvement initiatives and ensure actions are executed to streamline operations
Experiences & Qualifications
• Master’s Degree from a recognized university. (Engineering, Business Management or similar).
• Initial previous experience in supply chain management roles (1-2 years required)
• Fluency in English required, communication with European teams on a daily basis.
• PowerBI + PowerPoint skills & Excellent MS Excel.
• Experience with SAP and/or any other ERP is appreciated as well as experience with planning systems (APO, RapidResponse).
• Excellent communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate and partner on multiple activities.
• Adapts quickly to change into a dynamic organizational structure.
• Hard-working and with the ability to perform well in challenging complex environments, working well under pressure, and prioritizing within tight deadlines.
• Good presentation, influencing, and communication skills with stakeholders
• Self-starter and have analytical, problem-solving skills.
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ABOUT THE MAGNUM ICE CREAM COMPANY:
With 19.000 expert ice cream colleagues and iconic brands like Wall’s, Cornetto and Ben & Jerry’s, loved in 76 countries, we are the world’s largest Ice Cream company leading the industry We have been taking pleasure seriously for more than 100 years, serving happiness with every lick or scoop of ice cream for generations.
The Magnum Ice Cream Company (formerly part of Unilever) is all about growth. Growing our business. Growing our customers’ businesses. Growing our people’s careers. Growth begins with empowerment. So we free our people to be innovative, responsible entrepreneurs, driven and equipped to give our consumers more amazing products and unforgettable moments – and having fun doing it. Here’s what defines success in our organization :
· We are all about growth
· We operate with speed and simplicity
· We win together with fun
· We boldly innovate to disrupt our industry
· We care and challenge
· We are experts in the Ice Cream Category
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
The Magnum Ice Cream Company embraces diversity and encourages applicants from all walks of life. This means giving full and fair consideration to all applicants and continuing development of all employees regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership, and pregnancy and maternity.
For the recruitment of this position, we would like to emphasize that local conditions apply to the position
ARE YOU EXCITED TO CRAFT THE ICE CREAM FUTURE?
Please apply online and do not forget to upload your CV. Your application will be reviewed against the requirements, and we will be in touch shortly after the closing date, with an update on the status of your application.
Disclaimer
Equal Opportunity Employer: The Magnum Ice Cream Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, or any other basis protected by applicable law, and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.
The Magnum Ice Cream Company is an organisation committed to equity, inclusion and diversity to drive our business results and create a better future, every day, for our diverse employees, global consumers, partners, and communities. We believe a diverse workforce allows us to match our growth ambitions and drive inclusion across the business. At The Magnum Ice Cream Company we are interested in every individual bringing their ‘Whole Self’ to work and this includes you! Thus if you require any support or access requirements, we encourage you to advise us at the time of your application so that we can support you through your recruitment journey.