Demand Planning Specialist - French Islands (12 months fixed term contract)
About the Role:
For our Ferrero headquarters in Luxembourg, we are looking for a Demand Planning Specialist French Islands who will report to the Demand Planning CEWA & French Islands Manager and support a dynamic, customer-focused market.
In this operational role, you will connect supply chain and production teams with customers across the French Islands. You will help translate market needs into reliable plans that balance availability, stock levels and product freshness.
The scope offers broad exposure across supply planning, customer service, sales and trade marketing. You will work with several customers and manage distinctive seasonal cycles, particularly around Easter and Christmas, while developing your demand planning expertise.
Main Responsibilities:
You will manage demand planning activities for the French Islands, reviewing customer requirements and market developments to support product availability. Through regular analysis, you will help identify potential risks, highlight opportunities and contribute to decisions that protect service, stock and freshness objectives.
As a key contact for customers and distributors, you will maintain clear communication, share relevant performance indicators and support constructive discussions on forecasts and deliveries. You will coordinate closely with supply planning, customer service, sales and trade marketing to keep priorities aligned across the cluster.
You will also coordinate seasonal ordering and delivery activities, ensuring that the specific Easter and Christmas portfolios are reflected in operational plans. On a weekly basis, you will update planning information in SAP and use Ferrero’s dedicated demand planning tools, with support to learn the reporting processes and systems used by the team.
About You:
You have a university degree in Logistics, Supply Chain, Industrial Engineering, Business Administration or a related field, together with 2-3 years of professional experience in demand planning, supply planning, logistics or another operational supply chain environment.
You are fluent in French and English. Your customer orientation, analytical approach and confidence with numbers allow you to communicate clearly, understand different needs and turn information into practical planning actions.
You are comfortable learning new digital tools and working in an operational setting with several customers and changing priorities. Experience with SAP or APO, advanced Excel skills, distributor planning tools, Power BI or BW reporting would be valuable, but not all are required from day one.
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About Ferrero:
Ferrero began its journey in the small town of Alba in Piedmont, Italy, in 1946. Today, it is one of the world’s largest sweet-packaged food companies, with many iconic brands sold in countries all over the world. Find out more about Ferrero at ferrero.com.
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Ferrero is committed to building a diverse and inclusive culture in which all employees feel welcomed and appreciated and have the same opportunities. We believe all our people are equally talented in their own way. In nurturing the curiosity and natural abilities of our employees, we provide them, generation after generation, the means to succeed personally and professionally, enabling them to craft their journey at Ferrero. The diversity of our talents is what makes our work environment multicultural, innovative, and highly rewarding.
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