Job Description:
**Location: **Haguenau
Segment: Mars Wrigley
**Type of contract: **Permanent
Mars Wrigley is a global leader in confections, with a portfolio of iconic brands that bring smiles to faces every day. We are looking for a dynamic, creative and analytical Network Production Planner to join our integrated and agile supply chain team in France.
This is a fantastic opportunity to play a crucial role in our short-term S&OE horizon, ensuring that products like M&M's庐, Maltesers庐, and Skittles庐 are available to our customers across Europe. If you are passionate about data, thrive on solving complex challenges, and excel at collaboration, this is the role for you!
As our Network Production Planner, you will be the central point for developing timely and accurate production plans for our finished and semi-finished goods. Your core mission is to ensure a feasible plan that maximizes customer service while balancing product freshness, inventory levels, and costs. You will be a key driver of collaboration across multiple functions to ensure our supply chain runs smoothly from end to end (E2E).
**What are we looking for? **
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**Educational Background: **A Master鈥檚 degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, or a related field is a strong asset.
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**Professional Experience: **You bring at least 2 years of experience in Demand Planning, Supply Chain, or Logistics, ideally within a fast-paced global CPG/FMCG environment.
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A solid first experience in Planning is essential.
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**Systems & Data Curiosity: **You are comfortable working with ERP and Advanced Planning Systems (APS) and naturally curious about data, systems, and process optimization.
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**Analytical & Continuous Improvement Mindset: **You understand manufacturing flows, logistics, and sales dynamics, and enjoy turning data into actionable insights. You continuously look for ways to improve processes and drive efficiency.
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**Learning Agility: **You learn quickly, adapt easily to new environments, and have the potential to grow rapidly within a dynamic organization.
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**Collaboration & Communication: **You are an effective communicator who listens actively, connects ideas across teams, and helps build aligned and pragmatic solutions.
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**Languages: **Fluency in both English and French is required.
**What will be your key responsibilities? **
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Orchestrate Production: Develop and communicate valid production plans to our Factories, ensuring seamless execution.
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Master of Availability: Take ownership of short-term (0-12 weeks) finished goods availability across all European markets for your portfolio.
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Problem-Solve in Real-Time: Proactively manage any imbalances between demand and supply, performing root cause analysis and implementing corrective actions to keep our network on track.
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Collaborate for Success: Work closely with markets, factories, and regional stakeholders to navigate constraints and make critical decisions.
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Drive Continuous Improvement: Analyze key performance metrics to identify opportunities for improvement in cash, cost, and customer service results.
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Impact the Business: Play a key role in activity management, new product launches, and seasonal planning to ensure flawless execution.
What can you expect from Mars?
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At Mars, we believe in a relationship of mutual trust, dignity and respect between our company and Associates that is more meaningful than the standard employer/employee relationship.
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As Associates, we can expect to be respected, supported and valued as individuals, to be treated fairly and equitably.
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The opportunity to learn and develop, taking charge of your own career across Mars.
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Working in an enjoyable, collaborative, and multicultural environment. As a Mars Associate, you鈥檒l love the fact that learning never stops.
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You will join the most iconic segment of Mars and the world's largest chocolate manufacturer, which includes M&Ms, Snickers, Twix, Maltesers, Freedent, Airwaves and Be-Kind cereal bars
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You will join the 1750 Mars Wrigley Associates spread over the 3 sites in Alsace
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In Haguenau, you will work on the site of the largest M&M's factory in Europe and the second largest in the world