S&OP Analyst

Job description

As a Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) Analyst, you are the link between the customer demand and the manufacturing organizations for Biscoff products, Cookies, Pastry, and Waffles. You are part of the Global Biscoff Planning & Logistics team, and will report to the Planning & Logistics Manager Biscoff. In this challenging role, you play a key role in the monthly S&OP process, bridging customer demand and manufacturing capabilities through demand validation, supply and demand balancing, inventory analysis, and performance monitoring. Working closely with sales and operations teams, you provide critical input for the monthly S&OP decision-making process, lead the Executive S&OP process for Pastry and Waffles, and help ensure long-term supply continuity. We produce Biscoff on multiple continents and ship to countries around the world. Multi-site planning and sourcing can be complex but is important. We need you to take on a key role in preparing sourcing exercises and rolling out implementations. In case of supply chain disruptions, you support short-term decision making and within limited timeframes, you analyze potential measures to increase capacity and/or propose volume allocation scenarios across countries. The outcome of these analyses serve as the basis for decisions with significant financial impact. You’ll report on key performance indicators, including forecast accuracy, inventory status and performance to plan. You’ll discuss the results with the business while continuously focusing on improving the demand-supply balance to deliver excellent customer service at optimal cost. Aimed at improving the global supply chain design and management, you identify, propose, lead and support different projects. Overall, you always act as a process guard to strive for excellence and knowledge sharing. You document, improve and train key supply chain planning processes like demand planning and mid-term capacity planning. Do you recognize yourself in this profile? Then we look forward to meeting you! You have a Master’s degree in business economics or engineering, combined with at least 3 years of experience in Supply Chain planning (factory planning, S&OP, distribution and logistics, …). Experience in the FMCG industry or industrial manufacturing business is a plus. Based on a strong analytical and business-driven mindset, you focus on result and bring a data-driven, detail oriented aim. You feel comfortable in a process-oriented environment and show a strong analytical & business-driven mindset, combining strategy with operational activities. You are flexible and have a natural drive to continuously improve processes and ways of working, a team player who finds it easy to absorb and transfer knowledge. On top of being a good communicator in Dutch and English, you are a very proficient user of Excel. Experience in SAP IBP, Power BI and SAC is a plus.