Global Senior Demand Planner

Position Snapshot

Temporary Contract - until end of 2026

Location: Lisbon (Portugal)

Company: Nespresso

Full-time/Hybrid mode

Fluent in Portuguese and English

About us

Working at Nestlé means you'll join the world's largest food and beverage multinational. Our purpose is to improve the quality of life of our consumers, contributing to a healthier future.

At Nestlé, we are firmly committed to equal opportunities for men and women, as well as to age diversity, ethnicity, nationality, sexual orientation, social origin, religion or belief, and disability.

Position Summary

For our Nespresso Hub team, we are currently looking for Global Senior Demand Planner. Reporting to the Demand Planning Manager, this professional will be responsible for developing, maintaining, and improving a realistic Demand Plan for a product portfolio, ensuring alignment with internal and external partners through the monthly business planning process, while identifying exceptions and monitoring performance to continuously enhance the plan's quality, reliability, and the company's responsiveness to changing circumstances.

A day in the life of... 

• Collect Information and Assumptions received from Markets and HQ Marketing, Commercial and Finance;
• Liaise with HQ Marketing and Commercial in order to understand if all launch or phase-out information have been submitted to the markets, prior to Supply Chain communication;
• Request and support markets in providing their 18 rolling months demand plan of new products;
• Ensure that phase-out products are reflected in the market 18 rolling months demand plan;
• Consolidate and challenge market forecasts;
• Check and challenge Market's DPA results;
• Through systematic reporting, ad-hoc reports and communication ensure that Demand Plan information is available to all internal stakeholders;
• Support the MBP meetings (MFR, MOR, Zone MBP) by collecting inputs from internal stakeholders and preparing the presentation materials;
• Analyze the 18 rolling months demand plan and ensure alignment with Dynamic Forecasts;
• Challenge Supply Chain Teams in the markets and understand if their 18 rolling months demand plan is consistent with business development;
• Support markets with problem solving initiatives to reach KPI targets (e.g. GSTD, DMAIC).

 
What will make you successful 

• University degree, preferably in Engineering, Management, Mathematics or Statistics.
• At least 5 years of operational experience in Supply and Demand Planning areas is recommended;
• Fluent in Portuguese and English – any other language is an advantage;
• Advanced knowledge in Microsoft Excel and Power Point;
• Knowledge in language programming (Phyton and Power BI) is a plus;
• Eye for detail;
• Proactivity;
• Problem solving mindset;
• Stakeholder management and engagement;
• Conflict management.

What we offer 

Here at Nestlé Portugal we care about our Talents and we continuously work to have our teams engaged and our people achieving their best professional performance, without forgetting personal development and work-life balance. Joining us will bring you: 

• Development of expertise
• Immersion in a culturally diverse team
• Local and international exposure
• Flexible working environment
• Engagement and well-being activities
• Competitive salary
• Health Insurance
• Meal allowance card
• Make part of the Nestlé Club and get discount in several partners
• Free coffee (and good coffee) at the office
• Shop with special discounts for employees
• Company equipment according to professional needs
• Medical support available at the office (in Lisbon)
• E-learning courses and training program to get you where you aim to be
• Career progression and possibilities for international career