.We blend care and creativity to nourish the world.Griffith Foods is global product development partner, we specialize in high-quality food ingredients. We serve global food companies and regional food companies worldwide.As a family business, we've valued people above all else for 100 years. Griffith is renowned for true, collaborative innovation. Our people care. We're committed to helping our customers create better products - and a better, more sustainable world. Learn more about Griffith Foods on www.Griffithfoods.ComThe purpose of the roleAs part of the Supply Chain team you will provide in-depth expertise on the demand, to enable us to deliver seamlessly to our customers. The role is the linchpin that brings together the forecast from our customer base (Sales function), Procurement to be able to plan timely availability of raw materials to allow for Manufacturing to produce, on time and to plan, meeting our OTIF requirements for customers, thereby directly contributing to our customer satisfaction.Based on the Forecast tool (Blue Yonder), you will generate a base forecast. You will lead demand planning meetings to develop a consensus demand plan. Being the Subject Matter Expert (SME) for our Demand & Inventory plan, you will be analysing historical sales trends.In the Unit S&OP meeting you submit this demand plan to be signed off, to be used for the inventory & production plans.You are driving continuous improvement in the forecast accuracy, increasing the quality of the forecast, enabling to optimise the inventory levels and to reduce the obsoletes.In this role, you will also support the analysis, preparation and optimisation of our Supply Chain processesResponsibilities:Generate a base forecast and lead demand planning meetings with the sales & customer services teamsIncrease the quality of the forecast. Work with sales teams and strategic customers to share sales forecastsResponsible for KPI's as Forecast Accuracy, Forecast Bias, Obsoletes linked to forecastsManaging appropriate stock levels, driven by forecast improvementsProvide expertise as EU demand planning and inventory optimisation expert across the different Units in EU. Share in-depth knowledge of tools and processes to improve best practicesProactively contribute to the development and enhancements of Blue Yonder continuously looking at how to improve it's use for better results and accuracy on data forecasting, being the driving force behind improvement proposalsSupport implementation of EU SC Optimisation projects as assigned and drive continuous improvement in Demand and Inventory Planning across the EU SCRequirements:Master's in Engineering, Supply Chain or similarAnalytical, you like to work with numbersGood communicator, proficient in working with Sales teamsEnglish Fluency