Planner

Join us and celebrate the beauty of human experience. Create for happier, healthier lives, with love for nature. Together, with passion and creativity, we deliver food innovations, craft inspired fragrances and develop beauty and wellbeing solutions. There’s much to learn and many to learn from, with more than 16,800 employees around the world to explore ideas and ambitions with. Every day, your talent, your innovative spirit, and your determination will shape our future, making a positive difference on billions of people. Every essence of you enriches our world. We are Givaudan. Human by nature.  

Are you organised and have an expert eye for detail? This is a fantastic opportunity to join our vibrant Planning Team for this challenging and exciting role at our key UK fragrance site based in Ashford, Kent.

In this exciting role, you will have extended responsibilities, limiting impacts of Raw Materials and Ingredients shortages on Manufacturing sites and Customers, developing allocation plans as well as alternative strategies. 

Your contribution will be essential as key contributor to coordinate Risk Mitigation and Management. 

You will be interacting with Category Management, Manufacturing sites, Regional & Global functions and across our worldwide footprint. 

Reporting directly to the Planning Manager and part of the Ashford Planning team, your main responsibility will be to manage the planning activities of our European Distribution Center located in Belgium. 

Has this made you curious to find out more? Then this could well be your perfect opportunity – and the chance to continue your planning journey with one of the world’s most exciting and innovative industries. This role will call upon a variety of your skillsets:

Planning professional: with a wealth of expertise gained from your exposure within a previous planning role, you will draw on your knowledge of lean processes.
Manage processes: the role requires an extremely logical and clear thinking approach: you will need to prove you are organised with a strong business acumen.
Communicate with confidence: effectively communicate with our Givaudan Business Solution centre as well as with other business partners within Givaudan and the Ashford Supply Chain team.
 

You?

Do you pride yourself in achieving the best results? Are you someone who wants to collaborate and learn together with teams who are as passionate as you are? Then come join us – and impact your world.

Your professional profile includes:

Degree in Business Administration, Engineering, Foreign Trade or others preferred

Preferred at least 5 years of experience into global or regional planning  or Supply Chain function 
Supply Chain expertise with End to End process understanding 
Knowledge of Fragrance products, Ingredients manufacturing an asset 
SAP knowledge, BI, BOA tools, advanced Excel knowledge 
Able to work in a matrix environment, in a team or independently and to interact with diverse stakeholders 
Rational decision-making 
Languages: Fluency in English, French and/or Spanish a plus. 
Excellent communication & command skills 
Accountability, initiative and integrity 
Curious and open to learn, change and improve 

At Givaudan, you contribute to delightful taste and scent experiences that touch people’s lives.
You work within an inspiring teamwork culture – where you can thrive, collaborate and learn from other talented and passionate people across disciplines, regions and divisions.
Every essence of you enriches our world.
Diversity drives innovation and creates closer connections with our employees, customers and partners.
Givaudan embraces diversity and is committed to building an inclusive environment where everyone impacts our world.