Naturals Supply Planning Intern

Join us and celebrate the beauty of human experience. Create for happier, healthier lives, with love for nature. Together, with passion and imagination, 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 16,000 employees around the world to explore ideas and ambitions with. 
In France, discover the empowered passionate professionals who made history creating our legendary perfumery school. Feel the heritage. Acquire knowledge and experience, gained in our renowned European Creation Centre, or from any of our 17 innovative sites across the country. Every day, your commitment, your humility, and your risk-taking will shape our future. Every essence of you enriches our world. We are Givaudan. Human by nature.

We are looking for an intern based in Avignon for 6 months.

You will report to Naturals EAME VMI Planner

Main Responsibilities:

• Build distribution planning activities for intermediates and finished goods;

• Improve service to internal and external customers;

• Track and review customer orders. Manage escalations;

• Analyze performance and provide the main Indicator to the team;

• Support the standardization of the distribution processes;

• Lead Planning & Distribution projects to improve the processes and the service provided to customers;

• Review slow-moving and obsolete inventory;

• Ensure the quality and accuracy of the master data;

• Build relationships with partners and teams such as Naturals sites, Network Supply Planning, Customer Care, Production, Scheduling, Raw Material Supply, logistics, Quality, Transport, and Global Business Service;

• Follow Givaudan procedures, guidelines, and best practices in relevant areas including Safety; 

Education:

• Bachelor's Degree in Supply Chain, Operations Management, Business Administration or equivalent

Technical Skills:

• Knowledge in planning. Preferably have experience with demand, supply, or production.

• Show flexibility when solving complex problems.

• Affinity to systems and analytical tools.

• Continuous improvement mindset

• Working knowledge of BI, BO, Google

• Language Skills: English

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.