Job Information
Nestle Warehouse Planner in Milano, Italy
Position Snapshot
Nestlé Italy, Milan HQ (Assago)
Background in Economics or Engineering
Fluent in Italian and English
Fixed-term contract (1 year) with future possibilities
Nestlé welcomes people with disabilities
Position Summary
Plan and control all warehouse related activities, to drive warehouse performances optimization by:
ensuring required storage and loading capacity
driving service level improvement to customers and carriers
optimizing handling and storage costs
A day in the life of Factory Engineering Manager
Build Finished Products and Pack Materials Inbound Flows forecast over the medium-long term horizon, adjusting the forecast on the short term for changes on the factories production and line loading plans, to plan and ensure required unloading capacity to follow inbound flows peaks
Build Finished Products Outbound Flows forecast over the medium-long term horizon, adjusting the forecast on the short term for changes on the demand, to plan and ensure required loading capacity to serve Customers and Carriers
On the short term, manage outbound flows loading grid, ensuring the required capacity for each market/warehouse with the adequate flexibility to increase service level, and take corrective actions to cover exceptional requirements (extra loading slots)
Control Loading time and Truck Turn Time based on the appointment grid, to drive the improvement for all markets and carriers, supporting the 3PL supplier to find improvement opportunities and reduce idle time both for carriers and for forklift drivers, thus improving service level and reductig handling costs
Plan and control Loading Docks Capacity utilization, to ensure required capacity and flexibility optimizing assets rotation (Docks)
Plan and control Truck Parking Capacity utilization, to ensure required capacity and flexibility optimizing assets rotation (Yard - Parkings)
Define and periodically review the ABC stock policy, adjusting according to stock profile or products portfolio/innovation products, and by order profile, with the aim to optimize storage capacity saturation and increase most efficient storage location rotations to optimize handling productivity
Define and periodically review the warehouse Bin Capacity, Put-Away and Retreival Strategies for existing and new products, with the aim to optimize storage capacity saturation and increase most efficient storage location rotations to optimize handling productivity, optimizing forklifts routing
Proactive Cooperate with different fuctions (Factory Supply Planning, IMSP, Export and Local Demand Management and Customer Service, T-HUB) to analyze medium term stock forecast by market to ensure required storage capacity
Monitor warehouse ageing stock, in order to proactively cooperate with DSP team to ensure freshness of products and reduce Bad Goods, and ensure flawless execution through 3PL suppliers of timely destruction.
What will make you successful
Strong analytical skills
Strong communication skills
Ability to Influence
Eye for details
Ability to balance/challenge conflicting objectives
Able to see the bigger picture beyond the scope of their role
Able to challenge the status quo
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