Sales Planner Austria

Job Location: ​Innsbruck​

Company description

Ferrero is a family-owned company with a truly progressive and global outlook and iconic brands such as Nutella®, Tic Tac®, Ferrero Rocher®, Raffaello®, Kinder Bueno® and Kinder Surprise®. As the love for our brands continues to grow, so too does our global reach. Represented in more than 50 countries, with products sold in more than 170, the Ferrero Group is loved by generations around the world. The secret to our global success? 40,000  dedicated employees who celebrate care and quality to craft a business, careers and brands we are proud of. Join us, and you could be one of them.

Diversity Statement

Ferrero is committed to building a diverse and inclusive culture in which all employees feel welcomed and appreciated and have the same opportunities. We believe all of our people are equally talented in their own way. In nurturing the curiosity and natural abilities of our employees, we provide them, generation after generation, the means to succeed personally and professionally, enabling them to craft their journey at Ferrero. The diversity of our talents is what makes our work environment multicultural, innovative and highly rewarding.

About the Role:

Your tasks will be Managing the Sales Planning Process of Austria and Switzerland in the area of a key account manager planning responsibility, hence, constantly analyzing and updating the sales forecast in order to improve the sales forecast accuracy and safeguard the optimal availability of goods.

• Short/Medium Term-Perspective – Sales Planning: To ensure always the right baseline and activity forecast planning in order to optimize the Sales Forecast Accuracy and improve the service level to our customers
• Long-Term-Perspective (S&OP-Planning): To ensure the availability of production capacities, raw- and packaging materials

Main Responsibilities:

• Responsible for coordination and maintenance of KAM Sales planning processes according to the business strategy and marketing plan – standard business, promotions, seasonal business
• Sales Coordinator of planning processes with cross functional interaction between demand planning and sales department 
• Responsible for timely and effectively organized activities in cooperation with Demand Planning and Marketing departments 
• Ad hoc analysis for Country Manager & Sales Director

Who we are looking for:

• Sales Planning experience (approx. 3 years), FMCG as a plus
• Proficient in German and English– oral and written
• Communication and strong analytical as well as communication skills 
• Excellent Microsoft Office skills (e.g. Excel, Power Point)
• Background in forecasting and demand planning either from sales or demand planning perspective 
• Ability to work cross-functionally
• Detail oriented, extremely accurate
• Understanding of commercial planning basics

How to be successful in the role and at Ferrero:

Consumers, quality and care are at the heart of everything we do. So, to be successful at Ferrero, you’ll need to be just as consumer and product centric as we are - dedicated to crafting brilliant results for consumers around the world.