Supply Chain Planning Project Manager

Job Description

Job Description:

Location: Aimargues, France - near Montpellier (Occitanie region), with easy access to the Mediterranean coast and major transport hubs.

Segment: Royal Canin

Type of contract: Permanent

In your role as a Product and Process Implementation Engineer you will work as a Change Coordinator to efficiently deliver the circular pack transition at site level, helping the company on having sustainable and circular packs common for all our sites within France and with a transition vision for European markets.

Furthermore, you will manage day-to-day mission based on the day-to-day pack sustainability.

The job is to be a “catalyst for change” and you will initiate and drive game-changing workstreams to optimize our cost-to-serve for our customers and support Mars to become a more efficient, agile and lean company.

What are we looking for?

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Economics

• 3+ years of experience in Production or Supply Chain roles

• Knowledge of internal manufacturing and major business processes, FMCG would be a benefit

• Significant change management experience

• Understanding of improvement tools as SIXSIGMA, Kaizen, 5S

• Ability to work cross functionally with Senior Leaders and stakeholders

• Track record in leading step-change initiatives / Best practice roll out

• Eager to analyze and inspired by maximizing value

• Fluent in English

What will be your responsibilities?

Trial support reporting and continuous improvement:

• Lead and support the trials, technical improvement modification according to the regional plan aligning with factory production plan.

• Create local project dashboard: define the KPI to measure the project success and set targets, periodic update and analysis.

• Build actions plan according to KPI deviation, measure actions efficiency.

• Support QFS team to answer customer complain related to circular pack.

Master data & system:

• Animate Master data validation workflow at factory level.

• Ensure MD update on demand planning, MPS, matrice file.

Packaging material switch planning:

• Manage planning: build, communicate, revise the plan, and assess impacts.

• Perform risk assessment and facilitate decision making or escalation.

• Ensure compliance rules and switch strategy.

Circular solution:

• Improve current pack waste disposal. Define the road to circularity.

• Organize pack waste collection on shop floor.

• Manage disposal or finished goods and Packaging material left over according to company rules.

Ensure effective communication:

• Build a strong communication plan to get align with stackholders.

What can you expect from Mars?

• At Mars, we believe in a relationship of mutual trust, dignity and respect between our company and Associates that is more meaningful than the standard employer/employee relationship.

• As Associates, we can expect to be respected, supported and valued as individuals, to be treated fairly and equitably.

• The opportunity to learn and develop, taking charge of your own career across Mars.

• You will work in a multicultural environment (more than 40 nationalities) and where your dog will be welcomed by more than 100 other Associates’ dogs at the office!

• You will work in a unique campus, which gathers more than 800 Associates working for: the international HQ, the French subsidiary, two laboratories, a kennel and a cattery with more than 200 cats & dogs, and finally the most important factory of the Royal Canin group