Sales & Production Planner DE & CH - Ovomaltine (m/f/d) 80-100%

About the job

You want to ensure that our products are available at the right time in the right quantity – and enjoy not only executing planning but actively improving it? You think in scenarios, recognize patterns in numbers, and bring marketing, sales, and production together when it matters? Then this role could be perfect for you.

As a Sales & Production Planner DE & CH (m/f/d), you manage the planning for defined finished products in Germany and Switzerland – from demand to production and packaging coordination. You work data-driven, with strong interface management, ensuring that our goals for availability, inventory, and forecast quality are met.

Our affiliation with the Twinings Ovomaltine Group and Associated British Foods (ABF) opens exciting perspectives for you – especially in the interplay of the Swiss production environment, international collaboration, and professional supply chain standards.

To strengthen our team, we are looking for a

Sales & Production Planner DE & CH - Ovomaltine (m/f/d) 80-100%

• Demand Planning & Forecast Excellence: Responsibility for sales planning (DE & CH) including rollforward, variance analyses, and scenarios as well as building/developing a robust forecast process (promotions, seasonality, innovations/delists) and co-managing key central KPIs (forecast accuracy, inventory coverage, delivery readiness).
• S&OP / IBP Leadership & Stakeholder Alignment: Planning and moderating monthly consensus meetings with marketing and sales, translating market and business inputs into decision-ready planned quantities including assumptions/risks, and active stakeholder management for decision-making.
• Supply & Production Synchronization: Close coordination with supply/production to ensure availability, prioritization in bottlenecks, and coordinated production planning for assigned finished products with all relevant internal interfaces.
• Packaging & Launch Readiness: Scheduling and ordering assigned packaging materials focusing on material availability and inventory control as well as implementing new introductions (phase-in/phase-out, ramp-ups, master data readiness) along defined recommendations and coordination formats.
• Operational Planning Control & Data Quality: Daily handling of exception messages in the planning and ERP system (root cause, correction, prevention) and ensuring a clean data basis (parameters/master data/consistency).
• Education & Expertise: Completed HF (e.g., business processes/industrial engineering) or a comparable qualification – ideally with a focus on planning/supply chain.
• Planning & Industry Experience: Practical experience in the planning environment (demand/supply/production planning) and good understanding of value chains; experience in the food industry is a strong plus.
• System Competence: Confident handling of SAP including working with exception messages, master data, and planning-relevant parameters.
• Working Method & Methodological Competence: You work precisely, structured, and data-driven, recognize deviations early, and implement topics on time and with ownership – while adhering to all quality, hygiene, and safety standards essential for our products and processes.
• Collaboration & Communication: Very good communication skills, team player mindset, and enjoyment in working with marketing, sales, and production to achieve viable solutions and decisions.
• At least 5 weeks of vacation
• A day off on your birthday because your day counts
• Additional days off on the Friday after Ascension Day, December 24th & 31st
• Sporty corporate culture with flat hierarchies, informal address, and plenty of creative freedom
• Attractive employee discount of 35% in the company-owned factory shop
• Discounted Reka checks for even more leisure value
• Modern equipped work environment and flexible working hours
• International network & development opportunities within the ABF group
• A team that sticks together!

After uploading your dossier, we will review your application and send you a confirmation of receipt. Reviewing the applications received takes time. However, it is important to us to communicate as quickly and transparently as possible. As soon as we have gained a comprehensive first impression of your qualifications, we will contact you to inform you about the next steps. If your profile matches our requirements, we will invite you by phone for a personal interview with us in Neuenegg.