Vendor Replenishment Planner

Everything we do at Krispy Kreme is about connecting people to moments of happiness. In fact, it is in the little moments here that big possibilities are discovered. A perfectly iced doughnut can brighten a customer’s entire day. A laugh over lunch can spark a lifelong friendship. Trying something new can change the course of a career.

**About the Role**

Our Vendor Replenishment Planner supports the Demand Planning process for Krispy Kreme and 7-Eleven. This role will be responsible for the development and improvement of Sales & Operational Planning (S&OP) processes, forecasts, reports and provide data analytics to support Krispy Kreme’s and 7-Eleven’s supply chain and manufacturing strategic initiatives for our omni-channel business.

You will be based within 7-Eleven’s head office and will require a high level of cross functional collaboration and time management to ensure Krispy Kreme’s and 7-Eleven’s business needs are met.

We love having a friendly, fun and professional working environment. Working for Krispy Kreme means being part of something special. It means being a key part of our success.

**In this sweet role you will**:

- Collate and distribute forecasts, generate & input to information decks for relevant meetings within the S&OP process for both businesses.
- Create daily orders for 7-Eleven store network ensuring store clusters are supplied with the right stock to meet their customer needs
- Manage the assumptions data base that drives the 0-13 weeks demand plan at store level, 0-12 months at subcategory level
- Use market insights, historical sales trends, consumption trends, and promotional activity assumptions to further develop and refine the demand forecast.
- Work collaboratively with Krispy Kreme and 7-Eleven to maximise new store openings with demand and logistics key to success
- Develop, modify, and communicate the short
- and long-range demand plan to Supply Planning. This role functions as the pivotal communication point for supply and service constraints within Krispy Kreme.
- Track Forecast KPI’s including bias, accuracy and forecast value add. Use these KPI’s to drive improvements.
- Monitor NPD weekly and highlight any variance from forecasts using underlying, documented assumptions to sales/customer/marketing to minimize bias.
- New line administration for Krispy Kreme.
- New line administration for Krispy Kreme SKU's within 7-Eleven.
- Manage day to day logistics for both land and rail.
- Stay grounded and true to yourself. After all, everyone at Krispy Kreme is an Original

**What you can bring to the team**:
We firmly believe in hiring for cultural contribution and training for skills; however, there are some things we need from you to be successful in this role:

- Excellent proficiency using Microsoft Excel, Access, or similar software.
- Strong analytical and interpretative skills required in order to provide vision to past and future consumption trends.
- Expertise in Microsoft Excel and data manipulation along with BI or other data manipulation software knowledge.
- Strong analytical and thinking skills and desire to learn new skills, possessing a strong sense of urgency and attention to accuracy and detail. Talent communicating effectively both orally and in writing with people at all organizational levels.
- Capable of managing a variety of tasks simultaneously with rapidly changing priorities.
- Demonstrated ability to work productively and effectively as part of a team.
- Effective written and verbal communication skills and the ability to appropriately target communication for key stakeholders.
- Strong attention to detail.
- Strong organizational, problem solving and time management skills.
- Confidence, passion and enthusiasm about the customer experience and the Krispy Kreme Brand.

**Skills & Qualifications**
- Bachelor’s degree in business or related field (IT, Supply Chain, Finance) or equivalent training and experience required..
- Minimum of 2-3 years’ experience working in a combination of sales, marketing, or demand planning, preferably in a CPG or food industry environment.
- Strong understanding of P&L, including variable impacting trends in sales, costing, etc. with an ability to derive messaging based on data.
- Information systems background highly desirable.

Every day at Krispy Kreme is filled with little moments that have big possibilities