Portfolio Planning Manager – Sauces

About the role

Kraft Heinz is looking for a Portfolio Planning Manager for its Sauces business in Amsterdam. The role owns medium-to-long-term planning (12+ weeks) so that capacity matches demand while balancing service level, cost and inventory strategies. It acts as a strategic partner to manufacturing and innovation teams and leads network and capacity design.

Key responsibilities

• Lead and facilitate IBP supply reviews to align supply chain operations with business objectives and find improvement opportunities.
• Develop, communicate and implement a manufacturing strategy aligned with business goals.
• Oversee a supply chain network strategy and collaborate with BU and SCD teams on project readiness, such as new product launches, promotions and events.
• Work with material planning teams on long-term planning strategies.
• Develop a business continuity strategy to minimise disruption from unexpected changes.
• Track and analyse a supply chain performance metric combining Case Fill Rate (CFR), Days Inventory Outstanding (DIO) at portfolio level, capacity utilisation and supply chain losses (SCL).

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree and/or Master's degree in Supply Chain Management, Operations Management or a related field.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in supply chain planning, with a focus on advanced planning systems and strategic supply network design.
• An EU working permit; an Orientation Year visa is not included.

Required skills

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, able to analyse complex data sets.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills across cross-functional teams.
• Strong business acumen and leadership and influence skills, including negotiation.