Sales and Operations Planning lead

Limagrain is a global company with deep local roots. Our parent company is an agricultural cooperative based in the Limagne-Val d’Allier plain, in the heart of Central France’s Auvergne region, while we are an international seed and agri-food group with some 9,600 employees working in 53 countries.

As the 4th largest seed company in the world, we achieved sales of 2.522 billion euros in 2023-2024, with additional sales of 729 million euros from activities carried out in collaboration with our strategic partners.

Main Goal

We are looking for a dynamic, organized, self-driven Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) lead, to join our Global Supply Planning unit. In this role, the S&OP lead will work in close collaboration with Hazera leadership, Marketing, Commercial, Demand Planning, Finance, Production, Supply Planners, Quality & Subsidiaries GM’s to execute and continuously improve Hazera S&OP process

Job Description

• Facilitate End-2-End Hazera’s S&OP process - short, mid and long term
• Integrate commercial, marketing and financial plans into supply and inventory planning
• Inventory management - monitor inventory and analysis for improvements ensuring availability while preventing excess and obsolescence
• Define and drive inventory strategy from 3-year horizon to tactical execution
• Monitor all Supply KPI’s and drive improvement actions across functions
• Develop and maintain S&OP and inventory reports and dashboards (BI)
• Act as Supply Chain ERP domain leader including involvement in an ERP implementation and ongoing system developmentDrive continuous improvement to S&OP processes, data, tools &results
• Industrial Engineer, B.A. in Economics or other relevant degree
• Minimum 5 years of experience in relevant Supply Chain roles in a large global organization or consulting firm
• Strong analytical skills with proven ability to gather and interpret data and attention to details
• Strong interpersonal and facilitation skills across diverse stakeholder
• Excellent communication and presentation skills to engage stakeholders at all levels
• Positive pro-active, can-do attitude with high level of energy and work ethics
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and forecasting skills
• Projects management and execution skills
• ERP and BI – advanced user
• Advanced Excel and PowerPoint skills
• Fluent English