Demand Planner
Location: Cameroun
Company: Nestlé Cameroun
Position Type: Permanent
Minimum Educational qualification: Bachelor’s degree in business, management or equivalent.
Minimum Relevant work experience: 3 to 5 years of relevant operational experience at business or market level in at least one of the following areas, business planning dynamic forecasting, Supply chain.
Joining Nestlé means you are joining the largest food and Beverage Company in the world. At our very core, we are a human company driven by our purpose to enhance the quality of life and contribute to a healthier future.
Nestlé Cameroun is currently looking for a Demand Planner who will Develop, maintain and improve a Demand Plan for a portfolio of products and customers. Ensure the alignment of this Demand Plan with internal and external partners through the Monthly Business Planning and Collaborative Planning processes. Identify and manage exceptions, and monitor performance in order to continually improve the quality and reliability of the Demand Plan and the Company’s ability to sense and respond to changing circumstances.
YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES
Collect Information and Assumptions
Collect information and assumptions about events, activities in relation to promotions, product launches, customer/distribution changes that form important part of demand plan.
Manage Portfolio and Lifecycle
Collaborate with cross functional teams to manage portfolio lifecycle, such as new product launches, packaging changes, phase-in/phase-out, and product discontinuation. Ensure that demand is appropriately forecasted and maintained in all circumstances
Generate and Maintain the Forecast
Demand planner has sufficient knowledge to be able to generate statistical
forecasts in Open Source (tool) and maintain volumes in SAP.
Drive consensus through Monthly Business Planning Process
Collaborate with cross functional teams to drive effective MBP processes to reach consensus demand plan. This becomes a primary input to the Dynamic Forecast.
WHAT MAKES YOU SUCCESSFUL?
“Nestlé is an equal employment opportunity (EEO) employer, seeking diversity in qualified applicants for employment. All applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, ethnicity, color, gender, age, religion, nationality, disability or perceived disability, medical condition, or any other protected status, as defined by applicable law”.
We thank all applicants for their interest; however, only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted. The closing date for applications is 25th May, 2026.
As the world’s largest food and beverage company we are driven by a simple aim: unlocking the power of food to enhance quality of life for everyone, today and for generations to come. To deliver on this, we serve with passion, with a spirit of excellence, offering products and services for all stages of life, every moment of the day, helping people care for themselves and their families. Our culture is based on our values rooted in respect: respect for ourselves, respect for others, respect for diversity and respect for the future.
We can trace our origin back to 1866, when the first European condensed milk factory was opened in Cham, Switzerland, by the Anglo-Swiss Condensed Milk Company. One year later, Henri Nestlé, a trained pharmacist, launched one of the world’s first prepared infant cereals ‘Farine lactée’ in Vevey, Switzerland.
Today, we employ around 273,000 people and have factories or operations in almost every country in the world. With our headquarters still based in the Swiss town of Vevey, we had sales of CHF 84.3 billion in 2020.
Our portfolio covers almost every food and beverage category – offering products and services for all stages of life, every moment of the day, helping people care for themselves and their families.
House rules: https://nes.tl/HouseRules
