La Vie is looking for a sharp and driven Demand Planner to lead short- and long-term forecasting and support supply planning - ensuring maximum availability, minimal waste, and zero compromise on taste 😋

Key responsibilities :

1. Demand Forecasting

• Build, maintain, and continuously improve demand forecasts across multiple time horizons

• Develop and own forecasting model

• Use and adapt multiple forecasting methodologies tailored to La Vie’s product lines and categories

• Track and report forecast accuracy and implement corrective actions when required

• Improve Demand planning process to insure La Vie’s scalability

2. Cross-functional Collaboration

• Work closely with Sales teams across retail and food service channels, as well as with Marketing, to incorporate market intelligence, promotions, and product launches into the forecast

• Coordinate with Supply Planning teams and production sites to ensure alignment on forecasted needs and responsiveness to changes

3. S&OP Management

• Own the company’s S&OP (Sales & Operations Planning) process

• Lead the Weekly Sales & Operations Meetings

• Interface with the Executive Committee (Comex) to provide visibility on forecast changes and explain variance drivers

4. Tools & Visibility

• Create clear and valuable forecasting dashboards or tools to increase visibility and facilitate company-wide decision-making

• Model demand scenarios to support strategic and operational decisions

Hard Skills :

• Master’s degree from an engineering school, business school, or university, preferably with a specialization in Supply Chain Management, Logistics or Operations

• Proven experience in demand planning, S&OP, or data-driven supply chain roles (preferably in FMCG or food industry)

• Strong analytical skills

• Experience with forecasting tools or data modeling

• Proficiency in Excel; knowledge of SQL or BI tools appreciated

• Ability to manage complex, multi-country and multi-channel environments

• Solid presentation skills

Soft Skills

• High autonomy

• Rigor and attention to detail

• Strong collaboration and cross-functional communication skills

You will have a first video call with the HR team and a second interview with your future manager, Gabrielle, followed by a business case!

Have you proven yourself during these steps, and have your former managers confirmed that you’re amazing? AWESOME! 😃 → The final step is a quick call with our CEO.

What makes La Vie unique ?

🌱 Impact: We exist to put a happy end to animal-intensive farming. Waking up every day to save pigs and tons of CO2 is pretty darn cool.

🚀 Unique adventure: Our vision is to become by 2040 the largest pork brand on Earth… Without hurting a fly! We’ll achieve this vision and tackle all the challenges on the way in what will surely be your craziest professional experience.

💙 People-first: Everyone at La Vie is passionate, smart, and good-vibe. It’s pretty unique to feel you are only surrounded by people who truly care.

🌎 International environment: English-speaking and various nationalities.

👩🏻‍🔬 R&D + Innovation: expect to learn a lot and eat a lot of samples!

💡Opportunities to learn and Grow: training, learning lunch, regular Q&A sessions with our leadership, honest discussions about our company KPIs, monthly feedback sessions

♡ Values that brings us together : #Examplary #Ambition #Teamwork #Sunny

🤩 Trust: respect and transparency from everyone.

🥳 Weekly afterwork drinks with the team

🏃 A healthy mind in a healthy body: Team Participation in sports events!

BENEFITS

🚲 100% Green mobility and 50% Transports 🏝 🍎 🍇 🍊 Healthy snacks + Daily team lunchs👨💻 IT tools of your choice from BackMarket💼 🥗Pocket friendly veggie lunch by Frichti !

La Vie is an equal-opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.