Demand Planning Manager Norway

About Us

Since 2015 Findus is a part of Nomad Foods, Europe’s undisputed leader in European frozen food, listed on the NYSE, with consumer favorite brands including Findus, Birds Eye, Iglo & Green Cuisine. Our purpose is to serve the world with better food, and we are proud of the products we produce. Nomad Foods have 8000+ employees represented in 22 countries across Europe and our top 5 largest markets are the United Kingdom, Italy, Germany, Sweden, and France. We have had 4 + years of consecutive organic revenue growth and our objective is to continue to grow through reaching more consumers with our loved brands and contribute to a sustainable everyday life.

Findus is the leading FMCG company within frozen food in the Nordics. Quality and taste as well as health and sustainability have been key for the business since the start in the 1940s. Our commitment to make it easier for everyone to cook tasty, nutritious, and sustainable food every day is leading our work.

At Nomad Foods, we believe in fostering a collaborative and innovative environment where every team member can thrive. Our Lysaker office embodies our commitment to excellence and growth, providing a hybrid work model to ensure a healthy work-life balance.

Your Role

The Nordic Planning team is based in Lysaker and Malmö and together with Customer service team it is part of Nordic Supply Chain. The next talent for our Nordic team will be based in Lysaker.

From these two offices, Supply chain team is responsible for all activities within demand and supply planning, inventory controlling, transport, logistics, customs, master data and customer service.

The team plays a key role in our S&OP process and is actively engaged with all our suppliers in securing service and securing the right stock at the right place and at the right time.

The team plans and manage a portfolio of 700 SKU for 4 Nordic countries and 4 sales channels: Retail, Food Service, Industry and Export.

We are now looking for a new team member who is eager to further develop both - the team and the function.

Key Responsibilities

• Demand forecasts based on self-review of historical sales data in combination with business input for Retail channel in Norway

• Getting the relevant input from Finance, Sales and Marketing

• Stakeholder management, both internal and external

• Propose and implement solutions to improve demand forecast accuracy/bias

• Strong cooperation and alignment with all departments, improve and drive the S&OP agenda

• Become a strong and inspiring leader with one direct report (Demand Planner) located in Lysaker

• Performance management and KPI-tracking in close collaboration with Central Supply Chain Team in UK

Who You Are

• Master’s degree from Engineering, Business, Statistics/Math or similar

• Advanced level of Excel (PowerBI and PowerQuery is an advantage)

• Experience in similar roles

• Strong English communication skills (Norwegian is an advantage)

• Manager’s experience is an advantage

• Experience with SAP tools is considered an asset but not mandatory

If you are an analytical person, quick learner, team player and highly motivated in joining a fast-paced industry in a multinational environment, please send your application in English following the link.

We offer

• Great people and team spirit!

• Career- and development opportunities in a broad role, with space to grow and chance to eventually move on to other roles/locations within Nomad.

• New facilities’ at Lysaker, Oslo

• Collective agreement & benefits package

Apply Now!

This permanent full-time position is based in our Norwegian office in Lysaker, where you will report directly to the Demand Planning Manager Nordics.

We look forward to receive your application in English. Apply by the latest 2nd of March, 2025 but don’t wait too long—applications are screened continuously, and the position may be filled before the deadline.

For any questions about the position, please contact linn.rubin@se.findus.com (Talent Acquisition Business Partner Nordics).

Start your culinary adventure with Nomad Foods today! Looking forward to receiving your application!