A fifth-generation family-owned FMCG food company based in Bremen, Germany — operating since 1884 with over 20 international brands across dairy products, cheese, desserts, convenience, and plant-based nutrition — is seeking a talented and analytically driven Supply Chain Planner (m/w/d). This full-time role is responsible for ensuring that the right products are available at the right time, in the right quantity, and at the right location — with optimized stock levels and maximum delivery reliability across fresh and frozen food categories. If you have experience in demand planning, forecasting, or disposition in the FMCG or food industry, and you want a role where you genuinely shape things rather than just administer them, Bremen is calling.
About the Company — Bremen’s FMCG Food Family Legacy Since 1884
Founded: 1884 — now in its fifth generation as a family-run business
Portfolio: 20+ international brands across dairy, cheese, desserts, convenience, and plant-based food
Location: Bremen, Germany — modern workplace with fast decision-making and direct team collaboration
Culture: Short decision paths, high trust, and a team that actively shapes its product range — not just manages it
Growth: A family business that knows what’s coming next in the chilled aisle — and invites you to help shape it
Why This Supply Chain Planner Role in Bremen Stands Out in 2026
Real Ownership: Direct influence on product availability, costs, and customer satisfaction from day one
Family Culture: Short decision paths, individual development opportunities, and genuine team collaboration
Fresh & Frozen Focus: Gain specialist experience in demanding short-shelf-life FMCG supply chain planning
Career Growth: Individual development plans within a growing family food group with 20+ international brands
Product Portfolio — What You Will Plan For
Dairy Products
Cheese
Desserts
Convenience
Plant-Based
Fresh & Frozen
Position Overview
The Supply Chain Planner at this Bremen-based FMCG family food company is a data-driven, cross-functional planning role responsible for the availability, stock efficiency, and delivery reliability of a diverse portfolio of fresh, frozen, and ambient food products across 20+ international brands. You will create and maintain rolling demand forecasts for baseline, promotional, and seasonal business in close alignment with sales and marketing teams, manage replenishment ordering with a strong focus on fresh and frozen items with best-before-date sensitivity, control stock levels, service levels, and markdowns, build KPI-based reporting frameworks, and actively contribute to the improvement of planning processes and system landscapes. This is a role for someone who makes data-based decisions, thrives at the intersection of numbers and human collaboration, and wants to actively shape supply chain performance — not just react to it.
Why This Role Matters: At this fifth-generation family food company in Bremen, the Supply Chain Planner is the person who ensures that a customer walking into a supermarket finds the right dairy product, the right cheese, or the right plant-based option — on the shelf, in perfect condition, with a good best-before date — every single time. In the fresh and frozen food business, getting supply chain planning right is not just operationally important; it is commercially critical and environmentally responsible. Every accurate forecast you produce reduces food waste. Every optimized stock level you set protects margins. Every delivery reliability improvement you drive strengthens customer relationships. This is supply chain planning with genuine purpose, genuine family values, and genuine career impact in 2026.
Key Responsibilities
Demand Planning & Forecasting
- Create and maintain rolling sales and demand forecasts covering baseline, promotional, and seasonal business across all brands
- Develop demand plans in close alignment with Sales and Marketing teams to ensure forecasts reflect commercial reality
- Analyze historical sales data, market trends, and promotional uplift patterns to improve forecast accuracy continuously
- Build and maintain forecast accuracy KPI reporting and derive concrete actions when forecast performance falls below target
Replenishment & Stock Control
- Trigger replenishment orders and coordinate timing and quantities — with a particular focus on fresh and frozen items with MHD sensitivity
- Manage stock coverage levels, service levels, and markdown risks across the full product portfolio proactively
- Monitor sell-through performance, stock overhang, and food waste risk and take corrective action before issues escalate
- Control inventory levels to balance product availability, service level targets, and stock cost efficiency simultaneously
Interface Management & Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Work closely with brand partners, logistics service providers, and internal departments — sales, marketing, and quality — daily
- Serve as the planning coordination point between commercial teams and supply chain operations across the company
- Escalate supply risks, stock shortages, or delivery issues proactively and propose practical solutions to all stakeholders
- Support the integration of promotional and new product launches into supply chain planning and replenishment cycles
KPI Reporting & Process Improvement
- Build and continuously develop reporting covering service level, forecast accuracy, stock coverage, and food waste KPIs
- Analyze KPI trends and derive concrete improvement measures for planning, replenishment, and operational processes
- Actively contribute to the development and optimization of planning and disposition processes and system landscapes
- Support the evaluation and implementation of new planning tools, ERP enhancements, and digital supply chain solutions
Qualifications & Requirements
Educational & Experience Requirements
- Completed commercial training or degree in Business Administration (BWL), Logistics, Supply Chain Management, or a related field
- Proven professional experience in disposition, demand planning, or supply chain coordination — ideally in food or FMCG industry
- Experience with fresh or frozen food supply chain planning is a particularly valuable advantage in this role
- Familiarity with MHD-focused (best-before-date driven) supply chain management is beneficial and highly preferred
Technical Skills
- Strong proficiency with MS Excel — Pivot tables, XLOOKUP — and experience with Power Query for data analysis and reporting
- Experience with ERP systems and/or dedicated planning systems for demand forecasting and replenishment management
- Strong analytical skills and a structured, precise working style — you make decisions based on data, not assumptions
- Very good German language skills and good English proficiency — both essential for this Bremen-based role
About the Company — A Fifth-Generation Bremen Food Family Business
Founded in 1884 as a cheese wholesale business, this Bremen-based family company has grown over five generations into one of Germany’s most dynamic FMCG food enterprises — operating more than 20 international brands across dairy products, cheese, desserts, convenience, and plant-based nutrition. What began as a small trade operation has become a family business that confidently knows what’s coming next in the refrigerated aisle — and actively looks for people who want to help shape that future rather than just administer the present. Short decision paths, high trust, genuine team collaboration, and a modern workplace in Bremen are what define this company’s everyday reality.
Apply Now: If this challenge excites you and you want to bring your supply chain planning expertise to a team that is active, innovative, and proud of its 140-year family legacy, apply today and join the Bremen team.
Who Should Apply?
- Demand Planners & Forecasters: With FMCG or food industry planning experience and strong Excel and ERP system skills
- Disposition Specialists: With fresh or frozen food supply chain experience and MHD-focused replenishment management background
- Supply Chain Analysts: Who combine strong analytical skills with cross-functional communication and KPI reporting experience
- BWL / Logistics Graduates: Looking for a hands-on, high-responsibility planning role at a beloved German family food brand
- German-Speaking Logistics Professionals: Ready to bring their supply chain planning expertise to a fast-moving, innovation-driven family FMCG company in Bremen
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