Job Summary
IFF is a global leader in flavors, fragrances, food ingredients and health & biosciences, we deliver sustainable innovations that elevate everyday products.
Taste: Crafting unique, technology-enabled flavor designs that define the identity of food and beverage brands, shape trends in flavor building and fuel market success. The role is based in Cairo, Egypt (Onsite role). Be part of a strategic, agile, and open-minded team where together we can achieve greatness and make a real impact. Your potential is our inspiration!
The Planning Supervisor is responsible for planning, controlling, and optimizing finished goods inventory to ensure product availability, on-time customer fulfillment, and optimal inventory levels. The role leads the finished goods planning team, ensures effective scheduling and production alignment, and actively manages SLOBs (Slow‑Moving, Obsolete & Blocked stocks) while driving continuous improvement across planning processes.
Where You’ll Make a Difference
- Finished Goods Planning & Inventory Control
- Develop and maintain finished goods plans based on demand forecasts, customer orders, and production schedules.
- Ensure optimal inventory levels by balancing service level targets with working capital objectives.
- Closely monitor finished goods stock, including slow-moving, obsolete, blocked, and excess inventory (SLOBs), and drive mitigation and reduction actions.
- Lead regular SLOB reviews and coordinate action plans with Sales, Production, Quality, and Warehouse teams.
- Ensure FIFO / FEFO compliance and minimize risks of expiry, obsolescence, or write-offs.
- Scheduling & Production Alignment
- Ensure optimum scheduling and production planning in coordination with Production Planning to meet demand efficiently.
- Align finished goods requirements with production capacities to maximize service levels and minimize rework, delays, and inefficiencies.
- Manage allocation and prioritization of finished goods during constrained supply situations.
What Makes You the Right Fit
- Bachelor’s degree in supply chain management, Engineering, Business Administration, or a related field
- 3–5 years’ experience planning supervisory role or supply planning.
- Very good command of English (written and spoken)
- Experience with ERP/WMS systems (SAP, Oracle, Odoo, Microsoft Dynamics, etc.).
- Strong leadership background with proven people development achievements.
- Strong collaborator - closely working with Sales, RMs Planning, and Customer Service to reflect demand changes, promotions, and customer priorities.
- Attention to detail -Track and analyze KPIs such as service level, inventory, forecast alignment, and SLOBs.
- Ensure compliance with company planning procedures, internal controls, and audit requirements.
- Focused - Drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance planning accuracy, inventory health, and operational performance.
How Would You Stand Out?
- Effective Delegation & influencing skills.
- Ability to arbitrate and or resolve conflict
- Strong collaborator with internal & external teams
Why Choose Us?
- Anchored Position: Full time Role
- Professional onboarding process
- Flexibility, agility in approach to project execution
- Ability to work with multiple disciplines in a dynamic, global environment
- Training opportunities
- Learning and development programs from day one
We are a global leader in taste, scent, and nutrition, offering our customers a broader range of natural solutions and accelerating our growth strategy. At IFF, we believe that your uniqueness unleashes our potential. We value the diverse mosaic of the ethnicity, national origin, race, age, sex, or veteran status. We strive for an inclusive workplace that allows each of our colleagues to bring their authentic self to work regardless of their religion, gender identity & expression, sexual orientation, or disability.
Visit IFF.com/careers/workplace-diversity-and-inclusion to learn more
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in supply chain management, Engineering, Business Administration, or related field
- 3-5 years' experience in planning supervisory role or supply planning
- Very good command of English (written and spoken)
- Experience with ERP/WMS systems (SAP, Oracle, Odoo, Microsoft Dynamics)
- Strong leadership background with proven people development achievements
- Attention to detail - Track and analyze KPIs such as service level, inventory, forecast alignment, and SLOBs
IFF Family of Companies Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about IFF Family of Companies and has not been reviewed or approved by IFF Family of Companies.
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Pay is considered competitive in many roles and locations, and compensation is often described as good.
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Parental & Family Support — A global minimum of 16 weeks of fully paid parental leave for all new parents is in place. This policy is positioned as a notable component of the overall package.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Core offerings include paid time off, sick days, holidays, and sabbatical leave. Flexible scheduling options such as compressed workweeks and hybrid/remote arrangements are available where feasible.
IFF Family of Companies Insights
What We Do
Meet IFF: We boldly bring together science and creativity to create what the world needs. An industry leader in food, beverage, health and biosciences, we create essential solutions – from global icons to unexpected innovations and experiences. Equal parts outspoken and analytical, our international collective of thinkers working with customers to bring scents, tastes, experiences, ingredients and solutions for products people crave. With 24,000 employees across 65 countries, more than 110 manufacturing facilities, 100 R&D centers, and 33,000 customers across the world, we’re poised to make a difference on an unprecedented scale. Without our boundary-pushing passion and end-to-end expertise, the future wouldn’t be the same. Visit us at www.iff.com to learn more about how our talented people and new technology are challenging the expected, championing creators and doing more good for people and planet. Explore what sets us apart.
