Job Description

Vendor Replenishment Planner

• Opportunity to grow your S&OP career

• Flexible work arrangement – 3 days in office (customer visits also required), 2 days remote

• Collaborative and dynamic work environment

Grow Your S&OP Career with Kraft Heinz!

Are you looking to grow your career in Vendor Replenishment Planning? Do you want to join a dynamic team with a proven track record of internal growth and career advancement opportunities? We have an exciting permanent opportunity for a VRP to join our S&OP team based out of our Newmarket, Kraft Heinz office location!

The Company

The Kraft Heinz Company is one of the largest food and beverage companies in the world, with eight $1 billion+ brands and global sales of approximately $25 billion. Our brands are truly global, with products produced and marketed in over 40 countries. These beloved products include condiments and sauces, cheese and dairy, meals, meats, refreshment beverages, coffee, infant and nutrition products, and numerous other grocery products in a portfolio of more than 200 legacy and emerging brands.

Key position responsibilities include, but not limited to:

• Own end-to-end inventory replenishment across customer DCs and stores to maintain target service levels and days of supply while minimising out-of-stocks.

• Place and manage customer warehouse and store orders, ensuring the right quantities are delivered on time and in full. Also ensuring that attendance to customer is minimum once a week.

• Align baseline, promotional and seasonal forecasts with customers and the Sales team to ensure accurate ordering and supply coverage.

• Monitor daily supply performance, proactively communicate service risks/issues, and propose practical resolutions to protect availability and KPIs.

• Conduct root-cause analysis on service failures (e.g., shortages, late deliveries, forecast error) and drive corrective actions with internal stakeholders.

• Act as the primary operational interface between Kraft Heinz and customers for supply constraints, new line introductions and event management.

• Maintain high data integrity across ordering, forecasting and master data inputs to support accurate planning and execution.

• Improve supply chain efficiency by optimising load builds, reviewing lead times and delivery frequency, driving full pallet/truck ordering, and supporting customer working capital and delivery standards.

About you:

• Demonstrated stakeholder management capability with a strong customer-centric mindset

• Proven FMCG and/or retail experience in supply and/or demand planning roles

• Strong written and verbal communication skills

• Ability to analyse data, solve problems, and support critical decision-making

• Continuous improvement mindset with a focus on driving sustainable process enhancements

• Solid understanding of supply chain planning, inventory management, replenishment, warehousing, and transport

• Eligibility to work in New Zealand with full working rights

Benefits of working with us

• Hybrid Working – Flexibility around when and where you work

• Pay for Performance – industry leading variable compensation offerings tied to company and individual performance on top of a competitive base salary package

• Parental Leave – paid time off for both primary AND secondary caregivers

• Leave Options – Purchased leave, volunteer leave and Live Well leave programs to give you even more flexibility to plan your life and spend time on causes that matter

• Great Place to Work certification in Australia and New Zealand

• In House Training Programs

• Corporate Discount Programs

Ready to make an Impact?

If you're passionate about S&OP Replenishment Planning, eager to learn, and enjoy working in a team environment, please submit your application. We will be reviewing applications on a rolling basis and reserve the right to close our job advertisements early.

Location(s)

• Newmarket
• Auckland

Kraft Heinz is an Equal Opportunity Employer – Underrepresented Ethnic Minority Groups/Women/Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity and other protected classes.