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ABOUT LA PRAIRIE

LA PRAIRIE -
The Luxury skincare house where audacious innovation has cultivated a pioneering approach to beauty. 
A place where heritage and creativity are infused with the values of care, passion, entrepreneurship and excellence.
A place where dedicated and diverse professionals each contribute to an inspiring and unique environment. 
A place for careers to grow and flourish and where our sustainable foundation nourishes talents and futures.

LA PRAIRIE. CREATE A BEAUTIFUL IMPACT.

Raw Material and Bulk Planner

Location: 

Berneck, St. Gallen, CH, 9442

Contract Type:  Temporary - full-time
Description: 

Key Responsibilities

 

1. Planning & Raw Materials Management

  • Ensure adequate stock coverage by monitoring inventory levels, supplier lead times, and shelf-life constraints.
  • Support pilot batches and new product launch planning (Pilots/Launch Plan).
  • Actively participate in operations and project meetings.
  • Ensure accurate stock data in SAP and Abacus and manage corrections (including IDOC adjustments).
  • Upload and manage legal documentation required for import/export of raw materials.
 

2. Bulk tactical planning

  • Review FG demand in SAP and identify risks where forecasts do not convert into purchase orders.
  • Create and maintain Bulk Net Demand Forecasts (NDFs), ensuring accuracy of demand, inventory, and production data.
  • Ensure bulk inventory alignment between SAP and Abacus until RM project go-live.
  • Share bulk forecasts with Raw Material Planning and Finance to ensure visibility and alignment.
  • Create bulk purchase orders in SAP, including correct vessel sizing and scrap rate assumptions.
  • Post goods receipts in SAP and perform manual corrections when required.
  • Execute month-end financial reconciliation, ensuring alignment between bulk POs and Abacus sales orders.
  • Maintain formula master data and BOMs in SAP, including change management for revised formulas.
  • Monitor scrap rates in bulk production and track long-term forecast trends, escalating key risks proactively

 

 

3. Purchase Process & Order Follow-Up

  • Create Purchase Orders (POs).
  • Monitor supplier delivery commitments and update delivery dates in SAP.
  • Maintain accurate pricing in cooperation with Procurement.

 

 

4 Abacus SAP Master Management

  • Responsible to Maintain Master Updated on SAP and Abacus. (descriptions, dates, shelf life, and MOQ)

 

 

Qualifications

  • Experience in Supply Chain, Materials Planning, or Purchasing, ideally in a manufacturing environment.
  • Strong experience with SAP (MM module preferred).
  • Excellent organizational and communication skills.
  • Ability to work cross-functionally in a fast-moving environment.
  • Detail-oriented with a strong sense of ownership and accountability

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