Dry Store & Nominated Planning Manager | Product Development & Design

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Qatar-Doha

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About The Role

Dry Store & Nominated Planning Manager

• , you will lead and govern end-to-end planning operations for dry store and nominated products across a complex global portfolio.
• You will be responsible for ensuring product availability, inventory accuracy, cost control, and system integrity while aligning demand planning with operational execution and supplier capabilities.
• Your role requires strong leadership, strategic oversight, and cross-functional collaboration with Culinary, Procurement, suppliers, and catering partners to ensure effective execution of planning strategies and operational delivery.
• As part of your role, your responsibilities will be inclusive of, but not limited to the following:
• Define and implement inventory planning strategies to balance service levels, cost efficiency, and operational resilience across a large SKU portfolio.
• Translate demand requirements, menu changes, and business priorities into actionable planning frameworks and stock policies.
• Oversee forecasting, ordering, and replenishment activities, ensuring alignment with safety stock levels, budget controls, and operational constraints.
• Manage inventory health, including ageing stock, slow-moving items, excess mitigation, and waste reduction.
• Ensure nominated products are planned, ordered, and deployed in line with approved specifications and timelines.
• Act as the key planning interface across Culinary, Procurement, caterers, and suppliers to ensure alignment between product intent and operational execution.
• Ensure data accuracy and governance across systems, including ERP and operational platforms, for all planning activities.
• Identify and mitigate supply risks, demand fluctuations, and operational constraints with effective contingency planning.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance forecasting accuracy, streamline processes, and strengthen supplier collaboration.
• Prepare management reports and insights on planning performance, risks, and financial exposure for senior stakeholders.
• Perform other department duties related to this position as directed by the Head of the Department.
• Be part of an extraordinary story
• Your skills.
• Your imagination.
• Your ambition.
• Here, there are no boundaries to your potential and the impact you can make.
• You’ll find infinite opportunities to grow and work on the biggest, most rewarding challenges that will build your skills and experience.
• You have the chance to be a part of our future and build the life you want while being part of an international community.
• Our best is here and still to come.
• To us, impossible is only a challenge.
• Join us as we dare to achieve what’s never been done before.
• Together, everything is possible.

About You

• High School / Vocational Qualification or Bachelor’s Degree with minimum 7 years of job-related experience in F&B or FMCG demand planning and inventory management
• Relevant experience in airline catering or large-scale operations
• Strong analytical capability with commercial acumen
• Strong leadership and people management skills
• Ability to manage complex planning operations and stakeholder alignment
• Strong command of English
• Experience in supply chain, procurement, or vendor management environments
• Knowledge of quality or compliance frameworks Proficiency in data visualisation tools (e.g., Power BI, Tableau)

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