About this role
Position Title: Planning Analyst
Position Type: Regular - Full-Time
Requisition ID: 45321
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About the role
Are you passionate about inventory optimization, supply planning, and making data-driven decisions that directly impact customer service?
At McCain México, we're looking for a Supply Planner Analyst to join our Supply Chain team. This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in ensuring product availability across the country while supporting one of our most important operational initiatives: the launch and stabilization of our Monterrey Distribution Center.
In this role, you'll collaborate with teams across Mexico and North America, leveraging analytics, SAP, and planning tools to optimize inventory, improve service levels, and support business growth.
📍 Location: Santa Fe, Mexico City
🏡 Hybrid Work Model
What you'll be doing.
- Manage replenishment and purchase orders in SAP to ensure product availability across the network.
- Analyze sales trends, forecasts, inventory levels, and supply requirements to support informed decision-making.
- Monitor inventory health and proactively identify risks related to stock shortages or excess inventory.
- Coordinate inventory transfers between distribution centers to support operational needs and customer demand.
- Support the successful launch and stabilization of the Monterrey warehouse operation.
- Partner with Customer Service, Logistics, Commercial, Marketing, Finance, suppliers, and co-manufacturers to ensure smooth supply chain execution.
- Track and report key supply planning KPIs, identifying root causes and recommending corrective actions.
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives through process simplification, automation, and digital tools.
- Leverage SAP, advanced Excel, and emerging AI capabilities to improve planning efficiency and visibility.
- Promote a safety-first culture aligned with McCain's McSafe principles.
What you'll need to be successful.
- Bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering, Logistics, Supply Chain, International Business, Business Administration, or a related field.
- 1–3 years of experience in Supply Planning, Demand Planning, Supply Chain, Logistics, or related analytical roles.
- Advanced SAP and Excel skills.
- Experience analyzing inventory, forecast, and replenishment data.
- Intermediate English proficiency with the ability to collaborate with North America teams.
- Strong analytical thinking and problem-solving capabilities.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities in a dynamic environment.
- Excellent communication and cross-functional collaboration skills.
- Experience in distribution center start-ups, network optimization, or data visualization tools is a plus.
About the team
Reporting to the Planning Manager, you'll be part of the Supply Chain organization and work closely with Customer Service, Logistics, Commercial, Marketing, Finance, suppliers, co-manufacturers, and North America teams. This is an individual contributor role with broad exposure across the business and a direct impact on customer service, inventory performance, and operational excellence.
About McCain.
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Leadership principles.
At McCain, our leadership principles guide how we engage with customers, collaborate as a team, and achieve success. We focus on understanding customer needs, driving innovation, empowering people, and taking ownership to clear obstacles and deliver results.
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The McCain experience.
We are McCain. This statement is a testament to our collective strength and our individual value. Your contributions play a vital role in our success. Our winning culture is rooted in authenticity and trust, empowering us to bring out the best in one another. Here, you'll find opportunities to learn, grow, and thrive. Join us and experience why we're better together.
Our purpose is grounded in building meaningful relationships. We're big believers in the power of working together in person—it helps us stay connected, collaborate more effectively, and grow as a team. At the same time, we recognize the importance of flexibility. Most office-based roles follow a hybrid model, with the option to work remotely two days a week.
McCain Foods is an equal opportunity employer. As a global family-owned company, we strive to be the employer of choice in the diverse communities around the world in which we live and work. We recognize that inclusion drives our creativity, resilience, and success and makes our business stronger. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.
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Job Family: Supply Chain & Logistics
Location(s): MX - Mexico : Mexico : Mexico || MX - Mexico : Mexico : Mexico City || MX - Mexico : Other : Reference job description
Company: McCain Mexico, S.A. de C.