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As a Supply Chain Planner, you are part of the department Planning & Buying in Medemblik and will report to the Manager Planning. You are the main contact for our Production, Buying and Customer Support teams. You’re responsible for setting up an accurate production plan based upon material and capacity availability to meet customer requirements. You’re able to identify bottlenecks and work cross-functional to find solutions.
The objective of the Supply Chain Planner role is to schedule production according to the sales order Requested GI date and quantity, to meet customer requirements (OTD). You are responsible for maintaining the production plan for an assigned Value Stream. Your knowledge in Supply Chain processes enables you to identify bottle-necks/problems in the process and to initiate/coordinate process improvements. You maintain KPI’s and reports to support you of making sound judgements and prioritize accordingly.
What you will do:
- Take ownership of assigned Value Stream planning.
- Analyze and convert daily generated planned orders to production orders
- Assure production continuity by having sufficient released production orders.
- Collaborate with Production, Design Engineering and Quality on priority setting and blocked orders - Collaborate with Buying on material availability and vendor delivery dates - Collaborate with Customer Support on expedites, delays and other queries.
- Understand the root cause of production delays and take countermeasures to prevent them from reoccurring.
- Maintain defined KPI’s to monitor daily progress - Escalate issues to Manager Planning & Buying
Who you are:
- Attention to detail and excellent analytical & problem solving skills
- Pro-active mindset
- Ability to communicate (English and Dutch) effectively in a dynamic, challenging, international environment
- In-depth understanding of supply chain processes
- Team player, but is also able to work independently
Experience and education
- Bachelor degree in Supply Chain, Logistics or other relevant education
- At least 2 to 4 years of professional experience within Supply Chain and/or a production environment
- Excellent command of the English and Dutch language
- ERP knowledge, SAP would be an advantage
- Proficiency in Excel (pivot tables, vertical lookups…) and other MS Office applications
Join our winning team today. Together, we’ll accelerate the real-life impact of tomorrow’s science and technology. We partner with customers across the globe to help them solve their most complex challenges, architecting solutions that bring the power of science to life.
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