General Information

Position

Demand & Supply Planner (m/w)

Daily rate

By arrangement

Expenses

plus expenses

Project duration

as of now - 03.06.2016

Deployment country

Germany

Deployment city

Not published

Required availability

100 %

Industry

Bio- & Nanotechnology

Function

Purchasing, Logistics & SCM

Service

Operative vacancy

Tasks & Objectives

Tasks

  • Improve Planning Related Processes in SAP as an SAP Key User (MM, PP modules)
  • Smooth and successful demand and supply planning for all Finished Goods in a certain business segment
  • Support Sales team with customer specific demand analysis and recommendations
  • Proactively report product and material availability issues within the S&OP process
  • Maintain, monitor Master Data; revise essential system planning data (Safety Stocks, batch size, etc.) to ensure SAP system is effectively planning future requirements
  • Confirm production/shipping schedules, monitor open purchase orders to ensure in-time deliveries.
  • Excellent cross-functional relationships along integrated planning process
  • Calculation of KPIs and reporting to management
  • Participate and contribute to monthly S&OP process

Personnel accountability

Not specified

Budget accountability

Not specified

Requirements & Expertise

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Business, engineering, operations, Supply Chain or equivalent job experience
  • + 10 years Supply and/or Demand Planning experience
  • Excellent hands-on knowledge of ERP systems (e.g. SAP-SD, MM, PP, ECC6.0) and/or Supply Chain Planning solutions (e.g. Manugistics, JDA, Logility)
  • Knowledge and understanding of Supply Chain concepts and application
  • Strong analytical, planning and organizational skills
  • Self-starter with ability to work independently under pressure and react quickly to changing priorities.
  • Flexible work schedule
  • Strong communication skills
  • Fluent in English; at least an understanding of German
  • APICS CPIM/CSCP certification or certification in progress preferable

Linguistic proficiency

English
fluent
German
Business fluent