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AntwerpHybridHours negotiable<3months
This assignment is a fixed-term opportunity for 10 months. The role focuses on all supply planning activities and the optimization of Finished Goods, Bulk, and Packaging Material inventory levels across the European Supply Network of an international fruit marketing organization.
What you do
- Manage Finished Goods production planning, capacity planning, and detailed scheduling for the operations facility.
- Lead Finished Goods and Bulk replenishment planning across all European hubs.
- Oversee Packaging Material purchasing and replenishment planning for production facilities.
- Drive inventory planning and optimization across the supply network, balancing demand and supply constraints while creating end-to-end inventory visibility.
- Ensure product availability and support the product allocation process in partnership with the Customer Support team.
- Manage seasonal phase-in and phase-out planning activities.
- Lead weekly review meetings with internal and external stakeholders, representing the Supply Planning function.
- Develop and maintain structured KPI reporting for capacity planning, days on hand, aged stock, and missed cases.
- Define inventory policies for all purchased and manufactured items in alignment with financial targets.
- Monitor planning performance, analyze root causes of issues, and drive continuous improvement initiatives.
- Manage planning systems and software, including the maintenance of optimization parameters.
- Lead projects related to advanced planning tool implementations and supply chain process improvements.
- Contribute to the annual budgeting process and play a key role in scenario planning activities.
Profile
- 3-5 years of experience in a Supply Chain Planning environment.
- Strong exposure to Supply Planning, Production Planning, Material Planning, Logistics Operations, or Inventory Planning.
- Possess a Master’s or Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Logistics, Business Administration, Finance, or a related discipline, or equivalent professional experience.
- Possess strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Proven knowledge of planning methodologies and a solid understanding of their financial and operational impacts.
- Demonstrated ability to prioritize, manage competing demands, and make effective planning decisions.
- Experience with SAP APO or other supply planning software is preferred.
- People management skills with the ability to lead, develop and influence teams and stakeholders.
- Project management experience, including the ability to lead process improvement and system implementation initiatives.
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