My client is looking for a Planning Manager to join their Supply Chain team in their food & beverage department. Based in the Zurich/Lucerne area, you will be joining a global leading, forward-thinking company at a crucial point and become a part of their diverse 6,700 employees.
Main Responsibilities
- Compare planned forecasts and actual order quantities to develop a sustainable production plan.
- Constant utilization and efficiency planning to increase production in cooperation with production as well as ensuring the schedule in cooperation with the procurement department
- Development and implementation of inventory control methods to ensure inventory levels as well as the management of load balancing and bottleneck planning
- Ensuring continuous communication with the most important stakeholders such as customers, manufacturing, technology, procurement, and demand planners as well as active support in risk assessments and risk reduction measures
- Definition, measurement, monitoring and adjustment of the capacity level for the execution of all production plans as well as the creation of value stream analyzes
- Implementation of measures for optimized production processes
Ideal Profile
- A degree in economics or supply chain
- Several years of professional experience in production planning / control and procurement
- Very good knowledge of SAP S / 4HANA and Excel as well as experience in dealing with ERP software for managing planning processes
- Good understanding of inventory management, practices, and procedures as well as strong mathematical and statistical knowledge
- You already have experience with statistical software programs that are used to generate forecasts and can process large and complex data
- A creative and innovative approach to your work to develop solutions
- Very good knowledge of German (level C2) as well as good knowledge of English (at least level B2), both spoken and written
Benefits
- Five weeks of vacation
- Comprehensive onboarding program
- Training opportunities
If you are interested in the role, please apply via the link or contact me directly with your most up to date CV -