Supply Planner
Supply Planner
Are you energized by balancing demand, supply, capacity and financial outcomes in a complex, project-driven environment? Do you thrive when working across organizational boundaries to create a single, aligned plan?
We are looking for a Supply Planner who operates at the heart of our Integrated Business Planning (IBP) cycle for the domain Distribution, working in a matrix organization with other domains and corporate planning.
Your Role
As a Supply Planner, you are responsible for translating demand signals into a realistic, feasible supply plan, taking into account constraints across materials, suppliers, capacity and execution.
In this context, you:
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Translate demand into supply scenarios
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Identify constraints and risks
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Enable cross-functional decision-making within your domain and x-domains
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Support meaningful discussions in monthly S&OP / IBP meetings
Key Responsibilities
1. Supply Planning & Scenario Building
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Develop realistic supply plans based on available capacity, supplier capabilities and network constraints
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Identify critical components and capacity constrain and drive mitigation action
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Identify gaps between demand and supply capability and define mitigation scenarios
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Evaluate trade-offs across service, inventory, cost and working capital
2. Operating in a Matrix Organization
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Work closely with supply planners in and across your domain to align supply plans
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Ensure consistency between local plans and the integrated plan
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Act as a connector between central planning, domains and execution functions
3. IBP / S&OP Participation
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Contribute to the monthly supply planning step within the IBP / S&OP cycle
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Prepare inputs for planning and decision meetings
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Highlight risks, assumptions and decision points
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Ensure alignment between:
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Demand planning
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Supply planning
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Resource/capacity planning
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Financial planning
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Handover decision from S&OP towards S&OE to execute
4. Cross-Functional Collaboration
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Collaborate with procurement, manufacturing, logistics, engineering, finance and project teams
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Align top-down financial targets with bottom-up operational plans
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Support resolution of supply constraints and operational challenges
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Linking pin with NPI to ensure new product data available in the planning tool and properly embed in the planning process
5. Network & Materials Planning Integration
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Provide visibility on shortages and surpluses across sites and suppliers
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Enable network-level decision making by consolidating planning inputs
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Align with procurement to ensure material availability and supplier performance
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Identify critical components and capacity constrain and drive mitigation action
6. Execution & Plan Translation
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Translate approved supply plans into ERP / execution systems
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Manage plan changes, project updates and supply chain exceptions
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Ensure alignment between tactical plans and operational execution
7. Continuous Improvement & Planning Maturity
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Improve planning processes, data quality and KPI transparency
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Contribute to increasing planning maturity in areas such as:
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Inventory alignment
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Execution prioritization
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Structured decision making
What You Bring
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Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, Business or a related field
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Experience in supply planning, material planning, S&OP or IBP environments
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Experience in working in a matrix organization and cross-functional teams
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Strong analytical skills with the ability to translate data into insights and decisions
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Strong (senior) stakeholder management and communication skills
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Experience with ERP and planning tools (e.g. SAP, JDE, Anaplan, or similar)
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Ability to balance short-term execution with mid- to long-term planning
Key Competencies
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Cross-functional collaboration: effectively working across domains and hierarchy levels
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Analytical thinking: translating data into decisions and scenarios
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Influencing without authority: effective in a matrix organization
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Decision-making: balancing trade-offs across service, cost, inventory and capacity
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Process orientation: contributing to structured IBP / S&OP processes
