Production Planning Specialist

SIRE Life Sciences is looking for a Production Planning Specialist for an internationally operating consumer goods organization with a large and complex supply chain network across multiple markets. The organization focuses on customer service, operational excellence, efficient inventory management and continuous improvement across its end to end supply chain. The Supply Production Planner is responsible for creating feasible short term production and supply plans across a multi market network.

The role owns finished goods availability within a 0 to 12 week planning horizon and manages exceptions where demand and supply are out of balance. You will collaborate closely with factories, markets, material planners, factory schedulers, suppliers and other supply chain stakeholders to protect customer service while balancing inventory, freshness, capacity and cost.

Responsibilities: Maintain accurate and feasible production plans and communicate these to factory schedulers; Manage finished goods and semi finished goods availability across assigned markets; Manage supply and demand exceptions within the 0 to 12 week planning horizon; Identify capacity shortages and coordinate appropriate corrective actions or escalation; Assess the impact of material shortages and exceptions on finished goods planning; Develop production scenarios based on demand, capacity, materials, stock availability, product expiry and business priorities; Monitor inventory and service level exceptions and secure appropriate inventory replenishment; Follow up on production holds, shipments and past due supply elements; Identify opportunities to rebalance inventory across warehouses; Support decisions regarding non performing and ageing inventory; Perform root cause analysis and develop preventive actions for supply issues; Support seasonal activities and new product launches from a production planning perspective; Monitor supply chain performance metrics related to cash, cost, inventory and customer service; Drive continuous improvement through daily, weekly and monthly planning processes; Own supply related Case Fill Rate root cause analysis and preventive action planning; Maintain accurate product, production and supply network master data; Provide backup support to other Network Production Planners when required.

Requirements: Higher professional or university level education, preferably in Supply Chain, Logistics, Operations or a related discipline; Experience in production planning, supply planning, network planning or a comparable supply chain position; Strong understanding of demand and supply balancing; Experience working with production capacity, inventory and material constraints; Ability to perform scenario planning and make decisions based on multiple supply chain constraints; Strong analytical skills and confidence working with performance indicators; Experience with root cause analysis and continuous improvement; Strong stakeholder management and cross functional collaboration skills; Ability to work effectively with factories, markets, material planners and scheduling teams; Strong English communication skills; Ability to operate successfully in a fast moving international supply chain environment; Dutch language capability is advantageous.

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