The Company
The client is a Dutch/Belgian food manufacturing company focused on frozen snacks, meal components, and private-label food products across Europe.
Role Description
As a Supplier Planner, you act as the key link between Demand Planning and Manufacturing operations. You are responsible for developing and managing production plans across 4 to 5 manufacturing sites, ensuring an optimal balance between customer demand, service levels, and factory efficiency. This is a highly dynamic planning environment where priorities can shift frequently. The role requires a proactive professional who can confidently challenge stakeholders, influence decision-making, and drive the most effective supply planning outcomes. You will be part of a team of eight colleagues based in the Netherlands and collaborate regularly with planning colleagues in Spain. This is a temporary position covering a long-term absence, with the possibility of extension.
Responsibilities
- Create and maintain weekly production plans for multiple manufacturing sites.
- Balance demand forecasts, commercial requirements, and available production capacity to ensure effective supply planning.
- Anticipate and manage exceptional situations such as major promotional activities, seasonal demand peaks, and factory shutdowns.
- Collaborate closely with planners, production teams, and business support functions across several factories.
- Monitor supply performance, identify planning constraints, and propose practical solutions when production commitments are at risk.
- Act as a trusted business partner to manufacturing sites, challenging assumptions and contributing to continuous planning process improvements.
- Manage competing priorities and adapt quickly to changing business requirements.
- Maintain strong stakeholder relationships while confidently defending recommendations and planning decisions where necessary.
- Participate in site visits across manufacturing facilities in the Netherlands approximately once per month.
- HBO degree, preferably in Supply Chain Management, Logistics, Business Administration, or a related field.
- 1 to 5 years of relevant experience within supply planning, production planning, logistics, or supply chain operations.
- Experience with Slim4 (Slimstock) is preferred.
- Advanced Excel skills with strong analytical capabilities.
- Strong affinity for working with data and translating insights into planning decisions.
- Experience with planning systems and supply chain tools is advantageous.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Critical thinker who is comfortable challenging stakeholders and existing processes.
- Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills.
- Ability to balance customer service objectives with production efficiency requirements.
- Proactive, resilient, and able to perform effectively in a fast-paced and changing environment.
- Strong communication skills and the ability to work collaboratively across multiple functions.
- Fluent in Dutch and English.
- Full-time position (40 hours per week); 36 hours per week is negotiable.
- Flexible working hours within standard office hours.
- Hybrid working model with the possibility to work from home on Fridays after completion of the onboarding period.
- Primarily office-based during the remainder of the workweek.
- Monthly travel to one or more production sites within the Netherlands is required.
Apply to our vacancy for more information. Looking forward to getting in touch!
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