Supply Planner
Location: Barcelona, Spain
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Responsibilities
Supply Planning & Scheduling
- Collaborate with Global Supply Managers and Order Management to develop detailed planning scenarios.
- Create production schedules using optimization algorithms, considering operational constraints.
- Maintain plan status and sales order accuracy within the system.
- Plan strategic raw materials and manage the purchase order process, including call‑offs.
- Maintain agreed safety stocks and allocate them to regional needs.
- Determine economic value parameters (EVPs) from planned utilizations.
- Inventory Management & Monitoring
- Monitor inventory levels (stock, WIP, GIT) and trigger corrective actions.
- Adjust short‑term production and purchase plans, including capacity utilization and call‑offs.
- Optimize inventory to ensure material availability per forecasts, orders, and production plans.
- Coordination & Communication
- Lead the Sales & Operations Execution (SOE) process for assigned supply chains.
- Coordinate components and resources to enable lean production.
- Communicate production plans and lead times to stakeholders, including Global Supply Managers.
- Alert stakeholders about capacity limitations based on production feedback.
- Display long‑term production planning in the planning system.
- Reporting & Analysis
- Provide planning input to S&OP; tactical and strategic processes.
- Report and analyze production lead times and delivery reliability of strategic raw materials.
- Report and analyze planning scenarios.
- Continuous Improvement & Excellence
- Implement improvement measures with Global Supply Managers.
- Participate in developing new planning systems and logistics processes.
- Foster a high‑performance culture and promote Clariant Excellence values.
Qualifications
- Industrial, Process or Supply Chain Engineering degree.
- 5+ years experience in production planning or supply chain.
- Proficiency in SAP and Advanced Planning Systems (APO, Kinaxis).
- Experience with linear optimization algorithms and financial calculations (CP1, EVP, inventory carrying costs).
- Strong decision‑making and problem‑solving skills.
- Advanced English communication skills.
- Beneficial certifications:
- Certified Supply Chain Professional (CSCP).
- Certified in Production and Inventory Management (CPIM).
- Certified Professional in Supply Management (CPSM).
- Six Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt.
Benefits
- Permanent employment contract.
- Work‑from‑home flexibility (2 days in office / 3 days remote).
- Opportunity to join a global tech‑savvy team.
- Open and collaborative culture that supports professional development.
- Access to state‑of‑the‑art equipment and technologies.
- Comprehensive training and certification budget.
- Full benefits package.
- Transparent salary, rewards, and recognition policies.
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