Supply & Operations Planning Manager (m/w/d)
EuroChem Agro GmbH (Job via XING.com)
📍 Mannheim
📑 Unbefristeter Vertrag
⏱️ Vollzeit
🚛 Einkauf & Logistik
💼 Professional
Branche
Chemie- & Erdölverarbeitende Industrie
Aufgaben
- Own the end-to-end S&OP planning cycle for assigned products/sites, ensuring a robust, transparent and efficient planning process
- Balance interdependencies of continuous fertilizer production, customer service, production stability, logistics constraints, working capital and financial performance
- Integrate commercial priorities into planning by evaluating business opportunities, optimizing contribution margins, prioritizing markets and deploying constrained production capacities
- Facilitate commercial decision-making in close collaboration with the Commercial Lead
- Validate demand forecasts, evaluate commercial opportunities, identify supply gaps or surpluses and align production capabilities with Sales Managers and the Commercial Lead
- Define and adjust product allocations and market priorities in collaboration with Sales and Supply Chain Execution to establish delivery commitments and operational priorities
- Support working capital optimization by incorporating Order-to-Cash cycle-time considerations into planning decisions
- Track regional inventory targets to balance service levels, production stability and capital efficiency
- Monitor the Production–Shipment Plan (actual vs. planned), identify deviations early and initiate corrective actions such as accelerated delivery or reallocation of volumes
Hard skills
- Degree in Business Administration, Supply Chain Management, Industrial Engineering or comparable field
- 2 to 5 years professional work experience in Supply Chain Planning (advantage)
- Strong analytical and commercial thinking skills; ability to balance trade-offs and drive decisions
- Structured, proactive and hands-on approach in dynamic environments
- Very good communication and stakeholder management skills
- High IT affinity; strong Excel skills; experience with S&OP planning tools is a plus
- Fluent English (written and spoken); additional languages beneficial
- Enjoy working in a collaborative, supportive team culture