Master planner

This is an international producer of frozen products for private labels. From Heuvelland and various production sites, the organization operates in a dynamic environment where growth, investments, and continuous improvement are central. As a Master Planner, you will hold a key position within Supply Chain. You translate forecasts and customer demand into a realistic production plan and ensure that capacity, raw materials, and inventory are optimally aligned.

Job description

As a Master Planner, you monitor the bigger picture of the production planning. You look beyond today's planning and ensure that future demand and available capacity are well-aligned. You are responsible for, among other things:

• Drafting, managing, and continuously optimizing the production planning
• Translating sales forecasts and customer demand into a concrete and achievable plan
• Aligning the availability of products, packaging, and other raw materials with production needs
• Monitoring production capacity, inventory levels, and service levels
• Timely identification of potential capacity issues and bottlenecks
• Proactively formulating solutions when demand, inventory, or capacity are at risk of becoming unbalanced
• Analyzing and following up on relevant Supply Chain KPI's
• Reporting and visualizing planning performance via Power BI
• Acting as the central point of contact for planning-related issues
• Intensive collaboration with various internal stakeholders within Sales, Production, and Supply Chain

Must haves

• Master's degree, preferably as an Industrieel Ingenieur, Burgerlijk Ingenieur, Handelsingenieur, TEW, Economie or a similar field
• At least 3 to 5 years of relevant experience within supply chain planning, production planning, or master scheduling
• Experience within a production environment
• Good knowledge of SAP
• Experience with Power BI for reporting and data analysis
• Fluent knowledge of English and French
• Strong analytical and numerical insight
• Structured and process-oriented way of working
• You can set priorities and maintain an overview in a dynamic environment

Nice to haves

• Experience within the food industry
• Knowledge of inventory and capacity planning
• Good knowledge of Nederlands