Inventory and Demand Planning Specialist - European region

At Sandvik Mining and Rock Technology in Sandviken, we are now looking for someone who wants to significantly develop your logistics skills as our Regional Inventory and Demand Planner with responsibility for the European region. This is a great opportunity to enhance your strategic planning competence and build a broad international network by combining your true analytical skills with your talent for stakeholder management.

What we do? We are a leading supplier of equipment, tools, services, support and technical solutions for the mining and construction industry. With passion, expertise and an innovative mindset, we provide our customers in every corner of the world with the best overall experience, and we develop new ideas into pioneering solutions. This naturally also applies in our logistics work. The Planning and Logistics department within Product Area Rock Tools ensures a solid foundation for delivering products and meeting forecasts of customer demands by analyzing data, spotting trends and planning the most efficient ways to produce our tools. Bringing your knowledge and experience into the equation, you play a vital part in our success!

Your mission – To enhance our inventory and demand operations by analysis and collaboration As Regional Inventory and Demand Planning Specialist, you interact within our sales teams in Europe, CIS, West Africa and the Middle East to drive the Sales and Operations Planning Processes - enabling us to carry out production plans and manage relevant stock levels at warehouses around the region. You spot trends and analyze data in a state-of-the-art planning tool and you undertake weekly operational plans with consideration to KPIs such as fill rate, forecast accuracy, warehouse inventory levels and net working capital.

Utilizing your knowledge and experience, you actively drive and implement development activities in our region, and you initiate new ways of working with systems, processes and documentation. Collaboration is key to our success, and you are an important speaking partner and sounding board to our global Supply Chain Development team, our sales organization and other relevant stakeholders.

Your character – A strategic specialist with passion for stakeholder management We are looking for someone with a degree in Supply Chain Management, Logistics or Industrial Economy, combined with a solid background from working with supply chain planning. You have advanced knowledge of using Excel in forecasting and production planning, and additional skills in the Logility Voyager Planning system are beneficial. Experience from conducting analysis, spotting trends and planning activities based on relevant findings are also advantageous. As we are a truly global organization, you need excellent written and verbal skills in both English and Swedish.

Your personality makes us better! Being analytical and strategic, you have a natural ability to plan and forecast numbers and statistics, and you truly enjoy understanding how your findings effect our business. You are also creative and seek improvements in your daily work, which enables you to actively solve problems. With excellent collaborative and communicative skills, you to build strong networks and you inspire, as well as challenge, your stakeholders in performing accurate reporting and planning.

At Sandvik, we believe that diversity of experience, perspective and background will lead to a better environment for our employees, our business and, thereby, our customers.

Are you intrigued? Learn more about Sandvik Mining and Rock Technology and our corporate culture by visiting our website or our YouTube channel.

Application Send your application no later than January 25, 2019. Read more about Sandvik and apply at home.sandvik/career, Job ID: R0005725. If you wish to add a cover letter to your application, please make sure to attach the file when uploading your resume.

Contact information For further information about this position, please contact: Daniel Remstam, recruiting manager, +46 (0)26 262 121

Union contacts Per Hedman, Unionen, +46 (0)26 265 014 Rickard Andreasson, Akademikerföreningen, +46 (0)26 265 183

For more information about the recruitment process, please contact HR Services, +46 (0)26 261 444.

Recruitment Specialist Karin Wallón

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Sandvik is a high-tech and global engineering group offering products and services that enhance customer productivity, profitability and safety. We hold world-leading positions in selected areas – tools and tooling systems for metal cutting; equipment and tools, service and technical solutions for the mining and construction industries; products in advanced stainless steels and special alloys as well as products for industrial heating. In 2017, the Group had approximately 43,000 employees and sales of 91 billion SEK in more than 150 countries within continuing operations.