Vacant job

Orkla Foods Sweden prepares food and beverages in Sweden with love and care for people, sea, and land. We are a local community actor that, with our 1500 employees, makes a difference and contributes to a more sustainable and healthy everyday life.

Do you want to influence the future of food production?

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For our factory in Eslöv, we are now looking for a temporary Supply Network Planner/Planning Manager, who has experience in supply chain work, enjoys analyzing data and optimizing flows, and is a driven leader passionate about improving processes and collaborating cross-functionally. With us, you will have the chance to make a real difference – both in major decisions and in daily collaboration with an experienced and engaged team.

About the role

As Supply Network Planner/Planning Manager in Eslöv, you have a central role in steering and optimizing the factory's production planning and inventory management. You have personnel responsibility for a planning department of four employees, and together you will be key players in the S&OP process, where you lead the Supply Review and provide analyses and recommendations to the management.

What you will have the opportunity to work with:

• Lead planning at strategic, tactical, and operational levels to reduce total costs by optimizing production planning and inventory management with a focus on delivery reliability, productivity, and inventory cost, based on sales forecasts.
• Overall responsibility for Supply Planning in the Eslöv factory, including personnel responsibility and management of the planning department's work as well as participation in the factory management group's work.
• Analyze and optimize planning parameters, follow up on KPIs (inventory turnover, delivery reliability, waste, etc.) and drive improvement work in case of deviations.
• Lead Supply Review. Be proactive in the S&OP process with a focus on capacity balancing analysis, scenario planning, and developing decision support for management.
• Cross-functional and close collaboration with other functions such as Demand Planning, Production, Logistics, and Maintenance to ensure the overall flow and create good results.
• Participate in the development of planning processes and system support (IBP/SAP).

We would like you to have

• A Master's degree, preferably in Supply Chain, or another academic degree combined with experience deemed equivalent.
• Experience in Supply Planning and S&OP processes within the manufacturing industry.
• Experience in formal leadership and good leadership qualities.
• Very good understanding of business systems (preferably SAP), and generally high system competence.
• Analytical, structured, and proficient in MS Office, especially Excel.
• Fluent communication skills in Swedish and English, both written and spoken at a professional level.

It is advantageous if you have

• Experience working in the food industry.
• Experience with advanced planning and optimization systems (preferably SAP IBP).
• Specialist knowledge in the planning area such as PLAN CPIM or APICS CSCP.