RESPONSIBILITIES:

PRIMARY PURPOSE(S) OF POSITION:        

EMEA inventory management & purchase order book management supporting sales and customer services for (a) designated product line(s) that will enable the company to meet its budget and service level objectives to final customers.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Translate the demand plan into a purchase & inventory plan
• Validate Supply Value Plan & Demand over Capacity Files with demand analyst
• Organize / Prepare monthly Collaborative Supply Operation Planning (CSOP) meetings & minutes of meeting (in house or by suppliers, visit)
• Feedback / communicate supply issues to demand planning team
• Issue purchase orders & purchase plans to vendors
• Follow up on spend
• Follow-up on outstanding purchase orders & chase suppliers
• Issue priority lists
• Vendor Shipping Performance & Past Due weekly reporting
• Clean up the order book (vendor reconciliations)
• Build / maintain good relation with suppliers (conference calls, emails, communicator...)
• Monitor and redistribute excess inventory between different warehouses
• Stock redistribution / follow up on inventory target
• Analyse / recommend on prime warehousing strategy
• Monitor non/slow moving inventory and recommend actions (e.g. repacking)
• Analysis / Follow up IQR (Inventory Quality Report)
• Coordinate repacking & rebranding initiatives
• Coordinate corrective actions to restore product & package quality
• Answer customer availability inquiries & Key Customer backorder follow up
• Follow up Customer Fill Rate, analyse missed lines and root cause
• Coordinate with Product marketing on New Product Introduction and promotions
• Follow up NPI – Place orders and communicate first delivery to Product Marketing
• Manage Master data & forecast availability
• Manage material master data
• Understanding master data + keep data base clean
• Coordinate with DC-staff and suppliers on physical logistics (lean supply program)
• MOQ / RV based on unit packs / layer sizes / pallet sizes
• Continuously improve processes
• Manage blocked invoice (Unipay) /follow up on EDI errors
• Assist product & purchasing team with YN parts / constraint parts

Required Skills

JOB REQUIREMENTS • Good knowledge of ERP – preferable SAP (material master data knowledge) • Elaborated Excel skills (> pivot tables) • Fluent in English, other languages are an asset

COMPETENCES: • Analytical / Methodic thinking • Acting & Problem solving • Communicative • Attention to details   EDUCATION: • Minimum/Essential: Bachelor degree preferably in business, logistics, supply chain or  engineering • Desirable:  Master’s degree in applied economics, engineering or similar

EXPERIENCE: • Minimum/Essential:  1+ year related experience within supply chain environment • Desirable:  2+ years in inventory position, experience in SAP / BW

Required Experience

JOB REQUIREMENTS • Good knowledge of ERP – preferable SAP (material master data knowledge) • Elaborated Excel skills (> pivot tables) • Fluent in English, other languages are an asset

COMPETENCES: • Analytical / Methodic thinking • Acting & Problem solving • Communicative • Attention to details   EDUCATION: • Minimum/Essential: Bachelor degree preferably in business, logistics, supply chain or  engineering • Desirable:  Master’s degree in applied economics, engineering or similar

EXPERIENCE: • Minimum/Essential:  1+ year related experience within supply chain environment • Desirable:  2+ years in inventory position, experience in SAP / BW