- Lead, develop, decide, communicate and implement tactical plans across the assigned plants – while maintaining strong linkage into Plants to ensure conformance to schedule and drive labor / capacity plans, and into Areas to secure customer service delivery.
- Develop plans to support new item introductions, ensuring product availability for all customers, as well as item discontinuations, mitigating product obsolescence.
- Determine and/or execute the most effective regional or global sourcing rules.
- Ensure that strategic and tactical business decisions are made with a full and integrated understanding of current and future supply chain capabilities, potential impacts to service, cost, working capital and sustainability, and effective risk management/mitigation.
- Develop external manufacturing agreements, or executes agreements already in place.
- Manage inventory levels to target expectations and customer service availability agreements.
- Establish safety stock targets and manages supply plans against those targets.
- Support preparation for the Supply Review by running and reviewing appropriate reports/KPIs and dashboards, to ensure a productive discussion and IBP process.
- Maintain strong linkages with Demand Manager and ensures full integration with Finance and Accounting.
- Own supply-demand balances for assigned desk, drives resolution of strategic gaps and significant capacity challenges and develops sourcing strategies.
- Resolve issues or exceptions outside the business rules/boundaries and intervenes when needed to address performance gaps.
- Assess short-term feasibility requests from all countries (where necessary).
- Maintain and/or coordinate maintenance of planning parameters in accordance with master data governance.
- Drive continuous improvement by periodically reviewing and providing recommendations to enhance the distribution network, and by ensuring current manufacturing strategies are appropriate.
- Minimum bachelor's degree in supply chain, Logistics or Engineering.
- Minimum 2 years of working experience in Supply Chain, Logistics or Customer Service.
- Fluency in English is required.
- Having APICS certification is preferred.
- Equitable and market-competitive base pay and bonus opportunity across our global markets, along with locally relevant incentives.
- Benefits and programs to support your physical, mental and emotional well-being, to help you get the care you you need it.
- Competitive retirement program that may include company-provided benefits, savings opportunities, financial planning and educational resources to help you achieve your long term financial-goals.
- Become a Dow shareholder through various employee stock programs.
- Opportunities to learn and grow through training and mentoring, work experiences, community involvement and team building.
- Workplace culture empowering role-based flexibility to maximize personal productivity and balance personal needs.
- Global Paid Time Off (PTO) policies:Paid time off for new parents (birthing and non-birthing, including adoptive and foster parents). Paid time off to care for family members who are sick or injured. Paid time off to support volunteering and Employee Resource Group's (ERG) participation.
Senior Supply Chain Planner - Terneuzen, Nederland - DOW BENELUX B.V.
Beschrijving
At Dow, we believe in putting people first and we're passionate about delivering integrity, respect and safety to our customers, our employees and the planet.
Our people are at the heart of our solutions. They reflect the communities we live in and the world where we do business. Their diversity is our strength. We're a community of relentless problem solvers that offers the daily opportunity to contribute with your perspective, transform industries and shape the future. Our purpose is simple - to deliver a sustainable future for the world through science and collaboration.If you're looking for a challenge and meaningful role, you're in the right place.
About You and the Role
We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Supply Chain Planner within the team home and personal care to support the Dow Consumer Solutions business to be located in Terneuzen , The Netherlands .
As Senior Supply Chain Planner, you decide what, when and where to produce for multiple production sites or multiple plants at one site, within a single business or multiple smaller businesses. You balance supply and demand over the tactical horizon to achieve optimum product availability, asset utilization and supply chain efficiencies. Plant locations will be in a single region or a number of plants globally.
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About Dow
Dow (NYSE: DOW) is one of the world's leading materials science companies, serving customers in high-growth markets such as packaging, infrastructure, mobility and consumer applications. Our global breadth, asset integration and scale, focused innovation, leading business positions and commitment to sustainability enable us to achieve profitable growth and help deliver a sustainable future. We operate manufacturing sites in 31 countries and employ approximately 35,900 people. Dow delivered sales of approximately $45 billion in 2023. References to Dow or the Company mean Dow Inc. and its subsidiaries. Learn more about us and our ambition to be the most innovative, customer-centric, inclusive and sustainable materials science company in the world by visiting .
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