Demand Planning Specialist

Ingenico is the global leader in payments acceptance solutions. As the trusted technology partner for merchants, banks, acquirers, ISVs, payment aggregators and fintech customers our world-class terminals, solutions and services enable the global ecosystem of payments acceptance. With 40 years of experience, innovation is integral to Ingenico’s approach and culture, inspiring our large and diverse community of experts who anticipate and help shape the evolution of commerce worldwide. At Ingenico, trust and sustainability are at the heart of everything we do.  

Scope

As major part of the EMEA Operations team, we are responsible for all, planning, purchasing, customizing, distribution and support services which provide superior value to our customers, by having predictable, repeatable and scalable processes. You will be in the Business Unit “EMEA” dedicated to providing terminals including software, accessories solutions to our customers.

You are in charge of preparing short, medium and long term - demand planning to ensure that the plan meets the customer requirements, provide the factory with an optimal manufacturing plan managing both capacity and headcount efficiently – whilst managing the regions inventory within company goals. You will be a crucial member of our EMEA S&OP team, Corporate S&OP, Manufacturing, Logistic and Markerting/Sales team. You are considered as the link between Sales & Manufacturing. You do not have any direct reports, instead the focus of your responsibility will be to manage and execute all S&OP activities for the regions which you lead.
 

Main responsibilities

• Manage the supply/demand for the region ensuring all customer requirements are met at Leadtime.
• Manage the group purchasing process for Terminals – liaising with the sales teams & S&OP process prior to monthly purchase submission.
• Organise, chair and lead regular meetings which are essential to successful execution of S&OP process.
• Manage the Inventory levels for the region balancing Supply/Demand with the company Goals.
• Share Weekly Buildplan/priority meetings with Sales team
• Produce Weekly/Monthly KPI’s.

Profile

You have 5 years’ experience as S&OP Leader / Specialist / Demand Planning Leader/ Master Scheduler and a IOM Diploma preferred. You speak English fluently. German proficiency is a plus.

Technical skills :
 

• Excellent demand planning knowledge
• Excellent communication, written and verbal, skills
• Advanced in Microsoft packages (Excel/Word)
• Systems literate (Web/SAP)
• Strong capability to perform detailed analysis
• Fluency in English

Nice-to-have skills :

 

• Knowledge of MRP / ERP system - SAP. (MM,SD,WM)
• Flexible, good problem solving and communication skills
• Experience working in a Manufacturing environment
• Knowledge of logistics & customs rules
• Knowledge of Incoterms
• Experience using Anaplan

As part of our values, we embrace diversity and inclusion at Ingenico. We are an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on the basis of an individual's race, national origin, color, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability, marital status or any other protected characteristic under applicable law, whether actual or perceived.

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