Position Summary
Ensuring all tasks in the area of production planning cans
Key Activities / Measurables
Conduct weekly short- and medium-term planning based on forecasts and overarching can planning for Food and VSP
Create daily and weekly production schedules
Reconciliation between short-term scheduling and medium-term planning
Coordinating planning activities within Sonoco as part of the supply chain
Participation in the PSI process Europe for the VSP division
Ensure continuity of material supply in close collaboration with the Ends and MPC planners
independent and responsible material requirements planning and coordination with other departments
Striving for optimal inventories while ensuring customer service and optimizing plant utilization
Participation in the further development of existing planning methods
Representation of colleagues within production planning
Contributing to the further development of existing planning methods
Representing colleagues within production planning
Knowledge & Skills Required
Required
Independent and responsible working style
Solid experience with common MS Office software
Good English skills, spoken and written
High resilience, even under time pressure
Affinity for numbers and strong communication skills
good teamwork skills
Desirable
Experience with ERP software (e.g., JDE, SAP, Oracle)
Personal Attributes
Self-starter
Influential and persuasive
Customer focused
Able to act on own initiative and 'think outside the box'
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Enthusiastic, flexible and adaptable
Willing to challenge in order to ensure fairness and ‘do the right thing’
Education Required
Completed commercial vocational training
Education Preferred
none
Experience
experience with complex logistics processes in industry
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