Product Planning Specialist

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Valvoline Global Operations EMEA has a rewarding opportunity for a Production Planning Specialist.

In this role you'll create and maintain weekly production schedules to meet and fulfill customer needs. The purpose of the job is to create a plan efficient plan for the mid-term. Considering capacity, availability of raw materials, packaging and overall lead-times. By controlling the mid-term horizon you are the one who identifies and resolves/escalates the gaps and/or opportunities. In this position you are also the back-up of the Raw Material Replenisher / Production Planner.

• Create and maintain weekly production schedules
• Make proposals for ordering raw materials for the mid-/long term. This in consultation with the Replenisher & Demand Planner
• Review and maintain MRP settings in SAP and OMP.
• Schedule/replenish packaging components to plant and warehouse(s).
• Participate and vocal point for Dordrecht related products in the NSD process
• Focus on continuous improvement (Process improvement, Phase in/Phase out projects, Set-up KPI’s)

• Bachelor’s degree preferred
• Proficient in SAP and MS Office (Excel,Power BI, Word, PowerPoint)
• Good communication skills in Dutch and English
• >3 years’ experience as a Production / Supply Chain Planner
• Proven successes within Continuous Improvement (CI)
• Analytical skills and problem solving, proactive mindset

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