Supply Chain Planning Manager

This organization is a renowned as 'Best Employer' in Belgium, a dominant player in their market, know for their excellent customer reputation. For one of their most critical Business Units, which has experienced a huge uptick in demand over the last months, we are helping them secure a Supply Planning Manager who will be instrumental in scaling operations and championing continuous improvement across their Supply Chain.

The Role/Responsibilities

• Direct leadership of the production planning, material management and scheduling teams
• Responsibility for the development and implementation of improved processes
• Ensuring accurate and timely completion of material planning, and production planning
• Disciplinary management of 10 employees, helping to plan for long-term employee development
• Evaluation and delivery of key reports to highlight delivery capabilities, and production & inventory utilization in the long term, as well as the short term
• Key interface between production, purchasing and sales, as well an important driver for the optimization of the supply chain

Skills/Experience Required

• Professional experience within a comparable production-oriented environment
• Proven track-record of managing within the supply-chain function (planning, materials management etc)
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills, with the ability to effectively communicate complex ideas to others
• Ability to lead and motivate employees, while fostering a strong team-oriented culture
• Fluent Dutch

What the role offers you

• Opportunity to drive real improvement across the supply-chain
• A highly visible role, reporting to the Director of Supply Chain Management
• Part of a global organization leading development across their product groups
• Highly competitive package