Global Demand & Supply Planner

The Zumtobel Group is an international lighting group and a leading supplier of innovative lighting solutions, lighting components and associated services. With its core brands, Zumtobel, Thorn and Tridonic, the Group offers its customers around the world a comprehensive portfolio of products and services.

SpotLIGHT of the job

Are you passionate about shaping global supply chains and driving performance across complex, international networks? Do you thrive in dynamic environments where strategy, data, and collaboration come together to deliver results?

Join us as a Global Demand & Supply Planner, located inNis, and take ownership of integrating demand and supply across the value chain. In this role, you will play a key part in optimizing availability, inventory, and cost performance while enhancing agility and responsiveness to changing market demands on a global scale.

Responsibilities:

• Define monthly item-level demand forecasts in close alignment with Sales, Product Management, R&D, and other business divisions, derived from company strategy and strategic focus.
• Support and challenge Product Management and Sales in defining initial launch quantities during development phases.
• Operate and continuously improve an effective global supply network planning strategy, covering internal and external manufacturing, capacity planning, component planning, and multi-sourcing concepts.
• Optimize product availability across central finished goods warehouses while balancing economic drivers such as net working capital, inventory cost, and capacity utilization.
• Develop and drive effective SIOP processes, including the right set of tools, methods, and competencies, involving all relevant stakeholders along the value chain.
• Own relevant master data parameters to ensure inventory, delivery, and service performance targets in close alignment with plants, global inventory management, and warehouses.
• Monitor key KPIs (e.g. inventory levels, obsolescence, OTD) and actively initiate corrective actions where needed for assigned product groups.
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Skills & Experience:

We encourage you to apply even if you do not meet every single requirement. Your motivation and potential matter more than perfection.

• 3+ years of professional experience in demand and supply planning within a large multinational company.
• Strong experience in breaking down, validating, and translating sales information into item-level demand forecasts.
• Proven experience working in matrix organizations and cross-functional, international environments.
• Experience managing large and diverse SKU portfolios across multiple production locations.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, proactive attitude, cooperative and team spirit.
• Hands-on experience in leading and improving SIOP processes.
• Full professional proficiency in English; German language knowledge would be considered as an advantage.
• Advanced-level skills in MS Office, SAP, and analytical tools

What we offer

• A truly international team - work with colleagues from different countries and cultures.
• Employee well-being and family support programs – private health insurance and various initiatives to support families and parenting.
• Social gatherings and community events – designed to foster connection and collaboration among employees.
• Personal growth - training opportunities accessible internally and externally.

At the Zumtobel Group, we not only understand the power of the visible, but also the invisible. Like light itself, diversity cannot be grasped but it can be perceived. We appreciate the uniqueness of each individual and recognise it as a driver of innovation. Qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to e.g.: race, colour, sex, religion, age, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, or disability.

Ready to be a part of Zumtobel’s growing team? Apply today, we look forward to meeting you!