Global Vendor Planner Specialist

Would you like to be part of a good and innovative team with great career prospects within Supply Chain in Grundfos?

Become a member of our Global Vendor Planning Team and get a chance to makeadifference.

What is the job about?

The main purpose of Global Vendor Planner Specialist position is to executecrossplant supply, inventory planning. Be a key participant or driver in essential cross plantsupply planning tasks, as ordering, follow-ups, forecasting, alignment withvendors, handling of invoice misalignment issues . Participate in activities related tovendordevelopment and deployment of best practices within operational planning. Responsible for short, mid and long term capacity management with selectedvendors(execution, SIOE and SIOP horizon, - not strategy and commercial planning/role) andinput to SIOP/SIOE.

Furthermore, you will:

Cross Plant Supply Planning

• Together with local plants production planning regional vendor planning ensurefeasible plans are created timely to keep sufficient inventory levels and stock optimization across the chain, shared with relevant stakeholders and applied.
• All the documentation and registration process regarding purchase orders (eg: invoice discrepancy, PPO registration)
• Order and schedule handling to vendors behalf of all Grundfos plants for vendors inscope
• Align delivery schedules with vendors based on production plans and priorities.
• Daily driver role towards selected vendors in the chain in matters related to operational planning.
• Handle exceptions affecting the purchase plan, e.g. quality issues, breakdowns, delivery changes, allocations, red alerts
• Ensure high master data quality within area of responsibility.
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Supply Optimization

• Participate in medium, relatively high-complexity meetings in the SIOP cycle (chainSIOP, Plant meetings, Vendor capacity reviews)
• Contribute with input and recommendations in the SIOP cycle (Vendor relatedescalations, scenarios, strategic stock approvals)
• Drive and participate in implementation and deployment of continuous improvements with regional/global impact
• Continuously improve execution of job role related practices and methods basedonperformance and process indicators
• Collect, distribute and present supply chain data for performance reporting andanalytics
• Involvement in development projects/ design changes
• Aligning and optimizing planning parameters, profiles, MRP set-ups, master dataacross plants for scope materials and vendors
• Improving suppliers delivery performance by better forecast accuracy and demandsignals.

Your background:

• Master’s Degree, Bachelor's Degree, or equivalent work experience.
• Deep knowledge within planning and global processes
• Fluent English skills
• Proficiency in global process management.
• Good analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Advanced communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams.

What’s in it for you?

Whether it’s developing skills or advancing your expertise even further, we’ll supportyou with continuous learning and development opportunities, to help discuss andsteer your long-term Grundfos career path. You’ll be welcomed fromday one intoan inclusive and trusting environment, where we benefit from sparring and usingeachother’s competence to deliver on our projects and commitments to the organizationguided by six core values.

In addition, your day-to-day benefits include:

• On top of it, flexible working hours and up to 3 days’ additional paid leavefor volunteering of your choice
• Annual bonuses, health insurance, parental support, internal well-beingconsultants and programs
• Access to the modern Grundfos Academy to pursue further both personal andprofessional development.
• Diverse, inclusive environment with employee-led forums offering colleaguesasafe place to connect and share openly.

Do you want to learn more?

If you have questions or would like to know more about this position, please contact Hiring Manager Jean-Marie Talvat, Global Vendor Planning Manager at Pozovite poslodavca. If this job sounds appealing, please send your resume electronically. We look forward to hearing from you.