Raw Material Planning Manager

Beschreibung:

Join us and celebrate the beauty of human experience. Create for happier, healthier lives, with love for nature. Together, with kindness and humility, we deliver food innovations, craft inspired fragrances and develop beauty and wellbeing solutions that make people look and feel good. There's much to learn and many to learn from, with more than 16,000 employees around the world to explore ideas and ambitions with. Dive into varied, flexible, and stimulating environments. Meet empowered professionals to partner with, befriend, and stretch your skills alongside. Every day, your energy, your creativity, and your determination will shape our future, making a positive difference on billions of people. Every essence of you enriches our world. We are Givaudan. Human by nature.

Raw Material Planning Manager - Budapest (Hungary) - Your future position?

Overall mission:

Ensure raw material and packaging material availability in the right quantity and quality.
Lead team members, ensuring people management practices, succession planning, and talent development to improve performance and organizational continuity.
Stay in close and regular contact with the relevant site Planning Managers.
You will be based in Budapest and report to the Head of Supply.

You will:

* Manage daily activities of the raw material planning team, ensuring clear task allocation, workload balancing, and compliance with operational procedures

* Support succession management by identifying important skills within the team, ensuring adequate backup coverage for critical tasks, and maintaining continuity during absences or transitions

* Guide talent development at an operational level through on-the-job training, knowledge sharing, and regular feedback to improve team competence and performance

* Lead diverse projects and lead programs from a planning perspective

* Master all tools and activities in the area of raw materials planning

* Use measurements for performance monitoring

* Manage daily business with the relevant MRP controllers (including MRP management, complete order tracking process, constraint and exception management)

* Ensures a constant flow of information between the planning teams (including across locations), the interfaces to other departments (PUR, QC, QM&I, DIS, OTC, RDM, etc.) and external parties (e.g., freight forwarder, if necessary)

* Analyze and optimize inventory levels and material master data. Identify slow/non-movers or other vulnerable materials and take the necessary measures to avoid or minimize write-offs/discards. Use, for example, the SAP SLOB tool to track the measures

* Follow relevant standard guidelines (e.g., STO policy, global best practices - site and supply planning, SOPs and OPLs, ISO) that are published and communicated. Address areas rules/procedures are lacking and assists with resolution or implementation

* Support continuous improvement processes within the department, but also across interfaces, along the value stream to improve overall performance in safety, quality, service, and costs. The improvement process follows the LEAN philosophy

* Coordinate and track supplier complaints in their responsibilities according to defined rules

* Complete all actions related to outgoing STOs for relevant MRP contracts

* Take capacity constraints (e.g., load balancing of goods receipts) into account in daily business

* Accomplish relevant WF items and the setup or adjustment of parameters in MM02 (e.g., new product localization processes)

* Represent the planning team in special cross-functional meetings or projects

You:

* College / University Graduate

* At least 5 years of supply chain, planning and inventory management experience mandatory

* SAP knowledge

* Fluency in English, German or Dutch knowledge advantageous

Our benefits:

* Flexible Working Arrangements (3 office days in the first couple of months; 1-2 days office days per week after that)

* Private Health Insurance

* Monthly cafeteria plan

* Employee shop discount

* Travel reimbursement when commuting from out of Budapest urban area

* Access to exclusive perfumes and other employee discounts

* Recognition and referral programs

* Career development opportunities in our multinational environment

* Team buildings and company events

* Learning programs to develop your soft and hard skills

* Free coffee and tea in our equipped kitchen

#LI-Hybrid

This is a hybrid remote/in-office role.

At Givaudan, you contribute to delightful taste and scent experiences that touch people's lives.

You work within an inspiring teamwork culture - where you can thrive, collaborate and learn from other talented and passionate people across disciplines, regions and divisions.

Every essence of you enriches our world.

Diversity drives innovation and creates closer connections with our employees, customers and partners.

Givaudan embraces diversity and is committed to building an inclusive environment where everyone impacts our world.

Remote working: Hybrid

At Givaudan, you contribute to delightful taste and scent experiences that touch people's lives.
You work within an inspiring teamwork culture - where you can thrive, collaborate and learn from other talented and passionate people across disciplines, regions and divisions.
Join us and Impact Your World
Diversity drives innovation and creates closer connections with our employees, customers and partners.
Givaudan embraces diversity and is committed to building an inclusive environment where everyone impacts our world