Production Planner (Temporary)

Job Description:

Production Planner CT (Temporary)

Do you enjoy solving complex planning challenges and collaborating across teams? Join us and shape the future of planning at Essity. This is a temporary position to cover a parental leave.

About the Role
As a Production Planner, you will play a key role in balancing demand and capacity across short-, mid-, and long-term planning horizons. You will ensure the availability of finished goods and mother reels, support decision-making with accurate scenario planning, and collaborate closely with our Manufacturing and Supply teams to secure high service levels.

What You Will Do
* Short-Term Planning: Create and revise detailed daily production schedules, ensuring feasibility and alignment with manufacturing teams.
* Mid-Term Planning: Develop weekly production plans for the 3-16 week horizon, lead mid-term review meetings, and evaluate capacity constraints and market dynamics.
* Long-Term Planning: Prepare monthly 16-month planning scenarios and support S&OP reviews with insights on risks, capacity, and prioritization needs.
* Performance Management: Drive continuous improvement using PDCA, monitoring key KPIs such as Service Level, Stock Levels, Routing Accuracy, and Demand Coverage.
* Stakeholder Collaboration: Act as a key interface between planning, market teams, and manufacturing sites to anticipate shortages and propose solutions.
* Scenario Modelling: Deliver planning simulations for new products, volume changes, stock builds, and exceptions to standard models.
* Master Data & Process Excellence: Maintain accurate planning master data and contribute to improving PLEx tools, processes, and ways of working.

Who You Are
* Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Business, Engineering, or a related field.
* Minimum 2 years of experience in Supply Planning , ideally in an industrial plant environment.
* Proficiency in SAP and Excel, with the ability to work with planning tools and data-driven decision-making.
* Strong analytical mindset, ownership, communication skills, and the ability to collaborate effectively across teams.
* Proficiency in English; additional languages are a plus.

What We Can Offer You
Our purpose, Breaking Barriers to Well-being, provides meaning to everything we do. Join us to improve well-being for people and drive positive change for society and the environment. At Essity, you'll feel valued, empowered to grow, and challenged to achieve business results in a collaborative and open atmosphere.
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Application End Date:

15 jun 2026

Job Requisition ID:
Essity262502