The Opportunity
We are looking for a Planning & Fulfillment Manager - Transformers Hub Europe to join our European Planning & Fulfillment HUB, supporting operations across Italy, Spain, Germany, Poland, Finland, and Sweden.
In this role, you will take ownership of planning, procurement, and fulfillment activities across a complex, multi-site manufacturing environment. You will lead a small core team while working in a matrix structure, driving alignment across factories and strengthening Planning & Fulfillment maturity - particularly within Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP).
You will act as a key connector between sites and stakeholders, ensuring consistent processes, strong collaboration, and reliable execution across the value chain. The role is based in a hybrid setup and involves regular travel across Europe.
How you'll make an impact
- You lead and continuously improve planning, procurement, and fulfillment processes across the European Transformers Hub, ensuring alignment across multiple sites.
- You review and guide the unconstrained demand plan and contribute to finished goods optimization, improving demand accuracy and strengthening the alignment between load and capacity.
- You facilitate and drive S&OP processes with local teams, ensuring consistency with global guidelines and improving overall planning maturity.
- You define and implement planning governance, tools, and KPIs, creating structure and transparency across the organization.
- You work closely with factories to strengthen SAP usage and improve data quality, enabling better decision-making and process reliability.
- You support improvements in work preparation and production readiness, ensuring smoother execution and reduced operational disruptions.
- You clarify roles and responsibilities across Planning & Fulfillment teams and foster effective communication across the value chain.
- You coach and develop local teams, enabling proactive communication and structured responses to customer and operational challenges.
- You guide teams from reactive firefighting toward preventive, process-driven ways of working.
- You act as an orchestrator across factories and stakeholders, aligning priorities and ensuring execution in a complex, international matrix environment.
- You support crisis situations by driving structured countermeasures and ensuring sustainable, root-cause-based solutions.
- You contribute to digitalization and continuous improvement initiatives within Planning & Fulfillment.
Your background
- You have proven experience in Planning & Fulfillment management within a complex manufacturing environment.
- You have worked in Engineering-to-Order and/or Make-to-Order industries.
- You understand factory operations and bring hands-on experience or exposure to production environments.
- You are able to operate at a senior level - setting direction, implementing processes, and influencing outcomes across functions.
- You have experience working across multiple sites and in international environments.
- You communicate confidently and effectively with stakeholders at different levels, including leadership.
- You have experience working with SAP or a similar ERP system.
- You are fluent in English, both written and spoken.
- You prioritize effectively, take ownership, and maintain a structured and solution-oriented approach to your work.
- You collaborate well across functions and cultures and contribute to building strong, aligned teams.
- You pay attention to detail and focus on delivering sustainable, high-quality solutions.
More about us
We pride ourselves on offering a holistic range of competitive benefit programs to support your financial, physical and mental wellbeing and personal development. We want you to truly thrive with us - in work and out. More details will be provided during the recruitment process.
Please note that applications or CVs submitted by email or direct messages will not be considered.