Sales & Operation Planning (S&OP) Manager, Germany & Switzerland. Do you have strong stakeholder manager skills and are you able to manage & drive the S&OP process effectively to improve Capacity Utilisation, Lead Times and Inventory Levels? If so this is a unique opportunity to join a strong global team.

Key responsibilities:

• Manage & drive S&OP, Sales & Operation planning, process effectively to improve Capacity Utilisation, Lead Times, Inventory Levels, etc.
• Support mid and long term business and investment decisions
• Further roll out and improve S&OP related processes and systems across the region as part of the regional S&OP team
• Maintain the S&OP tool, carry out trainings and drive business integration
• Active stakeholder management and coordination on local/regional as well as European and divisional level

Ideally you will have:

• At least five years experience in S&OP, ideally within the consumer goods industry
• Very good business acumen together with excellent Supply Chain Management and IT skills (e.g. typical ERP systems, MS Office, Cloud solutions)
• Experience in project management combined with excellent communication as well as presentation skills in English and German
• Experience of working in an international environment
• Ambition to grow personally and professionally
• A proactive, strategic and analytical mind set, result-oriented, reliable, committed and challenging with strong problem-solving skills and a very good comprehension of complex issues
• Be happy to commit to a minimum expectation of 25% travel across the region

For further detail please email your cv to sally.davis@1st-executive.com. Shortlisting and interviews will take place immediately.