Logistics Production Planner

Description

Job Summary: Ensure efficient planning and scheduling of logistical and production flows, optimizing inventory levels and meeting quality, cost, and delivery objectives while acting as an interface between departments. Key Highlights: 1. Experience in production planning, industrial logistics, or supply chain. 2. Knowledge of SAP planning systems, preferably S/4HANA. 3. Participate in continuous improvement projects and optimization of the logistics chain. #### **About the Job: Logistics Production Planner** **Role Mission:** Ensure efficient planning and scheduling of logistical and production flows, ensuring availability of materials required for production, optimizing stock levels, and achieving the organization’s defined quality, cost, and delivery objectives. Act as an interface among Production, Logistics, Procurement, Supply Chain, and suppliers, ensuring synchronization of physical and information flows across the entire supply chain. **Key Responsibilities:** Develop and update short-, medium-, and long-term production plans according to customer requirements and available industrial capacity. Schedule and monitor the supply of components and raw materials to ensure uninterrupted production. Analyze sales forecasts, order backlog, and stock levels to adjust logistical and production schedules. Manage planning parameters in SAP S/4HANA. Monitor logistical and production performance indicators, proposing corrective and preventive actions. Coordinate with internal and external suppliers to resolve supply constraints. Ensure achievement of OTIF (On Time In Full), service level, and material availability targets. Participate in continuous improvement projects, Lean Manufacturing initiatives, and logistics chain optimization. Identify risks of material shortages and develop contingency plans. Collaborate on new product introductions, engineering changes, and process industrialization. Conduct productive and logistical capacity analyses, ensuring alignment between demand and available resources. Promote waste reduction, lower logistical costs, and excessive inventory reduction. **Desired Profile** Education: * Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Industrial Engineering and Management, Mechanical Engineering, Logistics, Production Management, or a related field. Experience: * Experience in production planning, industrial logistics, or supply chain, preferably in the automotive or metal-mechanical sector. * Knowledge of SAP planning systems, preferably SAP S/4HANA. * Experience in Lean and Just-In-Time production environments. Technical Skills: * Production planning and control. * Inventory and logistical flow management. * Supply Chain Management knowledge. * Advanced Excel and data analysis tool proficiency. * Knowledge of SAP (MM, PP, or APO) or equivalent systems. * Interpretation of logistical and production KPIs. * Knowledge of Lean Manufacturing, Kanban, FIFO, and Milk Run. Behavioral Skills: * Analytical ability and problem-solving orientation. * Organization and priority management. * Cross-functional communication and coordination capability. * Team spirit and collaboration. * Proactivity and results orientation. * Resilience in high-demand industrial environments. **Languages:** * Fluent English (mandatory). * French and/or Spanish are assets.