External Operations Planning Expert in Warsaw at Wella Company

ABOUT THE ROLE

The purpose of the External Operations Planning Expert role is to deliver best-in-class service to Wella markets by cooperation with Wella Third Party Manufacturers, establishing effective partnership and long-term collaboration.

You will join the Global Supply Chain Planning Team, which plays a critical role in product delivery to Wella customers. We collaborate cross-functionally and influence optimal decisions on service, cost, cash, and innovation. We continuously evolve and elevate work process standards and daily operate in a multi-cultural context.

WHAT YOU WILL DO

• Order finishing goods and components from our key TPMs according to forecast to satisfy expected level of service and product availability for our markets.

• Participate in new product launches and phase-in/phase-out management.

• Closely monitor Key Performance Indicators for your TPMs: On Time In Full, service level for your portfolio, inventory level.

• Drive root-cause and action plan in case results are below target.

• Work closely with Operations team to resolve capacity constraints material outage, and to improve responsiveness of your TPM.

• Be the key point of contact for your TPM, representing the full team, and be responsible for joint effort to improve and optimize planning processes.

• Own departmental/cross-departmental business processes with the goal to develop and standardize best practices within your team.

• Support cross-functional projects and initiatives as subject-matter expert, working together with other supply chain functions on transformational activities.

• Lead and contribute to supply chain set-up of your TPM by owning supply chain parameters set-up in ERP systems.

WHAT WE WANT YOU TO BRING ALONG

• Min. 3 years of experience in supply chain planning

• Proficient English, both written and spoken

• Proven record of analyses of complex data sets and processes, and of presenting the outcomes (including to leadership), driving the decision-making process

• Good interpersonal skills to influence peers and stakeholders at different organizational levels

• Ability to define gaps and drive cross-functional action plans for issue resolution, risk mitigation and business improvements

• Ability to work with MS Office tools on a very good level (mainly Excel)

• Ownership, autonomy, and accountability for results within the given scope

• Priority-setting skills and efficient work organization in a dynamic business environment

• Growth mindset, with focus on solutions, improvements, and constant learning

• Resilience to frequent changes in the supply chain

• Ability to think and understand quickly, and to adjust plans and actions to the changing circumstances

• Experience in MRP systems, preferred (but not limited to) BY and SAP ECC

• (nice-to-have) Experience in cooperation with suppliers and external manufacturing

• (nice-to-have) Manufacturing, logistics or market planning experience

WHAT WE OFFER

We care about growth, health, and wellbeing of our employees; therefore, our offer includes:

• Luxmed medical insurance: Employee basic package is covered by Wella, you can upgrade the package or extend it to your spouse or partner and kids

• Life insurance: basic option is paid by Wella, you can upgrade the package for you and your family

• Lunch card

• Multisport card

• Parking subsidy or public transportation refund – depending on your commuting style

• One additional day off to celebrate each full year of employment (capped at five days) 

• Birthday as a holiday: celebrate with your loved ones!

• End-of-the-year gift, spring celebrations

• Bonus for life-time occasions (e.g. giving birth to a child, marriage)

• Attractive referral bonus for recommending talents to work at Wella

• State-of-the-art workspace, collaborative areas, cool events and gatherings

• Occasional samples of our products to enjoy

• Access to discounts on our products in Wella and ghd online shops

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