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Production Planner
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Production Planner (Supply Chain & Logistics): Building and maintaining weekly and daily production plans across multiple production lines with an accent on demand analysis, material availability, capacity balancing, and operational efficiency. Focus on continuously adjusting schedules to manage disruptions, maintaining ERP/APO/MES planning data, and coordinating production, procurement, warehouse, and customer service teams.
Location: Groot-Bijgaarden, Belgium
Company
is an international Belgian family business developing, producing, and distributing innovative ingredients for the bakery, patisserie, and chocolate sectors.
What you will do
- Build and maintain weekly and daily production plans for assigned production lines.
- Analyze customer orders, raw material availability, and capacity constraints to create feasible production schedules.
- Monitor and adjust plans to manage disruptions, changing priorities, backorders, delays, and operational risks.
- Coordinate with production, customer service, procurement, and warehouse teams to align materials, capacity, and delivery commitments.
- Maintain accurate planning data in ERP, APO, and MES systems and follow up on master data quality.
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives and operational excellence in planning processes.
Requirements
- Several years of experience in production planning, supply chain, or a related role.
- Strong analytical and data interpretation skills, with the ability to turn complex information into clear actions.
- Resilience and adaptability in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.
- Confident communication and stakeholder management across multiple functions.
- Good knowledge of Excel and familiarity with ERP or production planning systems.
- Fluent English and good working knowledge of Dutch and French required.
Nice to have
- Experience with SAP APO or a similar planning system.
Culture & Benefits
- Dynamic environment focused on innovation, teamwork, and continuous improvement.
- Meal vouchers worth €10 per working day.
- Fully paid group, dental, and hospitalization insurance.
- 13th and 14th month pay.
- At least five training days per year.
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