At Nouryon, our global team takes positive action every day, to reach higher collectively and individually. We create innovative and sustainable solutions for our customers to answer society’s needs – today and in the future.We are looking for team members who bring ideas forward, champion others and work together to do better. Does that sound like you?
In your future role as Senior Supply Planner, you will
The Senior Supply Planner is a critical member of the supply chain team, responsible for optimizing the supply plan for a manufacturing site with broad and complex scope within Nouryon’s network – encompassing high SKU volume and multi-region replenishment. The role is expected to operate with a high degree of independence in resolving escalations and trade-offs, and to champion the adoption of AI-enabled planning tools to improve forecast accuracy, scenario analysis, and decision speed. The supply plan is developed in collaboration with the site and product management teams and supported by the expertise of the Supply Planning Process Owner.
Supply Planning:
- Lead the review and management of the Arkieva supply forecast and model for a site with broad and complex product scope.
- Set MRP planning parameters and own governance of planning master data at scale.
- Develop and ensure inventory stocking policies are followed for produced products and trade goods down to SKU level, including safety stock levels and order quantities.
- Manage capacity planning for a 24-month horizon across a multi-line production network.
- Determine and recommend the most appropriate inventory replenishment models that balance service, cost, and inventory, including trade-offs presented to leadership.
Collaboration and Communication:
- Build strong relationships with internal stakeholders, including other planners in the organization and global process owners.
- Update CSR and account managers on inventory levels and product availability.
- Work collaboratively with the ISC organization to ensure key assumptions on anticipated capabilities are reflected within the forecasts.
- Align the supply plan with the demand team, logistics, procurement, and ISC input, sharing key data to ensure proper supply and demand balancing.
- Serve as the go-to resource for other Supply Planners on complex or cross-site issues, and provide back-up coverage across the network.
Master Data:
- Maintain Arkieva and SAP master data relevant to the forecast process (including replenishment parameters, stocking strategies, safety stocks, and planning rates) across a broad and complex data set.
- Implement and regularly re-evaluate the inventory strategy by SKU and stocking location.
- Lead weekly short-term planning reviews to drive implementation of approved strategies.
Integrated Business Planning:
- Prepare and facilitate monthly site Supply Management Reviews, including risk, scenario, and recommendation packs for leadership decisions.
- Provide escalation input, business cases, and recommendations into regional and product line supply reviews.
Performance Analysis and Continuous Improvement:
- Analyze data to improve inventory position (DIO) and delivery performance (CRIT/OTIF) across a broad and complex product scope.
- Lead the implementation of, and follow-up on, actions to improve inventory position and delivery performance.
- Monitor Process Performance Indicators to ensure master data quality and adherence to the standard process.
- Propose tools and structures for the improvement of the planning function and, after consultation with the IBP Manager, implement these structures.
- Play an active role within the community of planners to identify and establish best practices for process efficiency.
- Lead projects that improve efficiency, process, or network design, with a focus on strengthening customer service while balancing cash and cost.
AI Adoption and Implementation:
- Identify opportunities to apply AI and advanced analytics tools within the supply and demand planning process, such as forecast accuracy improvement, exception-based decision making, and scenario simulation.
- Partner with IT, data science, and global process owners to pilot, evaluate, and implement AI-enabled planning capabilities within Arkieva, SAP, and adjacent systems.
- Champion change management and user adoption of new AI tools among planners and cross-functional stakeholders, including training and documentation of new ways of working.
- Monitor the performance of AI-driven recommendations against business outcomes and provide feedback to continuously improve model accuracy and trust in the tools.
We believe you bring
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Business, Mathematics, Engineering, Supply Chain, or a related discipline.
- 7-10 years of relevant supply planning or related supply chain experience, ideally including exposure to a large or complex manufacturing site.
- Experience in chemical manufacturing preferred.
- Highly proficient in MS Office packages (Excel, Access, SharePoint).
- Very good English communication skills.
- Excellent analytical skills, with demonstrable capability to analyze data, including mass cross-reference data validation, trending, and forecasting.
- Strong communication skills; able to communicate with all functional levels within the business and influence decisions without formal authority.
- Experience with SAP (or equivalent ERP system), Business Warehouse (or equivalent data warehouse), or Arkieva (or equivalent advanced planning software) is preferred.
- Solid understanding of supply chain and business processes.
- Ability to prioritize and proactively complete projects with little direction.
- Process-driven attitude and results-orientated.
- Openness to, and interest in, adopting AI and advanced analytics tools to improve planning accuracy and decision speed; prior experience piloting or implementing such tools is a plus.
Great if you have
- APICS CPIM or CSCP.
- Six Sigma certification.
We believe you are…
A self-assured, proactive team member who can operate independently across a broad and complex scope, build trust with a wide range of collaboration partners, make sound judgment calls under time pressure, and bring curiosity and openness to adopting new AI-enabled ways of working. The job holder must follow their budget and delegation of authority. This covers external spending, hours and vacation planning, and decisions on inventory policies.
We offer you
To be part of a great team of Business Planning professionals. You will work with peers and experts within Demand & Supply Planning, improving global processes. You are part of an engaged team working together in an open, challenging, and innovative environment.
At Nouryon, we provide a great job and friendly coworkers, plus benefits in addition to salary.
Have we got your interest?
The position is based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, and requires occasional travel. Approximately 5-10% of your working time will be for regional and global travel.This is a permanent position on a full-time basis, reporting to the Business Planning Manager - CLS, who is located in Houston, Texas.
Please apply via our online recruitment system. We will not accept applications via e-mail. Once it’s with us we will review to see if we have a match between your skills and the role! For more information about our hiring process, visit:
nouryon.com/careers/how-we-hire/
We look forward to receiving your application!
We kindly ask our internal candidates to apply with your Nouryon email via Success Factors.
About Nouryon
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Contact
If you have any questions about the recruitment process or your application or need assistance, please contact Diana Martinez diana.martinez@nouryon.com
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