Supply Planning & 3rd Party Purchasing Lead, EMEA

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Come explore opportunities within Brunswick, a global marine leader committed to challenging conventions and innovating next-generation technologies that transform experiences on the water and beyond.  Brunswick believes “Next Never Rests™,” and we offer a variety of exciting careers and growth opportunities within united teams defining the future of marine recreation. 

Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands

Workplace Category: Onsite

Travel Required: Up to 15%

Direct Reports: 2

Innovation is the heart of Brunswick. See how your contributions will help transform vision into reality:

Position Overview:

As part of the talented Navico Group Global Supply Chain team, you will have sole responsibility for Supply Planning practices, process development and outcomes inside the EMEA Region of the Global Business. Creating improvements and undertaking the responsibility for predictability, alignment and stability within the Supply Planning group.

At Brunswick, we have passion for our work and a distinct ability to deliver.

Essential Functions:

• End-to-end ownership of the Supply Planning process development and practices inside the designated Region
• Assess Supply Planning performance and propose changes to the SIOP Team and Management team.
• Lead best practices inside of the Supply Planning process along with leading performance measurement improvements in turns, freight spend, OTIF, and other KPI
• Partner with the Management Team of the Regions business to ensure Supply plan inputs are aligned, stable and providing transparency to the business
• Governing and conveying New Product expectations on the Supply Plan for the Region
• Comparison of the SIOP Supply Plan to the Financial inventory Forecast of the Region and illustrate reasons for gaps.
• Streamline and create unviversal process, metrics, and scorecard while driving collaboration across global teams to ensure demand and supply synhronization
• In depth knowledge of the components of the Sales, Inventory & Operations Planning (SIOP) along with more tactical short term SOE
• Participate in strategic planning and control development with senior management
• Monitor and forecast supply needs to all key vendors and manufacturers to prevent shortages or excess stock enruing the right balance of availablity and cost control.
• Optimize warehouse and distribution network efficiency to minimize and cost
• Use data analytics and forecasting tools to drive informed supply chain decisions

Diversity of thought and experiences is fundamental when imagining the unimaginable. Certain skillsets/experiences are necessary; however, others can be developed along the way.

Required Qualifications:

• BS/BA degree in Business, Statistics or Supply Chain
• Strong knowledge of SIOP and the components of a SIOP Process
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Leadership in the face of challenging external or internal circumstances
• Demonstrated project management, process, and conceptual skills
• Show independent decisiveness with the ability to collaborate with various departments to build consensus
• Excellent interpersonal skills including verbal and written communication
• Practice applied mathematics in collecting and interpreting quantitative information
• Possess capacity to think in a careful and discerning way, to solve problems, to analyze data, and to recall and apply information.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel) and Microsoft Project.

Preferred Qualifications:

• APICS certification or training
• Demand planning/forecasting/supply planning analytical systems experience
• Experience with 09, Demand Solutions, Logility or other Sales Forecasting Software

Working Conditions:

· Traditional Office

Why Brunswick:

Whatever tomorrow brings, we’ll be at the leading edge. As the clear leader in the marine industry, we’re committed to our values and supporting our exceptional people. We offer and encourage growth opportunities within and across our many brands. In addition, we’re proud of being recognized for making a splash!

About Navico Group: 

Navico Group is a stand-alone division of Brunswick, the world’s largest recreational marine business. 

Navico Group is the global leader in technology, systems and solutions for a variety of industries, from Marine & RV to Specialty Vehicles and beyond. Our broad portfolio consists of the industry's leading brands in Power Systems, Digital Systems, Fishing Systems, and Performance Components including Ancor, Attwood, B&G, BEP, Blue Sea Systems, C-MAP, CZone, Garelick, Lenco, Lowrance, Marinco, MotorGuide, Mastervolt, ProMariner, RELiON, Simrad and Whale.  

Our team is committed and driven, every day, to be the most trusted supply partner to the marine and mobile industries...and beyond. 

Next is Now!  
We value growth and development, recognizing that people come with a wealth of experience and talent beyond just the technical requirements of a job. If your experience is close to what you see listed here, please still consider applying. Diversity of experience and skills combined with passion is a key to innovation and inspiration. Therefore, we encourage people from all backgrounds to apply to our positions. Please let us know if you require accommodations during the interview process. 
 

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