Supply & Operations Planning Manager (m/w/d)

Job Description

EuroChem is one of the leading manufacturers of fertilizers, with a long-standing presence in Europe and many countries overseas. With our broad product portfolio, we offer plant nutrition solutions for every application, including field fertilization, fertigation, and foliar fertilization.

The Supply & Operations Planning Manager is a central integrator between the production site and the regional and local Sales organizations. As part of the regional team in Mannheim, you take full responsibility for demand planning, supply balancing, and commercial scenario development for a defined product group and/or a specific production site in Europe.

We are looking for a committed and experienced:

Supply & Operations Planning Manager (m/w/d)

Your Key Responsibilities in detail:

Lead S&OP Planning for a Defined Product Portfolio or Production Site

• Own the end-to-end S&OP planning cycle for your assigned products/sites, ensuring a robust, transparent and efficient planning process while balancing the interdependencies of continuous fertilizer production, customer service, production stability, logistics constraints, working capital and financial performance
• Integrate commercial priorities into the planning process by evaluating business opportunities, optimizing contribution margins, prioritizing markets and ensuring the optimal deployment of constrained production capacities
• Facilitate commercial decision-making in close collaboration with the Commercial Lead (responsible for the production site or the European commercial organization)

Commercial & Operational Planning

• Validate demand forecasts, evaluate commercial opportunities, identify supply gaps or surpluses and align production capabilities with Sales Managers and the Commercial Lead