Planning Officer

at  Daikin Europe Business Support

Daikin Europe NV (DENV) is a subsidiary of Daikin Industries Limited, a Japanese multinational and worldwide the biggest producer and supplier of HVAC-R (heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration) solutions, including heating pumps and cooling technology.
DENV is Daikin’s sales, development, and production headquarters for Europe, the Middle-East and Africa comprising headquarter offices in Brussels and Oostende, 8 production plants, 24 sales subsidiaries and offices and a whole network of independent distributors and dealers across the EMEA region.
Daikin Europe Business Support (DEBS) is a branch of DENV located in Warsaw. As a competency center we aim at being one of the driving forces behind the processes transformation: optimization, standardization and automation in the areas of supply, service, master data, controlling, financial reporting and HR.

As a Supply Planning Officer you will be working together with Supply Centre Operations & Planning Team in Belgium. The role is very complex and will concern number of processes. In particular activities listed below will be in scope of responsibilities of a person in this position. The training will start with the standard tasks so that you would be able to take responsibility for some small processes soon:

• Updates of purchasing requirements to non-SAP integrated suppliers of finished products according to OIS procedure (Order Indication System) and creation of corresponding purchase orders
• Systematic adjustment of open purchase orders based on information from the suppliers
• Entry of purchase orders for order-based products
• All communication with external suppliers of finished products from purchase order registration to dispatch by the supplier.
• Follow-up of the daily stock transfers between the warehouses with the objective to guarantee and improve the optimization of the stock per warehouse and the delivery date of customer orders
• Evaluation and regularly adjustment of the stock policy per warehouse
• Customer service: supporting affiliates in case of availability issues (shortages, delays in production or logistic execution, higher than expected sales, ect.) and proposing alternatives for urgent orders
• Involvement in the sales forecast process (sales forecast intake and checks)
• Preparation of central sales forecasts on European level for selected product groups: accessories, fancoils
• Management of product allocations, which ensures that the total product availability is optimally distributed across all subsidiaries and distributors, in case of product shortage
• Participation in projects to improve Supply Planning processes

EXPERIENCE, EDUCATION AND TECHNICAL SKILLS

• Master degree,
• Experience in a similar function (production planning, supply management),
• SAP knowledge,
• Good knowledge and understanding of supply chain and planning processes,
• Excellent written and verbal English communication,

INTERPERSONAL SKILLS

• Excellent organization and time management skills,
• Advanced communication skills,
• Ability to work in a fast paced, performance based environment,
• Ability to identify the issues and take actions for issues resolution,
• Detail-orientation and good analytical skills,

• Updates of purchasing requirements to non-SAP integrated suppliers of finished products according to OIS procedure (Order Indication System) and creation of corresponding purchase orders
• Systematic adjustment of open purchase orders based on information from the suppliers
• Entry of purchase orders for order-based products
• All communication with external suppliers of finished products from purchase order registration to dispatch by the supplier.
• Follow-up of the daily stock transfers between the warehouses with the objective to guarantee and improve the optimization of the stock per warehouse and the delivery date of customer orders
• Evaluation and regularly adjustment of the stock policy per warehouse
• Customer service: supporting affiliates in case of availability issues (shortages, delays in production or logistic execution, higher than expected sales, ect.) and proposing alternatives for urgent orders
• Involvement in the sales forecast process (sales forecast intake and checks)
• Preparation of central sales forecasts on European level for selected product groups: accessories, fancoils
• Management of product allocations, which ensures that the total product availability is optimally distributed across all subsidiaries and distributors, in case of product shortage
• Participation in projects to improve Supply Planning processe