Supply Planner
8070: Nouryon Functional Chemicals B.V. - Amersfoort
01/03/2026
30/05/2026
40
Nouryon Specialty Chemicals BV
SRQ177345
| Function, and Reporting Structure | |
| Position title: Supply Planner Chelates | Reports to: Planning Manager – Cleaning Goods |
| Job function: Supply Planner | Job level of manager: |
| Job functional area: Business Planning | Number of direct/ indirect reports: 0 |
| Position pay grade: | Full-time/part-time: Full time |
| Country & Location: The Netherlands | Temporary position: Yes |
| Travel required: No If yes, geographic region: If yes, percentage: |
In-person/remote: In-person |
| Summary | ||||
| The Supply Planner is responsible for ensuring customer demand is met promptly and cost-effectively. This involves developing and maintaining production and inventory plans that consider customer needs, lead times, production and logistics capacity, raw material requirements, and inventory levels.
Key responsibilities include determining stock replenishment strategies and managing inventory targets for the product line. The planner ensures effective translation of demand inputs, such as forecasts and sales orders, into actionable plans for the product lines within the Americas region. The role demands maintaining high supply chain efficiency through accurate and optimal replenishment parameters and key performance indicators (KPIs) to ensure product availability aligns with the sales plan while minimizing operational costs. As a Supply Planner, you will collaborate closely with departments such as demand planning, production, and logistics to ensure the supply chain operates smoothly and efficiently. You will be part of a global organization where cooperation, interaction, and knowledge-sharing are essential. |
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| Required | Preferred | |||
| Education: | Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Supply Chain, Business Management, Engineering, or related discipline | |||
| Experience: | 3 years of relevant working experience in supply chain | |||
| Competencies: | Strong communication skills; able to communicate with all functional levels within the business Process driven attitude and results orientated. |
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| Skills: | Solid understanding of supply chain and business processes Excellent analytical skills Demonstrable capability to analyze data (including mass cross-reference data validation, trending and forecasting). Ability to prioritize and proactively complete projects with little direction. Highly proficient in Excel |
Experience with SAP, or equivalent ERP system Experience with advanced planning software like Arkieva |
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| Licenses/ certifications: | APICS CPIM or CSCP | |||
| Duties and Responsibilities |
You support an effective execution of the Integrated Business Planning (IBP) process by facilitating the Supply Planning and Supply Review processes. You propose alternative scenarios in case of constraints and escalate issues. You track inventories and ensure the quantity is sufficient to meet the plan.
You maintain a strong relationship with the production facilities to ensure conformance to the production schedule and effectively manage any exceptions with demand forecasts. You work with the Integrated Supply Chain organization to ensure key assumptions on anticipated capabilities are reflected within the forecasts. You work collaboratively with Demand Planning to ensure effective demand and supply balancing within the short- and medium-term horizon. Moreover, you support collaboration with customer service, logistics and 3rd party service providers to meet business obligations in the case of planned and unplanned events.
You follow best practices and company procedures to maintain and coordinate maintenance of planning parameters relevant for the supply and inventory planning process like stocking policies, safety stock settings and lead times. You review and ensure product introductions and discontinuations are correctly reflected in SAP.
You drive continuous improvement by periodically reviewing and providing recommendations to enhance the supply network. You review supply chain KPIs like On Time, In Full (OTIF) and drive actions to improve. You support global and local Supply Chain projects and initiatives. |
| Additional Provisions |
| This Position Profile is not an exhaustive list of the duties and responsibilities of the position and assigned duties and responsibilities may change without notice. |
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01/03/2026
30/05/2026
40
| Function, and Reporting Structure | |
| Position title: Supply Planner Chelates | Reports to: Planning Manager – Cleaning Goods |
| Job function: Supply Planner | Job level of manager: |
| Job functional area: Business Planning | Number of direct/ indirect reports: 0 |
| Position pay grade: | Full-time/part-time: Full time |
| Country & Location: The Netherlands | Temporary position: Yes |
| Travel required: No If yes, geographic region: If yes, percentage: |
In-person/remote: In-person |
| Summary | ||||
| The Supply Planner is responsible for ensuring customer demand is met promptly and cost-effectively. This involves developing and maintaining production and inventory plans that consider customer needs, lead times, production and logistics capacity, raw material requirements, and inventory levels.
Key responsibilities include determining stock replenishment strategies and managing inventory targets for the product line. The planner ensures effective translation of demand inputs, such as forecasts and sales orders, into actionable plans for the product lines within the Americas region. The role demands maintaining high supply chain efficiency through accurate and optimal replenishment parameters and key performance indicators (KPIs) to ensure product availability aligns with the sales plan while minimizing operational costs. As a Supply Planner, you will collaborate closely with departments such as demand planning, production, and logistics to ensure the supply chain operates smoothly and efficiently. You will be part of a global organization where cooperation, interaction, and knowledge-sharing are essential. |
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| Required | Preferred | |||
| Education: | Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Supply Chain, Business Management, Engineering, or related discipline | |||
| Experience: | 3 years of relevant working experience in supply chain | |||
| Competencies: | Strong communication skills; able to communicate with all functional levels within the business Process driven attitude and results orientated. |
|||
| Skills: | Solid understanding of supply chain and business processes Excellent analytical skills Demonstrable capability to analyze data (including mass cross-reference data validation, trending and forecasting). Ability to prioritize and proactively complete projects with little direction. Highly proficient in Excel |
Experience with SAP, or equivalent ERP system Experience with advanced planning software like Arkieva |
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| Licenses/ certifications: | APICS CPIM or CSCP | |||
| Duties and Responsibilities |
You support an effective execution of the Integrated Business Planning (IBP) process by facilitating the Supply Planning and Supply Review processes. You propose alternative scenarios in case of constraints and escalate issues. You track inventories and ensure the quantity is sufficient to meet the plan.
You maintain a strong relationship with the production facilities to ensure conformance to the production schedule and effectively manage any exceptions with demand forecasts. You work with the Integrated Supply Chain organization to ensure key assumptions on anticipated capabilities are reflected within the forecasts. You work collaboratively with Demand Planning to ensure effective demand and supply balancing within the short- and medium-term horizon. Moreover, you support collaboration with customer service, logistics and 3rd party service providers to meet business obligations in the case of planned and unplanned events.
You follow best practices and company procedures to maintain and coordinate maintenance of planning parameters relevant for the supply and inventory planning process like stocking policies, safety stock settings and lead times. You review and ensure product introductions and discontinuations are correctly reflected in SAP.
You drive continuous improvement by periodically reviewing and providing recommendations to enhance the supply network. You review supply chain KPIs like On Time, In Full (OTIF) and drive actions to improve. You support global and local Supply Chain projects and initiatives. |
| Additional Provisions |
| This Position Profile is not an exhaustive list of the duties and responsibilities of the position and assigned duties and responsibilities may change without notice. |