Supply Planner / Junior Supply Planner (15-Month Contract)

About the role

Beiersdorf Shared Services Poland is looking for a proactive and analytical Supply Planner or Junior Supply Planner to join its Planning Center of Excellence on a 15-month fixed-term contract. You will ensure optimal inventory levels and product availability for assigned markets while balancing service, inventory and cost objectives, working closely with Demand Planning, Network Inventory Planning, Response Managers and other supply chain teams.

Key responsibilities

• Ensure optimal inventory levels and agreed service targets through supply planning and inventory management.
• Perform daily alert-based planning to identify and mitigate short- and medium-term supply risks.
• Maintain and update material master data and planning parameters in SAP/APO/OMP and related systems, and resolve master data issues affecting planning.
• Manage product launches, relaunches, phase-in and phase-out, and communicate availability dates to minimise obsolescence and leftover stock.
• Monitor low-stock and out-of-stock risks and prepare allocation and reservation proposals.
• Calculate and maintain safety stock levels, and review inventory health to reduce obsolete, non-rotating, excess and expiry-risk stock.
• Support warehouse capacity planning, stock projections and overflow management.
• Prepare regular reports on stock coverage, inventory risks, service levels and planning performance, and take part in local, regional and global optimisation projects.
• Support process standardisation, digitalisation and change management.

Required profile

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Supply Chain Management, Logistics, Business Administration, Production Engineering, Economics or a related field.
• For Supply Planner: minimum 2 years of experience in supply planning, inventory management, production planning or supply chain; entry-level candidates and recent graduates are also welcome.
• Very good written and spoken English.
• Experience in supply planning, production planning, inventory management or FMCG is highly desirable.

Required skills

• Advanced Microsoft Excel and very good knowledge of Microsoft Office.
• Experience with SAP, APO, OMP or similar planning systems is a strong advantage.
• Knowledge of Power BI, Power Query, VBA, SAP Business Intelligence or other analytical tools is an asset.
• Analytical, problem-solving and stakeholder management skills.

What we offer

• Temporary full-time contract of 12-15 months with BSS Poland.
• Work in a global Planning Center of Excellence supporting European and international markets, with hybrid working and a modern office in Poznan.
• Exposure to end-to-end supply chain planning, international projects and development opportunities in planning systems and analytics.