Sr. Planning Analyst (São José dos Campos/SP)

Ball Corporation; São José dos Campos; Hybrid; BRL 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work arrangement

On-site 3 days per week

Job summary

Ball Corporation in Brazil is seeking a Senior Planning Analyst to optimize aluminum supply plans across South America. You will partner with Finance, Procurement, Supply Chain Planning, Manufacturing, and Commercial teams to drive cost efficiency and digital transformation through analytics and automation.

The role emphasizes development of dashboards, data-driven decisions, and alignment with SIOP/SAP processes, with a hybrid on-site work arrangement requiring three days on-site weekly.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field.
• Experience in supply chain planning or data analytics.
• Strong Excel and data modeling skills.
• Ability to translate data into actionable insights.
• Experience with SAP or ERP systems.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain supply, demand, and inventory plans for aluminum.
• Monitor material availability, inventory levels, and delivery schedules.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure executable plans.
• Analyze scenarios, identify risks, and suggest mitigations.
• Create dashboards and automate workflows to improve accuracy.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Problem solving

Data analysis

Strong communication

English proficiency

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business, Supply Chain, Logistics, Computer Science, Data Analytics, Finance or related field

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Power BI

Power Query

Power Automate

Office Scripts

SharePoint

SAP

Job description

At Ball, integrity and trust are the foundation of who we are. Guided by our core values—"We Care. We Work. We Win."—we create a culture where every voice matters and every idea drives progress.
Further your career at Ball, a world leader in manufacturing sustainable aluminium packaging. Achieve extraordinary things when you join our team, and make a difference in your professional development, the community, and around the globe!

Your Opportunity to Make an Impact

At Ball, the Senior Planning Analyst plays a critical role in ensuring reliable, cost effective and executable aluminum supply plans across South America. This position partners closely with Finance, Procurement, Supply Chain Planning, Manufacturing and Commercial teams to optimize inventory, support strategic decisions and drive digital transformation through advanced analytics and automation.

How You'll Make a Difference

• Develop and maintain short and medium term aluminum supply, demand and inventory plans supporting the SIOP cycle and procurement strategy.
• Monitor material availability, inventory levels, coverage, aging, delivery schedules and supply risks across operations.
• Collaborate with Procurement, Logistics, Finance, Commercial and Manufacturing teams to ensure executable supply plans.
• Analyze supply and logistics scenarios, identify risks and recommend mitigation actions to ensure business continuity.
• Consolidate, validate and analyze data from multiple sources to support planning and decision making.
• Develop and enhance dashboards, analytical tools and automated workflows that improve efficiency and data reliability.
• Drive continuous improvement and digitalization initiatives within Metal Planning processes.
• Support inventory reconciliation, material traceability and control activities across plants and warehouses.
• Translate complex operational data into actionable insights and recommendations for management.
• Support audits, inventory verifications and cross functional reviews while providing reliable data to Finance, Controllership and Tax teams.

What Helps You Thrive in This Role

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business, Supply Chain, Logistics, Computer Science, Data Analytics, Finance or a related field.
• Experience in supply chain planning, inventory management, data analytics, process automation or related areas.
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills with the ability to transform complex data into practical business solutions.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including complex formulas, data models and analytical workbooks.
• Advanced knowledge of Power Query for data extraction, transformation and integration.
• Experience with Power Automate, Office Scripts, SharePoint and Microsoft 365 automation solutions.
• Experience with Power BI or similar data visualization platforms.
• Working knowledge of SAP or other ERP inventory and materials management systems.
• Understanding of S&OP/SIOP, supply planning, inventory control and reconciliation processes.
• Advanced English; Spanish is desirable.

Additional Information

• Hybrid On-Site Work Environment: This position requires regular in-person engagement by working on-site for three (3) days per work week (with core collaboration days of Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday).

Ball Corporation is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We actively encourage applications from everybody, regardless of gender, age, ethnicity, faith, ability, or orientation. Our products range from infinitely recyclable aluminium cans, cups to aerosol bottles solutions that enable our customers to contribute to a better world.
Each of us has a deep commitment to diversity and inclusion which is the foundation of our culture of belonging. Everyone at Ball is making a difference by doing what we love. Because what we create may change, but what we will always make is a difference.
Please note the advertised job title might vary from the job title on the contract due to local job title structure and global HR systems.