Head of Planning (m/f/d)

Würth Elektronik iBE GmbH; München; Remote; EUR 110.000 - 150.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Salary package

Pension scheme

Würth Academy

International diversity

Wellbeing program

Zusammenfassung

Würth Elektronik Midcom Inc. in München seeks a Head of Planning (m/f/d) to lead forecasting, capacity planning and supply capabilities across three sites. You will align sales, production and procurement, drive data-driven decisions and ensure product availability while optimizing stock levels.

You will manage an international team, develop rolling capacity plans, and supervise staffing, machine availability and production hours, while guiding senior management with clear, strategic insights.

Qualifikationen

• Degree or comparable qualification in a relevant subject.
• At least ten years' professional experience in production planning or a comparable field.
• Experience leading international teams.
• Fluent spoken and written German and English.
• Willingness to travel internationally up to 25% of working hours.

Aufgaben

• Shaping planning processes with clear interfaces and decision rules.
• Collaborate with sales to determine reliable demand and monitor delivery times.
• Develop rolling 12-month capacity plans per production line and consolidate them.
• Draw up medium- and long-term capacity plans with plant management.
• Manage stock and materials planning, ensuring appropriate safety stock.
• Lead an international team across three locations and mentor staff.

Kenntnisse

German language

English language

Leadership

Analytical thinking

Communication

Team leadership

Ausbildung

Degree in a relevant subject area

Jobbeschreibung

PLANNING? NETWORKING. SECURING CAPACITY. STRENGTHENING SUPPLY CAPABILITIES.

The Würth Elektronik Group with more than 7300 employees in 50 countries manufactures and sells electronic and electromechanical components, circuit boards and intelligent power and control systems. The business unit Wurth Electronics Midcom, a US based company with its European headquarters in Germany, is focused on the design and manufacture of custom magnetics.

For Wurth Elektronik Midcom Inc. we are looking for you to join our team in full-time (40 hours) or part-time (min. XX hours) as a Head of Planning (m/f/d) in München

Your exciting field of work:

In this role, you will act as the key liaison, setting the pace for reliable planning that brings together customer requirements, market information and company objectives. You will establish clear structures between sales and production, ensure a balanced workload across our plants, and guarantee product availability and appropriate stock levels, whilst keeping a close eye on the teams at each site. Through data-driven decisions and a collaborative approach, you will advise senior management and strengthen our company’s success. You will shape a sustainable supply capability

• Shaping planning processes: Responsibility for an efficient, continuously improved and integrated planning process. Defining interfaces, responsibilities, decision-making and prioritisation rules, as well as guidelines for adjusting demand priorities and for escalating and assessing conflicts of interest between customer requirements, capacity, material availability, delivery performance and production costs
• Optimal organisation: Close collaboration with the sales department to determine reliable demand based on customer forecasts, order history, market expectations, project progress and demand simulations, as well as monitoring agreed delivery times and contractually guaranteed availability
• Working strategically: developing a rolling 12-month capacity plan for each production line and consolidating this at plant and group level, whilst ensuring that regular adjustments to customer demand forecasting do not lead to unnecessary changes to the overall plan and that competitive lead times are maintained
• Operational management: Responsible for drawing up medium- and long-term capacity plans in close collaboration with plant management, covering staffing levels and output, whilst taking into account machine availability, production hours, bottlenecks and automation
• Improving performance: Managing stock and materials planning for raw materials and finished goods, including safety and risk stocks, and coordinating closely with supply chain management and procurement to ensure appropriate stock levels, replenishment parameters and material availability
• Responsible leadership: Leading an international team across three locations and ensuring the continuous development of staff through regular feedback, coaching and the clear communication of expectations and responsibilities

Your convincing skills:

• Basics: A degree in a relevant subject area or a comparable qualification or further training
• Knowledge: At least ten years' professional experience in production planning or a comparable field, as well as a sound understanding of integrated planning, inventory and materials processes
• Passion: Several years' experience and a genuine enjoyment of leading and developing international teams
• Communication: Confident, professional communication, as well as fluent spoken and written German and English
• Strengths: An analytical and structured approach to work, strong decision-making skills, adaptability and a respectful leadership style
• Willingness to travel: Willingness to undertake international travel for up to 25 per cent of working hours

Our comprehensive offer:

• Top remuneration: An attractive salary including regular bonuses and various special payments, such as for weddings, births and work anniversaries, or as a loyalty bonus
• Private security: capital-forming benefits, company pension schemes and discounts on many types of insurance, such as legal expenses insurance
• Outlook: Personal and professional development through feedback sessions, development programmes and individual training opportunities offered by the Würth Academy
• Experiencing international diversity: working with colleagues from different cultures at locations around the world
• All-round wellbeing: Job Bike, occupational health check-ups, health days, sports classes, workshops on health topics and preferential rates at gyms nationwide

Creating Together at Würth Elektronik Midcom Inc.

At Wurth Elektronik Midcom we live our unique team spirit and know that only as a team we can achieve the extraordinary. Together we create tailor-made solutions for our customers. We always go the extra mile and yet maintain our focus on people

Würth Elektronik eiSos GmbH & Co. KG

Clarita-Bernhard-Straße 9 |81249München | Germany