Supply & Operations Planning Manager (m/w/d)

EuroChem; Mannheim; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

EuroChem is seeking a Supply & Operations Planning Manager (m/w/d) for its regional team in Mannheim. You will own end-to-end S&OP planning, balancing production, logistics, and customer service while integrating commercial priorities with regional Sales.

The role requires 2–5 years in Supply Chain Planning, strong IT and Excel skills, and fluent English. Join a team focused on efficient planning, inventory control, and working capital optimization across Europe.

Qualifications

• Degree in Business Administration, Supply Chain Management, Industrial Engineering or comparable field.
• 2 to 5 years professional work experience in Supply Chain Planning would be an advantage.
• Strong analytical and commercial thinking skills; ability to balance trade-offs and drive decisions.
• Structured, proactive and hands-on approach in dynamic environments.
• Very good communication and stakeholder management skills.
• High IT affinity; strong Excel skills; experience with S&OP planning tools is a plus.
• Fluent English (written and spoken); additional languages are beneficial.
• Enjoy working in a collaborative, supportive team culture.

Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end S&OP planning cycle for your assigned products/sites, balancing production, service, and financial performance.
• Integrate commercial priorities into planning by evaluating opportunities and optimizing margins.
• Facilitate commercial decision-making with the Commercial Lead and Sales/Region teams.
• Validate demand forecasts, identify supply gaps or surpluses, align production with Sales.
• Define and adjust product allocations and market priorities with Sales and Supply Chain Execution.
• Support working capital optimization by considering OTC cycle-time in planning decisions.
• Track regional inventory targets to balance service levels and capital efficiency.
• Monitor Production–Shipment Plan vs. plan, initiate corrective actions when needed.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Commercial thinking

Communication skills

Stakeholder management

Excel skills

S&OP tools experience

IT affinity

English fluency

Education

Degree in Business Administration

Supply Chain Management

Industrial Engineering or comparable field

Tools

S&OP planning tools

Job description

Job Description

EuroChem is one of the leading manufacturers of fertilizers, with a long-standing presence in Europe and many countries overseas. With our broad product portfolio, we offer plant nutrition solutions for every application, including field fertilization, fertigation, and foliar fertilization.

Job Description

EuroChem is one of the leading manufacturers of fertilizers, with a long-standing presence in Europe and many countries overseas. With our broad product portfolio, we offer plant nutrition solutions for every application, including field fertilization, fertigation, and foliar fertilization.

The Supply & Operations Planning Manager is a central integrator between the production site and the regional and local Sales organizations. As part of the regional team in Mannheim, you take full responsibility for demand planning, supply balancing, and commercial scenario development for a defined product group and/or a specific production site in Europe.

We are looking for a committed and experienced

Supply & Operations Planning Manager (m/w/d)

Your Key Responsibilities In Detail

• Own the end-to-end S&OP planning cycle for your assigned products/sites, ensuring a robust, transparent and efficient planning process while balancing the interdependencies of continuous fertilizer production, customer service, production stability, logistics constraints, working capital and financial performance
• Integrate commercial priorities into the planning process by evaluating business opportunities, optimizing contribution margins, prioritizing markets and ensuring the optimal deployment of constrained production capacities
• Facilitate commercial decision-making in close collaboration with the Commercial Lead (responsible for the production site or the European commercial organization)

Commercial & Operational Planning

• Validate demand forecasts, evaluate commercial opportunities, identify supply gaps or surpluses and align production capabilities with Sales Managers and the Commercial Lead
• Allocation & prioritization Define & adjust product allocations and market priorities (planned product volume/ price-positions) in close collaboration with Sales and Supply Chain Execution to establish delivery commitments and operational priorities
• Support working capital optimization by incorporating Order-to-Cash (OTC) cycle-time considerations into planning decisions using sales input and historical performance data

Inventory, Production & Shipment Monitoring

• Tracking regional inventory targets to balance service levels, production stability and capital efficiency
• Monitor the Production – Shipment Plan (actual vs. planned performance), identify deviations early and initiate necessary corrective actions, such as accelerated delivery or reallocation of volumes

Your Qualification

• Degree in Business Administration, Supply Chain Management, Industrial Engineering or comparable field
• 2 to 5 years professional work experience in Supply Chain Planning would be an advantage
• Strong analytical and commercial thinking skills; ability to balance trade-offs and drive decisions
• Structured, proactive and hands-on approach in dynamic environments
• Very good communication and stakeholder management skills
• High IT affinity; strong Excel skills; experience with S&OP planning tools is a plus
• Fluent English (written and spoken); additional languages are beneficial
• Enjoy working in a collaborative, supportive team culture

Kontakt

Like to work independently and on your own responsibility? Entrepreneurial thinking and acting is a matter of course for you? Then we should get to know each other! Please send your detailed CV in English to Human Resources, attention Andreas Wagner [e-mail]