Strategic Production Planner | Data-Driven & Collaborative

Essity; Sant Joan Despí; On-site; EUR 42,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

Essity is seeking a Production Planner to balance demand with manufacturing capacity and to drive data-driven decisions across planning and production teams. The role focuses on creating reliable production plans, monitoring capacity, and maintaining inventory levels to ensure product availability.

Ideal candidates have a bachelor’s degree and experience in production planning within manufacturing, with strong analytical skills, SAP proficiency, and excellent English communication.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field is required.
• Experience in production/planning within manufacturing.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities with data-driven approach.
• Proficient in SAP and planning software; fluent in English.

Responsibilities

• Create and maintain production plans and schedules aligning demand with capacity.
• Monitor capacity and identify constraints to minimize disruptions.
• Support inventory management for finished goods and key materials.
• Collaborate with production, material planning, logistics and customer teams.
• Analyze scenarios to assess impact of demand and capacity changes.
• Maintain master data accuracy and support SAP usage.

Skills

Data-driven decisions

Analytical skills

SAP

Excel

Planning systems

Influence stakeholders

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

SAP

Excel

Job description

Essity is seeking a Production Planner to balance demand with manufacturing capacity and to drive data-driven decisions across planning and production teams. The role focuses on creating reliable production plans, monitoring capacity, and maintaining inventory levels to ensure product availability.

Ideal candidates have a bachelor’s degree and experience in production planning within manufacturing, with strong analytical skills, SAP proficiency, and excellent English communication.