Plan to Plan Coordinator SOR

Bridgestone; Vimercate; Hybrid; EUR 65.000 - 90.000; Vollzeit

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Zusammenfassung

Bridgestone is seeking a Plan to Plan Coordinator (Sor) for the Vimercate, Italy region. This hybrid role focuses on integrating demand, inventory, orders, and logistics to deliver high service levels.

You will coordinate a team of P2P analysts, drive forecasting, and optimize inventory with planning tools like OMP and Adex, while leveraging SAP SD/MM and advanced Excel. English proficiency is required.

Qualifikationen

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management.
• Proactive, customer-centric mindset.
• Ability to influence cross-functionally.
• High proficiency in ERP systems (SAP SD/MM preferred).
• Experience with planning tools (OMP).
• People management skills, including motivating and developing team members.
• Advanced Excel skills (VBA a plus).
• Fluent in English due to HQ interactions.

Aufgaben

• Act as Logistic Key Account for strategic customers and Sales Key Account Manager.
• Lead weekly performance reviews and planning meetings with Customers and sales team.
• Develop collaborative forecasting models and align with supply chain capabilities.
• Plan regular customer visits and touchpoints.
• Manage customer orders across channels and optimize availability.
• Create orders/contracts, call-offs, delivery notes, and coordinate execution.
• Monitor open orders, allocations, delivery performance, and backorders.
• Analyze sales evolution and take corrective actions.
• Lead or support supply chain optimization projects.
• People management of P2P analysts.

Kenntnisse

Cross-functional collaboration

Analytical thinking

Stakeholder management

ERP systems

Advanced Excel

VBA

English proficiency

Tools

SAP SD/MM

OMP

Adex

Excel Advanced

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Plan to Plan Coordinator SOR

POSITION SNAPSHOT

Type of work: Hybrid

Type of contract: Open-ended/permanent

Full/Part Time: Full time

Location: Vimercate(MB), IT

ABOUT US

Bridgestone Americas, Inc. (BSAM), headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee, and Bridgestone Europe, Middle East and Africa (BSEMEA), headquartered in Brussels, Belgium, operate collectively as a “Bridgestone West” strategic region. This region services the strategic business needs of teams across the Americas, Europe, Middle East and Africa. BSAM and BSEMEA are subsidiaries of Bridgestone Corporation, globally headquartered in Japan. Bridgestone and its subsidiaries develop, manufacture and market a wide range of Bridgestone, Firestone and associate brand products and solutions to address the needs of a broad range of customers and industries.

ABOUT THE ROLE

Ensure end-to-end planning excellence by integrating customer demand, inventory, order fulfilment, and logistics processes. Act as a strategic interface between key customers, Sales KAM, and internal supply chain functions to deliver high service levels, optimize inventory, and drive continuous improvement.

Coordinate a team of P2P analysts, who are managing different customers inside the region

Key Responsibilities:

Customer Collaboration & Relationship Management

• Act as Logistic Key Account for strategic customers and Sales Key Account Manager.
• Lead weekly performance reviews and planning meetings in direct contact with Customers and sales team.
• Develop collaborative forecasting models and ensure alignment with supply chain capabilities.
• Plan regular customer visits and touchpoints.
• Manage customer orders across channels (direct shipment from factory warehouses, consignment stock).
• Optimize availability using planning tools (e.g., OMP).
• Create orders/contracts, call-offs, delivery notes, and coordinate execution.
• Monitor open orders, allocations, delivery performance, and backorders.
• Analyse sales evolution and take corrective actions.
• Prepare weekly Landing Point highlights for Risks and Opportunities.
• Be the steward across the Markets of the correct adoption of order management and deployment processes based on the standards centrally identified.

Transport & Logistics Coordination

• Plan and coordinate direct shipments from production.
• Resolve transport delays and exceptions with logistics teams.
• Track delivery KPIs and drive improvements.
• Closely work with Secondary Logistic Team to monitor service for EU and not EU countries and align on possible corrective actions.

Demand Planning

• Collaborate with customers to integrate sales and stock data into forecasts.
• Align forecasts with production plans.
• Monitor inventory in customer warehouses using Adex (customer data exchange on stock and sell-on).
• Prevent stockouts and overstocking.
• Coordinate with DRP Planner to balance V plant/RDC and order book.
• Update DRP demand in OMP.

Inventory Planning (Consignment) – where relevant

• Monitor and manage inventory in customer warehouses.
• Prepare unloading plans and manage safety stock.
• Ensure accurate data transmission and conduct physical stock checks.
• Perform audits and regular customer visits.

Courier Service Support – where relevant

• Integrate courier analysis into sales forecasts.
• Highlight stock balancing needs in peripheral warehouses.
• Monitor service evolution and accelerate issues to vendors.

Data Analysis & Reporting

• Build dashboards and reports for stakeholders.
• Use data insights for corrective and strategic actions.
• Analyse Adex data and use BI tools for real-time visibility.

Process Improvement & Project Leadership

• Lead or support supply chain optimization projects.
• Identify and implement process improvements.
• Participate in digital transformation and tool enhancement initiatives.

People Management

• Lead and develop the P2P analysts, including work planning, competency development, motivation, and support.

Required Competences:

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management.
• Proactive, customer-centric mindset.
• Ability to influence cross-functionally.
• High proficiency in ERP systems (SAP SD/MM preferred).
• Experience with planning tools (OMP).
• People management skills, including the ability to motivate, develop, and inspire team members
• Advanced Excel skills (VBA a plus).
• Fluent in English given the need to interact with HQ and stakeholders/ customers outside the region.

Key Stakeholders & Interfaces:

• Strategic Customers
• Supply Chain Planning Team
• Logistics & Transport Team
• Customer Service
• Demand Planners
• DRP Planners
• IT & Digital Transformation Teams

Tools and Frameworks:

• SAP SD/MM
• OMP
• Adex
• Excel (Advanced, incl. VBA)
• Internal R&Ops and LP reporting tools

KPIs / Measures of Success:

• FTL %
• Fill Rate
• LP Accuracy
• Forecast Accuracy
• Inventory Turnover
• Transport Delay Rate
• Direct Shipment %

Reporting Structure:

• P2P Manager SOR/SWR

The salary range is based on gender-neutral criteria: applicable CCNL requirements, responsibilities, working conditions and market benchmarks for the role and location. Final compensation will be determined based on gender-neutral criteria: experience, skills, and internal equity.

WHAT WE OFFER

At Bridgestone, what really matter is to foster co-creation opportunities and empowering you to be creative and curious to make mobility safer, more efficient, and more sustainable for future generations. Whatever role you fill, when you represent Bridgestone, you are a valued teammate, and part of our larger mission to “Serve Society with Superior Quality”, for that, we offer you more than just a competitive payment; we will provide you:

• A supportive and engaging onboarding experience to ensure a smooth transition into our team.
• The opportunity to develop and grow, through training and regular mentorship.
• Corporate Social Responsibility activities.
• A truly global, dynamic and challenging work environment.
• Agility and work/life effectiveness and your long-term well-being.
• A diverse and inclusive team.

We are committed to create an even more inclusive culture that advances equity, embraces individuality, and helps our increasingly diverse teammates, customers, and communities thrive, by providing equal opportunities in employment. This means that all job applicants and members of staff will receive equal treatment and that we will not discriminate on grounds of gender, marital status, race, ethnicity, color, nationality, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, religion or age.