BUSINESS PLANNER

Surexport; Dongen-Vaart (Vaart); On-site; EUR 30,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Surexport in the Netherlands is seeking a sales and logistics administrator to support planning, scheduling and communication of orders and forecasts from multiple production origins.

You will liaise with warehouses, farms and the labeling and materials teams, update planning sheets throughout the day, adjust harvest plans, and resolve issues with warehouses and logistics until the order handling is complete.

Job description

Do you like sales department?

Would you like to work for a leading company in this sector? At Surexport, we are a passionate team looking for professionals to help us continue our ongoing global expansion.

Who are we?

Surexport has over 30 years of experience in producing and selling the best berries on the market, all year round.

We are strongly committed to sustainable and social development, as well as inclusion, diversity, and multiculturalism as key factors for innovation.

Would you like to join us and be part of a great team? Then you’re in the right place!

What will your mission be, and what are the key responsibilities?

Supporting sales in terms of administration and logistics and also in Planning, adjustment and scheduling, communication, monitoring and matching of orders and sales forecasts from different production origins and purchases of fruit in general; as well as continuous interaction, analysis and reporting with commercial, logistical, field and warehouse production data, quality, sourcing and packaging.

Main responsibilities of the position:

• Review stock levels, including checking and adjusting harvests based on current stock.
• Confirm and review with warehouses to communicate orders they need to place.
• Reassess and adjust farm orders based on the harvest forecast.
• Update orders and schedules as they come in throughout the day.
• Review with the logistics department to share information about each order.
• Request production forecasts.
• Plan harvests and review the plan, as well as send the information to the logistics department.
• Adjust confirmed harvests on our daily planning sheet as each farm finishes harvesting. Analyze how the day's orders are affected if less has been harvested and orders have fallen short of those requested.
• Discuss with the materials and labeling department which orders will be labeled and delivered to the warehouse already finished from each farm, and what materials the farms will need for this. Also, discuss with Materials any orders that are out of the ordinary.
• Record information in our database.
• Check the loads from partner farmers and direct purchases, and adjust their orders and our harvests accordingly.
• Confirm the load. If it doesn't exactly match the plan, review and replan the day's harvest, and provide the information again.
• Resolve any problems or questions that may arise for the warehouses during handling, for the farms throughout the harvest, and for Logistics until at least the handling is complete.