Head of Material Planning & Steering (m/f/d)

Head of Material Planning & Steering (m/f/d)

Head of Material Planning & Steering (m/f/d)

Your Key Responsibilities:

Your Mission: Are you passionate about turning complexity into clarity? In this role, you will lead our global Material Planning & Steering strategy, aiming to balance material availability and capital efficiency. You will oversee global material planning, inventory management, and supply chain coordination for sourcing finished goods from internal and external sources. Your role is crucial in aligning Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) with business objectives to ensure seamless production, distribution, and material performance.

• Drive tactical Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) and translate sales demand into tangible material flows.
• Maintain continuous alignment and communication with internal stakeholders across functions and regions to ensure transparency in material planning.
• Manage global material assets, including inventories, rental assets, investments, and goods in transit.
• Coordinate sourcing of finished goods from internal production and external partners.
• Ensure material availability across subsidiaries and proactively address imbalances.
• Translate strategic plans into long-term material requirements for production and supply networks.
• Lead cross-functional alignment and communicate availability updates to markets and sales teams.
• Monitor and resolve deviations in material availability, balancing overstock and shortages through targeted measures.

Benefits: Competitive remuneration including holiday pay and Christmas bonus, company-sponsored pension scheme, capital-forming benefits, employee referral program with bonus, health promotion activities, company fitness via EGYM, bicycle leasing, and company sports groups.

Development Opportunities: Annual employee appraisals, training and mentoring programs, leadership development, online learning platforms like LinkedIn Learning and getAbstract available through the PERI Academy.

Interested? Let’s talk! Apply now and shape the future of Material Planning together. Your contact for this position is Michael Lampen.

What you bring:

• A university degree (diploma or master) in Business Administration, Engineering, or a similar field
• Minimum of 10 years of leadership experience within SCM, Sales & Operational Planning
• Expertise in Sales, operational Planning, and supplier management
• Strong interpersonal skills to manage diverse stakeholder groups
• Willingness to travel internationally (up to 20%)
• Comprehensive understanding of end-to-end Order-to-Cash (OTC) processes