Supply & Material Planner

MilDef Group; Helsingborgs kommun; On-site; SEK 600,000 - 800,000; Full time

Job summary

MilDef is seeking a Supply & Material Planner to create feasible, optimized supply plans by balancing demand, capacity, supplier lead times, inventory, and material availability. You will lead MPS/MRP processes and drive an effective planning program across the organization.

In this role you will support a transition from High Mix, Low Volume to scalable High Volume manufacturing, leveraging integrated planning and digitalization initiatives to optimize inventory and production efficiency.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in supply chain/industrial field.
• 5+ years of experience in supply planning, material planning, production planning or related.
• Strong analytical and Excel/data analysis skills.
• Fluent Swedish and English, with excellent communication and collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Translate demand into feasible, optimized supply plans balancing capacity, lead times, materials, and inventory.
• Develop and maintain the Master Production Schedule (MPS) and ensure efficient sequencing and delivery.
• Execute material planning in BC using MRP and translate requirements into purchasing needs.
• Monitor material availability, supplier performance, lead times, and escalation of shortages.
• Drive cross-functional alignment with PM, Solutions, Order Management, Procurement, and Production.
• Continuously improve planning processes to enhance delivery, inventory and production flow.

Skills

Supply planning

Material planning

Demand planning

Production planning

Excel

Data analysis

Cross-functional collab

Swedish & English

Education

Bachelor’s degree in SCM

Tools

Microsoft Dynamics 365 BC

Job description

Step into the role

As a Supply & Material Planner at MilDef, you will be responsible for ensuring a feasible and optimized supply plan by balancing customer demand, production capacity, supplier lead times, inventory levels, and material availability. You will play a key role in developing and driving an effective planning process, covering everything from demand and capacity assessment, MPS and MRP, ensuring production activities are aligned with customer requirements.

You will also lead the development and execution of routines and processes that support the company's transformation from a High Mix, Low Volume operation to a scalable High-Volume business. Through integrated planning processes, digitalization initiatives, and close cross-functional collaboration, you will drive operational excellence across the organization. A key focus of the role is to maintain high service levels while continuously optimizing inventory performance and manufacturing efficiency.

Key responsibilities

• Translate customer demand into feasible and optimized supply plans by balancing production capacity, supplier lead times, material availability, inventory levels, and customer requirements.

• Develop, maintain, and continuously optimize the Master Production Schedule (MPS), ensuring efficient production sequencing, timing, and delivery performance.

• Execute material planning in Business Central (BC) using MRP, translating material requirements into purchasing needs and ensuring timely availability of materials and components to support production.

• Monitor material availability, supplier performance, lead times, purchase orders, and delivery risks, proactively escalating potential shortages and securing long-term supply requirements.

• Drive cross-functional alignment by collaborating closely with Project Management, Solutions, Order Management, Procurement, and Production.

• Contribute to continuous improvement by optimizing planning processes, parameters, and ways of working to enhance delivery performance, inventory efficiency, and production flow.

What you bring

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Logistics, Industrial Engineering, Operations Management, Business Administration, or a related field, or equivalent relevant experience.

• 5+ years of experience in Supply Planning, Material Planning, Production Planning, or Supply Chain Planning within a manufacturing environment.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including experience from excel and data analysis skills.

• Ability to manage multiple priorities and respond effectively to changing customer and production requirements.

• Strong communication and cross-functional collaboration skills.

• Ability to proactively identify risks and drive actions to secure production and material availability.

• Advanced proficiency in Swedish and English, spoken and written.

It is considered a merit if you have

• Experience from electronics, IT hardware, networking, telecommunications, or other high-tech manufacturing.

• Experience with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central or similar ERP systems.

• Experience with High Mix, Low Volume and/or High Mix, High Volume manufacturing environments.

• Experience working in a transformation or rapidly growing manufacturing environment.

Get to know us

At MilDef, you'll be part of a company that values hands‑on involvement, strong team spirit, and the development of defense technology. With us, you will have the opportunity to develop new skills, contribute to cross‑functional projects, and make a real impact on our continued success. We encourage continuous learning and collaboration, and we offer excellent opportunities for career development. We are proud to actively promote health and work‑life balance. We do this, among other things, by offering attractive employee benefits and wellness initiatives, such as wellness activities during working hours.

Would you like to know more about MilDef, our products, and our culture? MilDef.com

For further information, please contact Norea Wiklund Mafi, Talent Acquisition Specialist, [e-mail].

Important information

We conduct drug tests on all our future colleagues before employment.

Due to the nature of our operations, employment regardless of position may be subject to background and security related checks.

MilDef - WE ARMOR IT.

MilDef is a global systems integrator and full-spectrum provider specializing in rugged IT for military, government and critical infrastructure sectors. MilDef provides hardware, software, and services that shield and protect critical information streams and systems, when and where the stakes are the highest. MilDef’s products are sold to more than 200 customers through companies in Sweden, Norway, Finland, Denmark, United Kingdom, Germany, Switzerland, the United States and Australia, and through partner networks in more than 40 countries. MilDef was founded in 1997 and is listed on Nasdaq Stockholm since 2021.

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