Planning Tower Lead

Location: 

Lodz, PL, 90-530

At Barry Callebaut, we are on a journey to transform the cocoa and chocolate industry. As the world’s leading manufacturer of high-quality chocolate and cocoa products, our actions truly shape the future of our industry. We are a business-to-business company, serving the entire food sector, from the cocoa bean to the finest chocolate product. We are a company with a purpose, we believe in doing well by doing good and reinvesting in the communities we operate. We have a long-standing commitment to sustainability and our goal is to shape a sustainable cocoa and chocolate future. We are headquartered in Zurich, and have more than 12,000 passionate Employees working in more than 40 countries worldwide. We are very proud of who we are and what we do. And of course, we are always looking for talented people to help us have a positive impact on our industry and beyond!

About the role:
As a Planning Tower Lead, this role oversees the Supply planning team to providing guidance, coaching and ensure reliability, service quality and high performing team culture. This role is actively working as a key contact for several areas, supply planning, scheduling and sourcing.

 

Key responsibilities:

  • Foster a positive and collaborative work environment, promoting teamwork and knowledge sharing among team members.
  • Play an active part in career development of Supply Planning teams.
  • Supports collaboration with the functional management team.
  • Process improvement: Continuously monitor and evaluate effectiveness of systems, tools and processes in supply planning; support functional leads in identifying opportunities, lead process improvement initiatives to streamline and automate supply planning processes.
  • Stakeholder management: Build and maintain strong relationships with internal stakeholders, including department heads, subsidiaries, and senior management; act as point of contact and escalation for supply planning senior management.
  • Identify & channel automation, technology, scope enhancement and improvements to drive efficiency gains in line with planning ambitions.

 

About you:

  • Master’s Degree within Business or Engineering.
  • APICS Certification.
  • Fluent English.
  • Experience with team management.
  • More than 5 years’ experience in supply planning, purchasing, inventory management, and/or logistics.
  • Understanding of the production planning process and sourcing.
  • Excellent communication and presentation skills.
  • Ability to learn new systems and processes quickly.
  • Solution driven.
  • Good team management skills.
  • Strategic mindset with proven international stakeholder management expertise and good networking skills.
  • Ideally proven track-record of driving and inspiring change.
  • Travel requirements: 1 time per month

 

We offer:

  • Employment on a regular basis in the sweetest company in the world.
  • Annual bonus based on your work results.
  • Lunch card to be used for groceries and restaurants.
  • Private medical care in Lux Med (basic package fully financed by BC).
  • Fit Profit sports card co-financed by BC.
  • PPE: we care about your future, and we save money for your retirement.
  • Cafeteria Program as a part of Social Fund.
  • Group life insurance.
  • Hybrid working model: min. 8 days in the office a month.
  • As part of our work-life balance culture, we can start work between 7 am and 10 am.
  • Free consultation with a lawyer once a quarter.
  • Chocolate! Yes, surprising but we have chocolate in the office, for Christmas, BC’s Birthday, and many other occasions during the year.
  • And if chocolate is still not enough, you can join one of our theme clubs, where together with other employees we develop our passions and interests.
  • Daily delivery of fresh fruits and veggies to the office.
  • You can purchase our sweet products with a special discount.
  • Relax zone in the office and plenty of options to choose from: PlayStation 5, football table, pool table, Ping-Pong, library, table games, and massage chairs.
  • Sport @work? Sure! We have treadmills and indoor exercise bikes with a laptop station.
  • We like to party as much as we like chocolate! We have integration budgets we can use for team events.
  • Forever Chocolate and Event Team: you can join them and have a real influence on social life in BC and CSR activities.

At Barry Callebaut, we are committed to Diversity & Inclusion. United by our strong values, we thrive on the diversity of who we are, where we come from, what we’ve experienced and how we think. We are committed to nurturing an inclusive environment where people can truly be themselves, grow to their full potential and feel they belong. #oneBC - Diverse People, Sustainable Growth.

If you want to learn more about Barry Callebaut, please find further information here.

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