Supply and Demand Planner
Seniority Level: Senior
Location: Jönköping, Sweden (100% onsite)
Assignment Period: 2 Feb 2026 - 30 Sep 2027
Contract Type: Fixed-term Assignment
Assignment Overview:
We are seeking a talented Master Planner to serve as the pivotal contact for production planning, ensuring factory needs are seamlessly integrated into the overall S&OP (Sales & Operations Planning) processes.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead production planning at operational, tactical, and strategic levels.
- Ensure demand is met with appropriate capacity and optimize planning processes to reduce costs and improve delivery accuracy.
- Manage forecasts for inventory and volume, monitor results, and initiate corrective actions.
- Ensure and develop the obsolescence process.
- Compile factory reporting into S&OP and follow up on KPIs.
- Act quickly and systematically on purchasing deviations, such as lead times, deliveries, and prices.
- Maintain relevant planning system data, including article setup.
- Coordinate planning in development projects and support Team Center implementation from a factory perspective.
- Represent planning in the local management team.
- Lead and assign tasks within the planning team.
Qualifications:
- Deep knowledge of production and demand planning across all levels.
- Documented experience in forecasting, inventory optimization, and cost control.
- Experience in production preparation and operational purchasing.
- Budgeting experience from a planning and procurement perspective.
- Strong process development skills and ability to define KPIs.
- Highly proficient in MPS/MFG-Pro or similar systems.
- Collaborative and cross-functional team experience.
- Project management experience.
- Fluent in Swedish and English.
Profile:
- Confident in forecasting and inventory optimization.
- Strong with systems and data-driven decision making.
- Flexible between operational and strategic work.
- Unpretentious, able to work across all planning levels.
Skills Required:
- Master Planning
- MFG-Pro
- Forecasting
- Process Development
- Cost Control
- Production Planning
- Project Management
- Operational Purchasing
- MPS
- Budgeting
- S&OP Reporting
- Inventory Optimization
- Factory Planning
Preferred Skills:
- Team Center
Languages:
- Swedish: Proficient
- English: Proficient
Other Info:
- This role is 100% onsite in Jönköping, Sweden.
Join an engaging environment where your planning expertise will drive production success. Apply now to become an essential part of a dynamic and collaborative planning team!