Company Description

Continental develops pioneering technologies and services for sustainable and connected mobility of people and their goods. Founded in 1871, the technology company offers safe, efficient, intelligent and affordable solutions for vehicles, machines, traffic and transportation. In 2024, Continental generated sales of €39.7 billion and currently employs around 190,000 people in 55 countries and markets. 

Tire solutions from the Tires group sector make mobility safer, smarter, and more sustainable. Its premium portfolio encompasses car, truck, bus, two-wheel, and specialty tires as well as smart solutions and services for fleets and tire retailers. Continental has been delivering top performance for more than 150 years and is one of the world’s largest tire manufacturers. In fiscal 2024, the Tires group sector generated sales of 13.9 billion euros. Continental's tire division employs more than 57,000 people worldwide and has 20 production and 16 development sites.  

Job Description

​​​​​​​As a Key Supply Chain Planner, you play a crucial role in our supply chain organization, directly impacting sales and customer satisfaction by ensuring the availability of our diverse tire portfolio. By considering market and customer requirements, along with various other factors, you create the weekly production plan that determines the plant's production portfolio. Working closely with production departments, you contribute significantly to the plant’s production excellence and overall operational efficiency.

Production Demand Planning: This involves rolling production planning processes (weekly/bi-weekly/monthly) controlled by the Supply Chain Planner, ensuring that confirmed production demand is considered alongside plant specialties or central targets.Production Scheduling: convert the production demand plan into a feasible daily production plan, considering relevant plant restrictions.Capacity Management: responsible for planning demands against production capacities, providing a short- to mid-term Master Plan that considers capacity and complexity constraints.Inventory Management: ensure that inventory targets are met to maintain service levels, including the calculation of safety stock targets to cope with variability in demand and supply.Coverage Management: responsible to steer the coverage for all market demands while maintaining a stable portfolio and production demand for the plant.Collaboration: work closely with Market and other functional areas in the plant. Be the “voice of the market” in the plant to ensure efficient supply chain operations and adherence to customer service levels.

QualificationsBachelor’s degree business or engineering with specialization in logistics and/or production engineering.Building relationship with key stakeholders.Effective communication across functions and with multi-national customers and coworkers.High proficiency in analyzing and interpreting complex data.Ability to translate insights into clear recommendations for management.Agile, pragmatic, resilient personality to handle fast-changing scenarios and competing priorities.Project leader experience beneficial.Fluent English command.

Additional InformationFree lunch, uniform and company transportation.Housing allowance.Performance bonus.Provident fund.Flexible working program.  Family health care program.Group insurance (medical, dental).Inclusive and diverse culture.Good health and wellness program (e.g., sport clubs, fitness).

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