Supply Chain Specialist​/Demand Planning Expert

About Vesuvius:
Vesuvius is a global leader in flow engineering and technology for molten metal. With innovative flow control solutions, advanced refractory materials, and other consumables, the company helps make industrial processes in the steel and foundry industries safer, more efficient, and more sustainable. Vesuvius provides its customers with customized products, technical services, and technologies for the most demanding high‑temperature applications.
With around 11,500 employees across 6 continents and 40 industrial countries, Vesuvius is present wherever metal flows. In Germany alone, we employ around 1,000 people at four production sites, offering strong, future‑oriented products and services. With new technologies, we shape the development of the international steel and foundry industry. Our local production and our global knowledge of the processes taking place at our customers’ facilities enable us to build strong partnerships and support our customers in optimizing and improving their processes and the efficiency of their products.
Our most important competitive advantages are our market and technology leadership, strong customer relationships, established presence in developing markets, and global reach—all of which support the expansion of our addressable markets.

Purpose:

In a global economy in particular, short lead times, binding deadlines and reliable deliveries play a key role. As part of supply chain management, you are the global interface between the Vesuvius plant in Belgium, the intercompany customers in Poland, and the Czech Republic, our production and our suppliers of raw materials from, among others, China, India, Madagascar, Brazil, Europe, and other regions.
An opportunity has arisen for a   Supply Chain Specialist/Demand Planning Expert, based in Ostend (Belgium),   responsible for the production mix scheduling, stock management of raw materials and semi-finished goods to join the Supply Management team, reporting to the Plant Manager in Ostend in Belgium. 40 staff members work in a friendly, family-like atmosphere at the plant. The person in this role should be an all-rounder who plays an active part in day-to-day operations.

You reliably and quickly ensure a smoothly functioning End-to-End supply chain with a continuous flow of goods, thereby securing productivity, revenue, and cost-effectiveness as part of the Vesuvius team and actively contributing to the efficiency and competitiveness of our company.

Key Accountabilities/

Key Responsibilities:

Your typical daily work is:
Forecast of Consignment Stocks and Warehouse capacity, coordination with internal customers, resolving supply bottlenecks, stock analysis,
Responsible for production mix scheduling based on Sales Requirements (SR) and Total Capacity (TC), and for converting production plans into raw material requirements within the Material Requirements Planning (MRP) process
The position holder plays a key role in strategic and operational stock management for raw materials and semi-finished goods, back-up shipping (intercompany and international) and logistics to ensure an economical, transparent and demand-oriented supply for the organization
supervisory responsibility for three direct reports (2 shipping coordinators, 1 raw material scheduler)
The position focuses on continuously improving the demand planning and ensuring the timely delivery of raw material and semi-finished goods
Close collaboration with internal stakeholders and local suppliers, logistic partners and functional teams (e.g. production) to define specifications, service levels and performance requirements
Management and development of intercompany and supplier relationships to ensure quality, reliability and continuous improvement
Support of standardization, harmonization and continuous improvement of supply chain/logistic processes
Preparation and analysis of reports, KPIs and management information for Supply Chain Management
Ensuring compliance as well as contractual and process adherence

Qualifications:

Graduate or Master’s degree in a business-related field or completed commercial education with relevant further training
Minimum 5 years’…