Logistic Planning Analyst; Temporary

Logistic Planning Analyst (Temporary)
POSITION SNAPSHOT
Type of work:
Hybrid
Type of contract:
Fixed term/temporary

Location:

ROMA, IT
ABOUT US
Bridgestone Americas, Inc. (BSAM), headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee, and Bridgestone Europe, Middle East and Africa (BSEMEA), headquartered in Brussels, Belgium, operate collectively as a “Bridgestone West” strategic region. This region services the strategic business needs of teams across the Americas, Europe, Middle East and Africa. BSAM and BSEMEA are subsidiaries of Bridgestone Corporation, globally headquartered in Japan. Bridgestone and its subsidiaries develop, manufacture and market a wide range of Bridgestone, Firestone and associate brand products and solutions to address the needs of a broad range of customers and industries.
ABOUT

THE ROLE

Job title:

Logistic Planning Analyst

Job purpose:

As a key member of the Raw Material Planning team you oversee the periodical calculation of the material gross requirements on operational, tactical and strategic horizons.
Based on processes and routines with central and plant stakeholders, you collect all production planning inputs, and review with a critical eye. You keep track of major developments in new and changing tyre and compound specifications. These inputs enable you to calculate and analyze raw material requirements for all plants across Europe.
You act as owner for defining gross raw material requirements, act as owner to collect and challenge all required inputs. Good connection with stakeholders in central and local production planning teams and stakeholders within the European Technical Center will be important.
Within the Raw Material Planning team, you will keep the link with Raw Material Category Planners, who will use your work out as input to make the net raw material planning and order to suppliers. You realize that the quality and timeliness of your work has a direct and important effect on your colleague’s work and output of the entire Raw Material Planning team.
You take ownership of part of the reporting related to gross raw material requirements, leveraging OMP as tool for daily operations and KPI tracking.
RESPONSIBILITIES

Gather inputs - Production Planning

Gather production planning inputs for different categories including tyre production, compound production, bladder production and other.
Compile production planning inputs in operational weekly cycles, tactical monthly cycles and yearly strategic cycles.
Lead routine meetings with production planners to understand volume drivers, risks and opportunities.
Analyze inputs to identify most accurate data and proactively mark attention points for material planning.
Special attention to trial production planning.

Gather inputs - Specifications

Create visibility on upcoming new specifications for both tyres and compounds.
Lead or join routine meetings with plants and European Technical Center to ensure all required specs data is available to ensure timely ordering of raw materials.
Collaborate closely with local stakeholders in plants finance and technical service teams to be aware of status and progress.

Maintain Master Data

Maintain material master data, specs master data and data translation tables in OMP.

Analysis

Consolidate received inputs.
Analyze gathered inputs to detect potential errors.

BOM Explosion

Run BOM explosions in OMP based on consolidated inputs.
Add extra requirements after BOM explosion.
Translate and split material codes.

Validation

Challenge outputs versus different data sources.
Validate outputs against own data records.
Validate outputs with stakeholders who provided inputs.

Reporting

Prepare and analyze reports and KPI’s related to gross requirements.

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE REQUIRED

Experience:

Minimum +3 years working in supply chain planning roles or similar.
Technical

Skills:

Affinity with IT systems and technology, OMP knowledge, SAP knowledge and hands‑on experience.

Core competencies:

Critical analysis
Grasp large amounts of data and information
Problem solving
Collaboration and teamwork
Lead discussions and alignment

Job specific competencies:

OMP and SAP system and business processes knowledge/experience
Proficient with office tools such…