Supply Chain Coordinator

PLM Project Coordinator

Location:

Veldhoven / Eindhoven

Duration: minimum of 12 months

Salary: € 5.000 + 13th month payment + profit sharing

Introduction to the role
In this position, you work within the Product Lifecycle Management department, part of a Strategic Sourcing & Procurement organization, as part of a cross‑functional R&D team. You will interact with a wide range of stakeholders, both within your project team and in the supply chain management organization. You will support technology‑driven development projects by identifying and implementing supply chain solutions that meet stakeholder needs while contributing to the further development of the supply chain management function.

Role and responsibilities
The Product Lifecycle Management department is characterized by strong collaboration across departments and a focus on ensuring uninterrupted material availability.

Key responsibilities include:

Creating and maintaining project plans, including the integration of logistics requirements into product designs

Ordering materials to ensure availability, performing logistics risk assessments, and securing and allocating financial resources for packaging and customer tooling

Proactively managing material availability by ensuring that bills of materials and technical product drawings are available on time

Developing transparent supply and demand plans for parts and components

Assessing the impact of proposed plan changes on the supply chain

Creating, aligning, and monitoring implementation plans for engineering changes while safeguarding material timing, cost, and quality

Contributing to the continuous improvement and development of the Product Lifecycle Management organization

Education and experience

MSc degree in Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or Supply Chain / Logistics

Up to 7 years of experience in planning, logistics processes, and quality within preferably a high-tech, low-volume environment, including experience in new product introduction or ramp-up phases

Project management experience, preferably in a high-tech, low-volume environment (e.g. supply chain engineering or new product logistics)

Experience in driving process development and continuous improvement is a plus

Skills

Strong proactive problem‑solving skills

Ability to ensure accountability across cross‑functional stakeholders

Excellent planning and alignment capabilities

Strong stakeholder management, persuasion, and collaboration skills

Customer‑oriented mindset

Team player mentality

Ability to deal with ambiguity and demonstrate resilience

Other information
People are the organization’s most valuable asset. Within Product Lifecycle Management, management teams support project coordinators in developing both hard and soft skills through dedicated training programs.

Working environment
Approximately 120+ people work within the Product Lifecycle Management department, divided across four business lines. You will be part of a team of 8–12 project coordinators, led by a team leader who supports your personal development. Other teams within the department include operational project leaders focused on product lifecycle execution and strategic project leaders focused on supply chain management.

Meetings
Being positioned between R&D teams and supply chain management means spending a significant amount of time in meetings with various stakeholders, including:

Development and engineering project meetings

Supplier calls to align on material availability and planning

Escalation meetings as part of a task force handling urgent material issues

Alignment meetings related to engineering changes affecting materials, manufacturing, and customer locations

Stakeholders

Core stakeholders: team leads and project managers from both product lifecycle management and supply chain management

Secondary stakeholders: R&D project managers, supplier quality engineers, manufacturing engineers, customer support engineers, and supply coordinators

Extended stakeholders: configuration change specialists, sourcing leads, procurement specialists, logistics supply managers, and field modification planners

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