Global Inventory and Production Planner

Sandvik Machining Solutions (SMS) is a business area within the Sandvik Group and a global market-leading manufacturer of tools and tooling systems for advanced industrial metal cutting. Products are manufactured in cemented carbide and other hard materials such as diamond, cubic boron nitride and special ceramics.

The Planning Round Tools department, within Supply Chain Management, is responsible for the supply of Round Tools for SMS distribution centers worldwide, as well as for providing Process and IT support within the areas of inventory control and production planning. The main challenges for the department are to take full process responsibility for planning and, as a line responsibility, improve customer service (stock availability), at the same time as the NWC is improved. Presently, the department has a staff of four, and we are now looking for an experienced Global Planner to be based in Sandviken.

Key performance areas
As Global Planner you will be responsible for planning and inventory control for assigned production units. Your primary duties include:
- Being the contact person for the production units with respect to production planning and systems, processes and other issues
- Optimizing supply paths in collaboration with other departments within Machining Solutions
- Supporting the handling of our products? life cycles within the planning area
- Participating in/leading various business projects
- Creating follow-up information and reports to facilitate your own and others? decision-making

Your profile
You have a degree in logistics or equivalent knowledge. Experience in production planning, as well as materials and inventory control, is required, while experience of supply issues within SMS is advantageous. The work requires very good knowledge of English, both written and verbal, knowledge of German is advantageous.

This position requires a holistic viewpoint, the ability to develop professionally and to get the job done with good results. It is also important that you are able to cooperate, communicate and build a network for the best possible use of resources and the achievement of goals. As a person you are forceful, result oriented and quality conscious in your working style. You can work independently but are also a good team player.

We actively work to create a workplace that is characterized by diversity and inclusion.

Contact information
For further information about this position, please contact:
Barbara Kott-Blackall, recruiting manager, +46 (0)26 266 375
Camilla Philipsson, HR Advisor, +46 (0)26 266 196

Union contacts
Thomas Eriksson, Unionen, +46 (0)70 261 04 82
Maths Scherman, Sveriges Ingenjörer, +46 (0)26 266 734

Send your application no later than April 21, 2014. Read more about Sandvik and apply at www.sandvik.com/career, Job ID: 330017.

For more information about the recruitment process, please contact HRdirect, +46 (0)20 261 444.

Recruiter
Lisbeth Häggström