Inventory Planning Process Owner

Do you want to be part of making everyday life easier for people around the world? Without seeing it, you meet us every day in your everyday life. We are in your soles, in your mobile and in the newspaper you read. With a common commitment to innovation, sustainability and safety, our employees work daily for a sustainable future.
We have a great opportunity for a Business Process Owner - Inventory Planning position in Houston, (this role can be filled in any of our Global Offices – Houston, Jundai, Gothenburg, Amsterdam, or Shanghai).
Main responsibilities
The Global Process Owner is responsible for oversight and governance of the end-to-end Inventory Planning process within the Forecast to Produce (F2P) process. The F2P Inventory Planning process includes:
Global inventory forecasting
Aging stock management
Slow moving inventory management
Excess inventory management
Safety Stock definition and analysis
Blocked Stock management
Manage existing and develop new process documentation
Quality control inventory management
SME for inventory planning module in APS
SME for inventory management in SAP
Manage existing and develop new training documentation



In addition, the position will support the rest of the F2P team on different Supply Chain projects involving Demand and Supply. The position will work globally across functions as well as, across geographic and business boundaries and will play a key role in end-to-end process strategy, global process design, performance monitoring, technology road map and long-range plan.


Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities:
Aligned with the corporate strategy and objectives the Global Process Owner – F2P - Inventory will develop and refine the vision and strategy for the F2P - Inventory E2E process area and enable the enterprise to serve customers in a highly productive, reliable, compliant and competitive fashion.
Process – document both within F2P - Inventory and across other E2E processes.
People – oversee roles and accountabilities in the F2P - Inventory process regardless of their functional reporting, ensure highly accessible and effective F2P - Inventory training and development resources and processes.
Systems – determine where technology can be appropriately deployed and define the functionality to support the F2P - Inventory process.
Data – ensure definition and quality of master data used in the process.


Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, Statistics, or related field.
Extensive experience in Supply Chain (preferably planning and/or scheduling)
Experienced in managing Supply Chain organization including Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) or Integrated Business Planning (IBP).
Good presentation, interpersonal and communication skills.



Preferred:
MBA, and/or Bachelor of Business Administration.
experience in Chemicals or Oil and Gas.
APICS/ASCM Certified as CPIM or CSCP.



Who you are!
Global business and cross functional leadership and change management experience
Strong customer focused mindset and ability to drive excellence both for internal business partners and external customers
A self-starter with the ability to think, act/execute on a strategic level combined with the ability to roll up your sleeves and dive into the details
Experience with key analytic applications (e.g. Excel, Access, PowerBi) and core business applications (e.g. SAP, Arkieva APO, etc.)
Functional knowledge of Supply Chain and Operational Processes.



Why join us?
Are you passionate about sustainability, innovation, safety, and collaboration? Do you want to grow together with a company that is forward-looking and continuously improving how they work? Our employees have ideas on how to build a sustainable future and the drive and passion to realize them. They believe that building long-term relationships and integrity are keys to success. If that describes you, we will gladly make way for your ambitions. We offer you countless career opportunities. From day one we support you with your personal growth, through challenging positions and comprehensive learning and development opportunities, in a dynamic, international, diverse, and proactive working environment.


Additional information
This is a permanent position on a full-time basis, reporting to the Global Process Owner, Timothy Pairitz and based in Gothenburg.
Please apply via our online recruitment system with an uploaded job specific resume and cover letter. We do not accept applications via e-mail, these applications will be disregarded.


For additional information about the vacancy please contact Timothy Pairitz, Global Process Owner, timothy.pairitz@nouryon.com
For information about the recruitment process or your application, please contact Karin Johansson, Human Resource Business Partner at Karin.johansson@noruyon.com
For unions related questions please contact:
Akademikerklubben: Katarina Risö +46709577427
Unionen: Helene Rosenlund, +46 708 21 18 39
Ledarna: Sanna Backman, +46 709 57 71 03
If you have any general questions or need assistance, please contact: Recruiting.SE@Nouryon.com


About Nouryon
Nouryon is a global, specialty chemicals leader. Markets and consumers worldwide rely on our essential solutions to manufacture everyday products, such as personal care, cleaning goods, paints and coatings, agriculture and food, pharmaceuticals, and building products. Furthermore, the dedication of more than 7,650 employees with a shared commitment to our customers, business growth, safety, sustainability and innovation has resulted in a consistently strong financial performance. We operate in over 80 countries around the world with a portfolio of industry-leading brands. Visit our website and follow us @Nouryon and on LinkedIn.


The application process
After the closing date, we will start the selection process.
In our first selection we thoroughly go through all the applications. If your skills and qualifications match the profile we are looking for, you will be invited to an initial phone interview that takes approximately 30 minutes. If you proceed in our selection process, we invite you to a face-to-face interview that takes about 1,5 hours. There you will meet with the hiring manager.
We look forward to your application!