Job Description

About VAT Group

At VAT, we change the world with vacuum solutions. As the world’s leading supplier of high-performance vacuum valves, we have been driving innovation for more than 60 years. With over 3,200 employees worldwide, we operate from our headquarters in Haag, Switzerland, with manufacturing sites in Switzerland, Malaysia and Romania, as well as sales and service hubs around the world. We are guided by our passions integrity, teamwork, customer centricity, and innovation – always working together as #oneVAT.

Joining us means becoming part of a passionate, international team where your voice is heard, your ideas matter, and your career growth is supported.

RESPONSABILITIES:

• Develop, implement, manage and improve capacity planning process incorporating all relevant external suppliers across X-tier levels identifying the individual constraints (eg: resources, sub components, etc) and providing transparency about excess/lack of capacities within the planning horizon and beyond
• Develop, implement and manage and improve corporate resource planning process that incorporates all resources (assets, staff) and provides transparency about excess/lack of capacities within the planning horizon and beyond
• Orchestrating X-tier actions in order to handle ramp up/down scenarios of overall/individual markets or key accounts
• Orchestrating actions across departments and plants in order to handle ramp up/down scenarios of overall/individual markets or key accounts
• Performs analysis on:
o forecast on component and supplier/resource level in order to indicate major developments and proactively identifies potentially impacted business (volume/BU/customer/region) in order to provide the relevant basis for S&OP meetings and decisions
o actual demand and forecasted demand (FC accuracy on MRP result), investigates on major deviations identifying and solving root causes
• identifying clusters/patterns in order to optimize capacity planning/strategy
• Coordinate with cross-functional business teams to develop the best strategy to support customer demand
• Communicate with external/internal suppliers if needed for coordination & clarification in terms of relevant changes of FC
• Trigger/coordinate implementation and change of planning strategies supporting relevant counterparts (eg.: PLSCM, Category mgmt., production and materials scheduling, etc.)
• Coordinate and work with the relevant external counterparts (suppliers) as well as internal (cross-functional) departments to ensure and optimize fulfillment of forecasted volumes and required flexibility
• Participates as a member of operations team making cross-functional operational decisions

KEY EXPERIENCES

• Maintain and provide current understanding of industry best practices
• Identify tools, processes and metrics to optimize demand planning processes
• Ability to contribute in a cross functional collaborative environment
• Ability to leverage metrics and other tools / reports to drive materials planning processes
• Experienced in coordinating and handling external partners (suppliers and customers)

COMPETENCIES

• At least 5 years’ experience in planning of customer forecast, market intelligence and/or S&OP process
• Working knowledge and understanding of ERP/MRP systems and their use in a manufacturing environment
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Access
• Ability to demonstrate solid written and oral communication skills
• Good analytical problem solving ability
• Data mgmt. skills beneficial:
• Advanced analysis methods
• Machine learning beneficial
• Big data mgmt./analytics
• Languages: English language (German is beneficial)

Our commitment to inclusion, fairness and equal opportunities

We believe in meaningful careers, continuous learning, and equal opportunities for everyone to drive our innovation and success. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and are dedicated to fostering an inclusive and respectful workplace. If you have concerns, our compliance channel is available at our website. All reports are handled with strict confidentiality and in accordance with our Code of Conduct