Procurement Manager - Supply Planning (all genders)

Want your story to be part of our story? When children take charming schleich figures and playsets into their hands, they embark on adventures into wonderful fantasy worlds. Every dinosaur, every elephant, and every fairy is the beginning of an exciting new story. Our vision: Shaping storytellers for life. And your story starts right here.

Let's be inspired together by the joy of storytelling, while also continuing to tell the story of Schleich - and its journey from traditional toy manufacturer to a globally loved brand. Be part of our amazing transformation story.

We will support you, give you ownership, and the opportunity to work internationally and digitally in a dynamic environment. Let's take on and master all the challenges that lie in store for us. Take the opportunity to grow with us and achieve something tangible.

The following adventures await you at Schleich:

• Managing the whole process of purchasing figurines, playsets and components from initial planning of requirements to final inbound at our global locations (EU/US/APAC)
• Optimizing inventory turns of your materials and suppliers based on aligned demand/supply plans in close collaboration with Customer Service, Sales and Order Management
• Driving improvements in lead time, on-time delivery and logistics cost along the chain - if needed you are initiating root cause analysis and effective corrective actions
• Providing supply options for Sales and Marketing promotional activities and playing a leading role in our E2E development process
• Key stakeholder of the S&OP Supplier Review: working on current reports and introducing improvements along the way
• Playing a key role in projects to optimize production and distribution network performance in close collaboration with Strategic Procurement, Logistics and Technical Center
• Forming ideas and opportunities to streamline daily routines in Supply Planning in order to increase speed, reliability and scalability
• Develop daily, weekly and monthly KPI reporting and reviewing performance together with the relevant functional groups across levels and departments
• Optimize the current way of working, finding efficiencies to reduce time and make the process leaner

The chapters of your story so far:

• You have completed a university degree with a focus on Supply Chain, Business Administration, Economics, or equivalent education
• You have gained 3+ years of professional experience in Supply Planning, Supply Chain Management in an international environment, ideally from a CPG/FMCG area.
• You are a natural team player (all genders) across departments
• You have experience with statistical analysis
• You have gained a very good knowledge of MS Office, especially Excel and PowerPoint.
• Experience with SAP ERP is a must, Power BI skills are an advantage
• Experience with SAP IBP Planning Software and Python coding language is an advantage
• You have excellent communication skills and strength in leading projects
• You have a strong out-of-the-box thinking mindset and a passion for continuous improvement
• You are open to travel up to 10 % of your time and like to work globally
• You are fluent in English; knowledge of German or other languages are a significant advantage

No kingdoms nor mountains of gold, but many other rewards:

• No two days are the same in this career like no other. Work in a dynamic, diverse environment that offers individual career and development opportunities. All our employees also have access to numerous online courses via our training platform.
• Let's write the Schleich story together. Be part of a motivated team of people who support and inspire each other and celebrate success together.
• We aim to please. We offer an attractive, fair salary with additional benefits that are regularly reviewed and updated.
• Appetizing! We offer a meal allowance of 82.60 CKR per working day.
• Every hero must retire one day. That's why we offer a subsidised pension scheme.
• You can also enjoy great discounts on our schleich products - a great bonus for kids and adults alike.
• And what about your adventures outside of Schleich? You can count on 30 days of paid leave per year and a hybrid working model with no core working hours.