Planning Specialist

Job title: Planning Specialist

Your future role

Take on a new challenge and apply your supply chain and industrial operations expertise in a new cutting-edge field. You’ll work alongside collaborative and innovative teammates.

You'll play a key role in managing the balance between demand and resources to ensure customer satisfaction in terms of quality, cost, and delivery, while optimizing site resources like people, machines, and cash. Day-to-day, you’ll work closely with teams across the business (Supply Chain, Procurement, Manufacturing, Quality, Project Planning, Finance, and Human Resources), contribute to planning instances and monthly reporting, and much more.

You’ll specifically take care of building and updating the Master Production Schedule and analyzing bottlenecks, but also ensuring adherence to production plans and addressing root causes of delays.

We’ll look to you for:

• Applying Industrial Planning Golden Rules and EHS standards in workshops
• Consolidating and analyzing demand forecasts
• Collaborating with Materials Planners to ensure accurate master data maintenance
• Building industrial planning for opportunities and analyzing site capacity
• Monitoring production plan adherence and proposing recovery scenarios
• Updating industrial planning tools and preparing communication packs for stakeholders

All about you

We value passion and attitude over experience. That’s why we don’t expect you to have every single skill. Instead, we’ve listed some that we think will help you succeed and grow in this role:

• Degree in Supply Chain, Industrial Operations, or a related field (NQF 7)
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in Supply Chain, with at least 3 years in planning
• Hands-on experience in an industrial environment
• Knowledge of end-to-end industrial planning processes and their impact on procurement and manufacturing
• Advanced working proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint
• Experience with ERP systems (e.g., SAP)
• Agile, responsible, and inclusive mindset
• Fluent in English with good interpersonal and communication skills
• Willingness to work day and night shifts as required
• Valid driver’s license and ability to travel between sites if needed

Things you’ll enjoy

Join us on a life-long transformative journey – the rail industry is here to stay, so you can grow and develop new skills and experiences throughout your career. You’ll also:

• Enjoy stability, challenges, and a long-term career free from repetitive daily routines
• Work with cutting-edge tools and processes for industrial planning
• Collaborate with supportive and experienced colleagues across multiple teams
• Contribute to innovative projects that shape the future of mobility
• Utilise our dynamic and inclusive working environment
• Steer your career in whatever direction you choose across functions and countries
• Benefit from our investment in your development through award-winning learning programs
• Progress towards leadership roles or specialized career paths
• Benefit from a fair and dynamic reward package that recognizes your performance and potential, plus comprehensive and competitive social coverage (life, medical, pension)

You don’t need to be a train enthusiast to thrive with us. We guarantee that when you step onto one of our trains with your friends or family, you’ll be proud. If you’re up for the challenge, we’d love to hear from you!

Important to note

As a global business, we’re an equal-opportunity employer that celebrates diversity across the 63 countries we operate in. We’re committed to creating an inclusive workplace for everyone.

Alstom is the leading company in the mobility sector, solving the most interesting challenges for tomorrow’s mobility. That’s why we value inquisitive and innovative people who are passionate about working together to reinvent mobility, making it smarter and more sustainable. Day after day, we are building an agile, inclusive and responsible culture, where a diverse group of people are offered opportunities to learn, grow and advance in their careers, with options across functions and geographic locations. Are you ready to join a truly international community of great people on a challenging journey with a tangible impact and purpose?

Equal opportunity statement:

Alstom is an equal opportunity employer committed to creating an inclusive working environment where all our employees are encouraged to reach their full potential, and individual differences are valued and respected. All qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by local law.

Job Type: Experienced

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Supply Chain, Supply, Procurement, ERP, SAP, Operations, Technology