Production Planner Specialist

Are you interested in working at a market leading multinational company? At Grundfos, we develop, produce and sell some of the worlds’ most efficient and energy saving pumps and pump solutions across the globe. We let our customers save natural resources and reduce climate impact. With us, you will be part of an international workplace where innovation, collaboration and development are front and centre in everything we do. Grundfos is financially independent, stable company, where next to our customers, employees are also number ones for us. Grundfos provides free professional training and personal development opportunities in an international environment. The position offers a negotiable salary and benefits package, in a people working atmosphere and environment.

What is the job about?

This role needs to find quick solution to problems from customer/Grundfos side with effective communication in order to achieve setting up an exemplary collaboration between factories and sales companies.

Your main responsibilities:

• Coordinating daily operational tasks with production.
• Operative planning of products and confirming customer orders.
• Customer contact via email, Teams, over the phone.
• Dealing with escalations.
• Keeping monthly follow-up meetings with key sales organizations.
• Reporting unconfirmed orders older than 5 business days, finding route causes, speeding up the verification process and informing customers of the reason for delays.
• Close cooperation with co-departments, especially procurers, shipping, production and customer service engineers.
• Tracking KPI’s and making reports.
• Single point of contact for sales for at least one products of the factory.
• Fast problem solving when comes to supply chain related issues.
• Communication of solutions and options.
• Support sales regions especially efficient handling of escalated issues when comes to order confirmation, lead time requests, special transportation needs.

Your background:

• Bachelor or Master degree preferred in Logistics or equivalent.
• 3-5 years of experience in a field of Production Planning or Procurement.
• Project management experience provides a benefit.
• Fluent English both in written and verbal.
• Computer skills (MS Office, SAP is advantage).
• Organizational and process oriented thinking.
• Independent, creative personality.
• Good communication and organizational skills.
• Customer oriented attitude.
• Focused and good at networking.
• Good internal and external stakeholder management.

Location: Székesfehérvár (max. 8 days/month in home office)

What’s in it for you?

Whether it’s developing leadership skills or advancing your expertise even further, we’ll support you with continuous learning and development opportunities, to help discuss and steer your long-term Grundfos career path. You’ll be welcomed from day one into an inclusive, trusting environment guided by six core values.

In addition, your day-to-day benefits include:

• If you’ll be working from your home office, we’ll make sure you are well equipped with a good workstation. However, you are always welcome to our offices where you can engage, learn, and have fun with colleagues .
• On top of it, flexible working hours and up to 3 days’ additional paid leave for volunteering of your choice .
• Annual bonuses, health insurance, parental support, internal well-being consultants and programmes.
• Access to the modern Grundfos Academy to pursue further both personal and professional development.
• Diverse, inclusive environment with employee-led forums offering colleagues a safe place to connect and share openly.

Do you want to learn more?

If this job sounds appealing, please send your resume and cover letter by clicking “Apply”.

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