Senior Supply & Production Planner 100%

Your responsibilities

• Translate the rolling demand forecast for series-production line into a 3–6 month procurement plan with suppliers, and maintain planning parameters (lead times, safety stocks, reorder points, lot sizes) in the ERP.
• Build procurement plan for our project-based business, identify long-lead components for preventive purchase before order intake, and quantify each commitment for approval.
• Run the MRP cycle, convert requirements into purchase orders, and track material readiness by project, escalating delivery risks early.
• Issue the weekly production plan, create and drive manufacturing orders, and coordinate internal logistics so material is picked and staged on time.
• Keep planning master data (BOMs, routings, work centre capacities) accurate with Manufacturing Engineering and R&D, and confirm feasible dates to Business Fulfillment and Sales.
• Evaluate production capacity on a rolling 6‑month horizon, flag bottlenecks early, and propose measures such as load leveling, build‑ahead, or outsourcing.
• Own planning processes in the ERP and report key KPIs: on-time delivery, material shortages, inventory coverage, forecast accuracy, and capacity load.

Your profile

• Technical or commercial education (HF, FH or BSc) in supply chain, industrial engineering or a comparable field; a planning certification (e.g. APICS CPIM) is an advantage.
• 5-10 years' planning experience in a high-mix / low-volume electronics or precision instrumentation environment.
• Solid ERP planning skills: MRP (Material Requirements Planning) and MPS (Master Production Scheduling), manufacturing orders and capacity planning; experience with Odoo is an advantage.
• Comfortable working with both forecast-driven and order-driven project planning logic in parallel.
• Strong analytical skills, confident with data and Excel.
• Able to take decisions under uncertainty, and to substantiate a "no" with facts.
• Clear communicator across manufacturing, supply chain, sales and suppliers.
• Fluent English; German is a big advantage.