Supply Chain Planner

Canon Europa has over 800 000 devices in the field that require maintenance. To ensure that our Service Engineers have sufficient availability of service parts, we manage an extensive service parts network of central and local warehouses as well as field stock. The European Service Parts department (ESPM) is daily managing the Forecast-to-Pay process to balance availability, speed of supply, and costs for 80k+ parts.

We are looking for an energetic and experienced Planner to be a part of the Canon Service Supply Chain team. In this role, you will be responsible for the supply of service-parts in Europe to our engineers, partners and repair centers. The purpose of the Supply Chain Planner/Buyer is to ensure sufficient spares inventory is available to prevent Machine-Down situations and maintain the customer SLA while balancing the inventory budget. Having the right parts at the right place, at the right time, without overstock, is key in balancing the service levels with minimal downtime of our equipment, which is why planning and the collaboration with our suppliers is crucial.

Job description

Responsibilities

As supply chain planner, your key responsibilities include:

• Manage the supply planning and ordering process from suppliers on a weekly basis
• Optimize inventory levels based on demand and cost of operations
• Collaborate with pan-European teams and supplier’s stakeholders to achieve KPIs
• Through analysis, targets improvement opportunities, and takes action to drive improvement
• Proposes and implements process and tool enhancements to improve demand forecast accuracy
• Ability to define and demonstrate continuous improvement to meet targets and KPIs
• Master data maintenance in ERP Systems for allocated product groups

Qualifications

We are looking for someone who has:

• Minimum Bachelor-level education or equivalent in a relevant field
• 3-5 years of experience in a similar position
• Excellent numerical and analytical skills
• Assertive team player with problem solving mind set
• Able to work independently and with minimal guidance
• Fluent Business English (both written and spoken)
• Comfortable working with different systems and ICT solutions (e.g. Oracle, Power BI, Power Automate)

We are also looking for someone who can embody these Canon Core Behaviours​:

• Drive for results
• Focus on the Customer
• Take ownership and accountability
• Act as a team player
• Shows courage and conviction
• People orientated
• Caring for self and others

Further information

• In addition to a competitive salary, you will be eligible for the following benefits in this role:
• Performance-based bonus of 12,5%
• 31 days holiday per year
• Pension plan
• Bicycle plan
• Full coverage of your public transport costs and partially car costs

Canon champions hybrid working with and a flexible working policy. You will be part of an energetic and innovative environment with more than 50 different nationalities! Lastly you’ll find that Canon encourages continuous Learning and Development with a wide range of resources and support available on demand.