Inventory Planner

Bedrijf: Bayer AG

As an Inventory Planner, you make sure seed moves smoothly from harvest to customer — balancing cost, quality, speed, and reliability along the way.

What you'll do

• Turn harvested seed into ready-to-sell stock, matching capacity with demand
• Decide which batches get shipping priority
• Track incoming seed and send clear instructions to the production site
• Get seed to "ready to sell" status within 12 months, meeting all quality rules
• Build realistic capacity plans together with other planners
• Manage older or lower-quality stock (write-offs, quality checks)
• Hand over smoothly to the team managing short-term stock and orders
• Help prioritize when supply is tight
• Spot and solve supply issues early — escalate when needed
• Check batches meet import rules for their destination country; request extra testing if needed
• Work closely with harvesting, treatment, packing, and transport teams
• Bring ideas to improve how the team works

What you need

• Bachelor's degree in business, supply chain, or similar
• 4+ years' experience in a business or supply chain role
• Good written and spoken English
• Strong communication skills — clear and confident with colleagues and managers
• Quick, sound decision-making under pressure
• Solid analytical and problem-solving skills
• Comfortable with data and basic statistics
• Used to working with international teams
• Microsoft Office skills; SAP and Spotfire are a plus

What you get

• €3,200–€3,800 gross/month, including holiday allowance
• Annual bonus on top of your salary
• Hybrid working: 2 office days in Bergschenhoek, the rest from home
• Exposure to international teams
• Room to grow in a global supply chain function
• A down-to-earth Bayer team culture