Business Process Expert - Planning

As a member of the Supply Chain Centre of Excellence team, you will be at the core of our organizational transformation, playing a pivotal role in defining, designing, and deploying advanced planning processes and tools to deliver exceptional service to our customers with speed and excellence. You will proactively drive continuous improvement, automation, and digitalization by collaborating closely with the supply chain planning community and key stakeholders.

The impact you’ll make:

In this role, you will identify, design, deploy, document, and train business process and technical improvements within integrated business planning to support sustainable business growth. You will also monitor, review, and analyse process and business performance to drive improvements in the current environment, ways of working, and through the implementation of innovative digital solutions.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the design and deployment of integrated business planning processes, including Demand Planning, S&OP, Inventory Management and Supply Planning.
• Collaborate cross-functionally to diagnose processes, perform gap analyses, and define business requirements for process, systems and data. Model potential outcomes for changes to ensure adherence to industry and functional best practices.
• Drive alignment with internal IT and implementation partners for technology and data solutions, championing “best of suite” (SAP IBP, S4/HANA) and staying informed on “best of breed” planning systems, AI, and machine learning solutions.
• Act as a catalyst for change by leading or supporting the global rollout of process/system improvements and enhancements, while guiding the organization in adopting and integrating new solutions.
• Be a skilled storyteller who effectively communicates the necessity and impact of change on people, organizations and ways of working to encourage widespread acceptance.
• Oversee improvement initiatives from inception to completion and manage improvement projects from planning through execution.
• Facilitate the Planning Community of Practice, providing process training, competency development, and end-user documentation.
• Continuously monitor and analyse business performance KPIs to identify opportunities for improvement, benchmarking best practices and documenting innovative approaches for future roadmaps.
• Benchmark internal and external best practices, research and document leading-edge processes, and incorporate new technologies and techniques into future roadmaps.

The skills and knowledge you’ll bring:

• 10+ years of expertise in integrated business planning, including Demand, Supply, Inventory and S&OP processes. Your functional knowledge of the different planning domains should include:
  • Demand Planning: Familiarity with statistical forecasting based on historical data, incorporating market intelligence and promotion planning into the demand plan and best practices for collaborating with commercial stakeholders.
  • Supply Planning: Understanding of both Order Based and Time Series planning methods, capacity management and supply smoothing, familiarity with various MRP approaches including SAP supported planning strategies.
  • Inventory Planning: Inventory policy setting, safety stock calculations, inventory positioning across a network.
  • S&OP: Monthly cross-functional meeting optimization, scenario analysis, integrating financial analysis into the planning cycle.
• Strong experience with SAP IBP and S4/HANA. Ideally also familiar with other advanced planning solutions.
• Significant change/transformation experience gained from either a functional role, consulting or in another COE/CI organization.
• Advanced degree preferred (Master’s in Supply Chain Operations or related field).
• Agile Product Owner Certification a plus.
• Digitally savvy, analytical, and strategic, with strong process and data flow expertise and a focus on continuous improvement.
• Excellent influencing and communication skills; a bridge builder across functions and skilled in change management and stakeholder management, including senior level managers.
• Self-initiating and flexible. Able to cope with dynamic business environment.
• Fluent in English (verbal and written), with additional language skills considered an asset.

What we’ll give you in return:

• Internationally competitive base salary, benchmarked against global industry and market leaders
• Performance-based Annual Incentive Program, rewarding those who dare and achieve more
• Top of the market pension scheme, with higher-than-average company contributions
• Work from home, commuting and phone allowances to support your daily commute, home office setup & business connectivity
• Balanced office-based working: With a strong focus on in-office collaboration, we offer flexibility to work from home based on team needs and individual circumstances.
• Work from abroad: Up to 30 days per year.
• Structured holiday policy: Includes defined care days, enhanced maternity/paternity leave, and a capped option to purchase additional leave days annually.
• Bicycle Plan: Possibility to select a company bicycle for daily commute along with accessories & insurance
• Health Insurance Discount when signing up with our partner insurance
• Gym Membership Discount to support your focus on health and wellbeing
• Product Discounts on all Versuni products which are sold under the Philips brand and our other brands
• An office that feels like home: Easily accessible and modern office location in Amsterdam with lots of tasty lunch choices around
• High growth environment: Offering exciting learning and career development perspectives beyond your first role
• Inclusive working culture and family spirit: We embrace our international community & diversity as competitive advantage

From developing game-changing air fryers to perfecting the art of coffee making, Versuni’s purpose is turning houses into homes — and we’re calling on your talent to bring it to life. Join our global team of 6,000+ passionate individuals, work with world-class brands, and shape the future of home living. We’re ready for you — are you ready for us?