SIOP Tactical Planning Analyst

The Tactical Planning Analyst operates at the intersection of strategic planning and plant-level execution (S&OE). This role ensures that SI&OP consensus plans are effectively declined into actionable tactical preparations, bridges plant inputs toward internal and external customers, and steers the governance around SI&OP data usage into Purchasing and Procurement.

• →Represent Supply Planning in the SI&OP cycle on the tactical horizon, ensuring supply-side inputs are accurate, timely, and actionable.
• →Bridge inputs from plants (S&OE) toward internal and external customers, translating operational realities into the SI&OP planning process.
• →Decline long-term strategic plans into tactical preparation, ensuring smooth transition from strategic workload allocation to near-term execution readiness.
• →Drive and oversee SI&OP volume usage into execution, monitoring adherence and flagging deviations between planned and actual volumes.
• →Steer governance around SI&OP data usage into Purchasing/Procurement, ensuring procurement actions are aligned with the latest consensus plan.
• →Collect and coordinate supplier constraint feedback to and from Procurement, escalating risks that may impact near-term delivery commitments.
• →Support NPDI discussions from a tactical perspective, ensuring new product introduction timelines are feasible within current plant workloads.
• →Participate actively in SI&OP meetings, providing tactical supply updates and flagging short-to-medium term risks.
• →Collaborate with Plant S&OE Managers to ensure alignment between regional SI&OP plans and plant-level scheduling.
• →Support Six Sigma projects (Green Belt level) aimed at improving tactical planning accuracy and execution reliability.
• →Contribute to Kinaxis implementation efforts, particularly in configuring tactical planning workflows and data integration with plant systems.

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Industrial Engineering, Business Administration, or related field.
• 2–4 years of experience in supply chain planning, production planning, or S&OE, preferably in a manufacturing environment.
• Strong understanding of production planning, workload balancing, and plant scheduling processes.
• Familiarity with S&OP/SI&OP processes and ERP systems (Kinaxis experience is a plus).
• Analytical mindset with attention to detail and ability to work with large data sets.
• Six Sigma Green Belt certification or willingness to obtain one.
• Strong collaboration skills and ability to work across functions (plants, procurement, demand planning).
• Fluent in English; additional European languages are a plus.