.The purpose of the roleAs part of the Supply Chain team you will provide in-depth expertise on the demand, to enable us to deliver seamlessly to our customers. The role is the linchpin that brings together the forecast from our customer base (Sales function), Procurement to be able to plan timely availability of raw materials to allow for Manufacturing to produce, on time and to plan, meeting our OTIF requirements for customers, thereby directly contributing to our customer satisfaction.Based on the Forecast tool (Blue Yonder), you will generate a base forecast. You will lead demand planning meetings to develop a consensus demand plan. Being the Subject Matter Expert (SME) for our Demand & Inventory plan, you will be analysing historical sales trends.In the Unit S&OP meeting you submit this demand plan to be signed off, to be used for the inventory & production plans.You are driving continuous improvement in the forecast accuracy, increasing the quality of the forecast, enabling to optimise the inventory levels and to reduce the obsoletes.In this role, you will also support the analysis, preparation and optimisation of our Supply Chain processesResponsibilities:Generate a base forecast and lead demand planning meetings with the sales & customer services teamsIncrease the quality of the forecast. Work with sales teams and strategic customers to share sales forecastsResponsible for KPI's as Forecast Accuracy, Forecast Bias, Obsoletes linked to forecastsManaging appropriate stock levels, driven by forecast improvementsProvide expertise as EU demand planning and inventory optimisation expert across the different Units in EU. Share in-depth knowledge of tools and processes to improve best practicesProactively contribute to the development and enhancements of Blue Yonder continuously looking at how to improve it's use for better results and accuracy on data forecasting, being the driving force behind improvement proposalsSupport implementation of EU SC Optimisation projects as assigned and drive continuous improvement in Demand and Inventory Planning across the EU SCRequirements:Master's in Engineering, Supply Chain or similarAnalytical, you like to work with numbersGood communicator, proficient in working with Sales teamsEnglish Fluency. Dutch and/or Spanish is an assetIn-depth knowledge of the role's impact on customers – internal and externalIn-depth understanding of the impact of new product introductions, delistings and the bi-annual product churn on the businessAdvanced level of Excel proficiencyKnowledge of PowerBI and Demand and Supply Planning Optimisation tools is an assetMinimum 2-4 years of experience in SC Process Optimisation in the Demand. Inventory optimisation experience is an asset