Supply Chain Planner

Do you have a passion for Supply Chain Planning?  Would you like to work in a challenging, multinational role and in a team of Supply chain experts?

You will be based in our Global Operations Centre in Manchester where we deliver ambitious operational priorities and drive competitive differentiation for our customers.  You will be part of a diverse, energetic and capability rich community of common purpose where we all have the opportunity to contribute and grow.

You will be accountable for:

Regional Supply Chain Planners (SCP) are responsible for a given portfolio produced within Europe, Africa and Middle East and distributed globally ensuring customer on time delivery.

As a SCP you will work with the in-market country teams and supply chain managers to maintain the balance of overall supply/demand requirements for your portfolio, proactively identifying demand uncertainties and future supply constraints. The primary focus of the role is to ensure our products are in our customers hands when they need it, ensuring the optimum levels of inventory and introducing new, innovative products seamlessly to the market.

• Significant experience in a supply chain planning environment, with high preference for experience in the agribusiness sector
• Customer centricity with a strong sense of urgency and excellent prioritization skills
• Understanding of end-to-end Supply Chain Planning processes and solid experience within a Supply Planning environment. Hands on BI, APO, SAP R3 knowledge within a manufacturing environment
• Ability to translate system data and market insights into optimized plans
• Able to understand complex situations and resolve conflicting objectives under pressure
• An energetic team player able to work across functional boundaries and cultures with effective stakeholder management skills
• Ownership of complex problems through to completion
• Drive sustainable change by leveraging continuous improvement tools and techniques

Whilst this role offers a competitive base pay, at Syngenta we value total reward which includes the benefits we offer to our employees. We support well-being, offering comprehensive benefits including flexible working, generous holiday entitlement, a discretionary bonus scheme, a competitive pension scheme, private medical insurance & an employee assistance programme.

In return for your skills and knowledge Syngenta will offer:

• Competitive benefits package
• Up to 31.5 days holiday
• The chance to work in an exciting and essential role in the business with the opportunity to learn and grow your career in our Supply Chain specialist Global Operations Centre.

• A Multi-country / multi-cultural matrix environment

We embrace and encourage diversity, and this is what drives our innovation and lets us outperform the market. https://www.syngenta.com/careers/working-syngenta/diversity-and-inclusion

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As a world market leader in crop protection, we help farmers to counter threats and ensure enough safe, nutritious, affordable food is available for all – while minimizing the use of land and other agricultural inputs. Syngenta Crop Protection keeps plants safe from planting to harvesting.  From the moment a seed is planted through to harvest, crops need to be protected from weeds, insects and diseases as well as droughts and floods, heat and cold. Syngenta Crop Protection is headquartered in Switzerland.