Are you a proactive and analytical professional ready to shape how demand meets supply on a global scale? Join a dynamic Sales and Operations Planning function where you lead demand and supply planning for the Tissue Business. You work at the sales, engineering, manufacturing, and supply chain to balance capacity, cost, and delivery performance. You turn complex data into clear plans, enabling efficient operations and strong customer outcomes.
This is your opportunity to influence strategic decisions, drive collaboration across teams, and contribute to a high impact, international business environment.
Your responsibilities
- You prepare and maintain manufacturing demand forecasts using inputs from capital and service sales.
- You create and manage sales schedules during the sales phase, balancing demand with production, procurement, engineering, logistics, and capacity.
- You assess manufacturability and review material requirements together with manufacturing teams.
- You build production and capacity scenarios, including cost and financial impact, based on forecasts.
- You analyze risks, identify bottlenecks, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to optimize delivery plans and performance.
What we expect from you
- You have experience in S&OP (Sales and Operation Planning) in industrial machinery, or project‑based (ETO) environments.
- You bring strong analytical skills and you have proficiency in planning and analysis tools (e.g., Workflow automation solutions, Power BI).
- You have experience supporting sales phase planning, including cost, capacity, and scenario analyses.
- You understand capacity and resource planning across engineering and production.
- You communicate clearly in English, both written and spoken.
- Engineering background is considered as an advantage.
To succeed in this role, you will require the following:
You bring a structured and proactive mindset and enjoy turning data into actionable plans.
You collaborate effectively across teams and communicate insights that influence decisions.
You thrive in a fast-moving, global business environment and enjoy turning change and complexity into opportunities.
We also expect you to align with Valmet’s Leadership Principles - practical behaviors that guide how we lead, collaborate, and succeed together:
- Take accountability – Act with ownership, set clear expectations, and follow through
- Lead with courage – Champion change, try bold ideas, and learn quickly
- Build on trust – Listen to understand, be open, and create psychological safety
- Collaborate for growth – Work across boundaries, value diverse perspectives, and focus on customer value
We offer
Join a Sales and Operations Planning team that works closely with sales, engineering, manufacturing, and supply chains to align demand and supply across the Business. The team focuses on balancing production capacity, improving forecasting accuracy, and enabling efficient project delivery. You will work in a collaborative, international environment where your insights directly impact business performance and customer satisfaction.
Valmet offers an inspiring and challenging position with opportunities for growth and development in a global network. You will benefit from a supportive team environment, modern tools, and flexible ways of working that support both your professional and personal development.
Want to know more?
Did we catch your interest? For further information, please contact Andrea Pieri, Director, Sales and Operation Planning, at [email protected]. Please not that we do not accept applications via e-mail.
Send us your application by November 10, 2026, by filling in our online application form. Please also attach your CV to the application.
We will start interviews before the application deadline, so please submit your interest at your earliest convenience.
We perform background checks and alcohol/drug testing for all employees in Sweden, in line with our commitment to a safe and secure workplace.
We kindly decline any assistance from recruitment and staffing agencies.
When everything works togetherValmet is where the best talent from a wide variety of backgrounds comes together. We work together with our customers throughout the entire lifecycle, delivering cutting-edge technologies and services as well as mission-critical automation and flow control solutions. Backed by more than 225 years of industrial experience and a global team of over 18,500 professionals close to customers, we are uniquely positioned to transform industries toward a regenerative tomorrow.
At Valmet, diversity of thought drives innovation. We are committed to a respectful and inclusive environment, where people can be themselves and are supported to contribute at their best. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and make hiring decisions based on skills, experience, and potential, never on personal characteristics such as gender, gender identity, age, ethnicity, nationality, disability, neurodiversity, religion, sexual orientation, or political views. Join the team – and lead the way with us!www.valmet.com/careers
Skills Required
- Experience in Sales and Operations Planning in industrial machinery or project-based engineer-to-order environments
- Strong analytical skills
- Proficiency with planning and analysis tools, such as Power BI and workflow automation solutions
- Experience supporting sales-phase planning, including cost, capacity, and scenario analysis
- Understanding of capacity and resource planning across engineering and production
- Clear written and spoken English communication
- Engineering background
What We Do
Valmet is the leading global developer and supplier of process technologies, automation and services for the pulp, paper and energy industries. We aim to become the global champion in serving our customers. Valmet's strong technology offering includes pulp mills, tissue, board and paper production lines, as well as power plants for bioenergy production. Our advanced services and automation solutions improve the reliability and performance of our customers' processes and enhance the effective utilization of raw materials and energy. Valmet's net sales in 2019 were approximately EUR 3.5 billion. Our more than 13,000 professionals around the world work close to our customers and are committed to moving our customers' performance forward - every day. Valmet's head office is in Espoo, Finland and its shares are listed on the Nasdaq Helsinki.
