Are you an experienced supply planning professional who can look beyond day-to-day replenishment and make a broader impact on planning performance?
At Vanderlande, we are looking for a Senior Supply Planner who combines strong demand, supply and inventory planning expertise with independent decision making, end-to-end thinking and the ability to drive structural improvement.
What you will do
As a Senior Supply Planner, you will report to the Team Leader Inbound Logistics. The Inbound Logistics team translates customer demand, business insights and system-generated forecasts into inventory and replenishment plans. The team monitors supply and demand, manages planning parameters and inventory levels, and converts replenishment requirements into Purchase Order proposals.
In this senior role, you will operate as an independent planning professional. You will validate and challenge demand and planning signals, make well-founded supply and inventory decisions, and proactively manage risks and exceptions.
You will help strengthen the team’s transition from a transactional ordering approach towards a more data-driven and forward-looking planning process. Your impact extends beyond your own portfolio: you will work across functions, drive structural improvements, coach colleagues and contribute to the further development of integrated planning and S&OP within Global Spare Parts.
Responsibilities
Your primary objective is to maximize customer availability and fill rate while balancing inventory value and minimizing obsolescence risk. You will manage and balance demand and supply, making independent planning decisions and proactively managing supply and inventory risks.
Using your planning expertise and analytical skills, you will identify root causes, improve planning performance and create alignment across the end-to-end supply chain.
Your responsibilities include:
- Managing and balancing demand and supply by challenging forecasts, demand signals and system-generated planning recommendations and translating them into inventory and replenishment plans
- Optimizing inventory and planning parameters, including safety stocks, lead times, service levels, reorder points and item classifications, while balancing availability, inventory value and obsolescence risk
- Making independent planning decisions and proactively identifying, assessing and mitigating supply and inventory risks, escalating complex issues when required
- Using data and KPIs to safeguard planning inputs and outputs, identify root causes and drive structural improvements in processes, methods and tools
- Acting as a senior planning partner across functions and levels, explaining complex issues, challenging assumptions and creating fact-based alignment
- Applying an end-to-end perspective, coaching colleagues and developing and sharing planning best practices across teams, while contributing to S&OP
About the team
As a Senior Supply Planner, you will be part of the Global Spare Parts team. The Spare Parts department has global responsibility for the marketing, procurement, sales, planning, and delivery of Vanderlande’s material handling spare parts.
The department is divided into three sub-teams:
- Logistics: responsible for supply planning, ordering, warehousing, and outbound logistics of spare parts. You will be part of this team.
- Parts Marketing and Sales Solutions: responsible for master data, product management, and sales order management and support.
- Strategy and Transformation: focused on developing strategy and executing strategy-related projects and changes.
What you bring
To be successful in this role, you combine strong planning expertise with the ability to operate independently and create impact beyond your own area of responsibility:
- A Master’s or Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, or a related field, or an equivalent level of expertise gained through relevant work experience
- 5–7 years of relevant planning experience, with a strong background in Supply Planning, Inventory Planning or a comparable planning role
- Strong knowledge of supply and inventory planning, including safety stock, lead times, service levels, reorder points, item classification and obsolescence
- Experience with Demand Planning or working closely with a Demand Planning process, including validating and challenging forecasts and translating demand insights into supply and inventory decisions
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to make independent, evidence-based planning decisions, manage risks and drive structural improvements
- An end-to-end mindset and strong stakeholder skills, with the ability to challenge constructively, influence decisions and create alignment across functions and organizational levels
- Experience in coaching colleagues, sharing planning expertise and developing or implementing best practices
- Experience with S&OP, IBP or a comparable integrated planning process is a strong advantage; experience in facilitating cross-functional planning meetings is a plus.
- Experience with Slimstock/Slim4 is desirable.
- Excellent command of the English language.
What we offer
We offer a position in an international and professional working environment with room for personal development and growth.
This position offers a competitive salary range of € 4.900 to € 5.900 gross per month (excluding 8% holiday allowance).
On top of your fixed salary, you’ll receive the following secondary benefits:
- 40 vacation days (20 statutory days and a flexible budget worth 20 days)
- Flexible working hours
- A hybrid workplace (40% working from home and 60% in the office)
- A Health & Wellbeing budget worth € 300 per calendar year.
- Commuting allowance, including full reimbursement of travel by public transport
- Working from home allowance
- Collective pension scheme and discount on additional health insurance
- On-site company health centres with a gym, physiotherapists and occupational therapists
- Vanderlande Academy and training facilities to boost your skills
- A variety in Vanderlande Network communities and initiatives
About Vanderlande
Vanderlande is a global market leader in future-proof logistic process automation for airports, parcel services, and warehouses. Our systems support some of the world's largest logistics operations, helping customers improve efficiency, reliability, and sustainability.
With more than 11,000 employees worldwide, we combine innovation, technology, and operational excellence to deliver solutions that keep the world moving.
Ready to apply?
Are you interested in this position? Apply directly via our careers page with your CV. Questions about this role? Contact Carlijn Kneepkens (Recruiter) at [email protected].
Diversity & inclusion
Vanderlande is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. Qualified applicants will be considered without regards to race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, or disability status.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, or a related field, or equivalent relevant work experience
- 5-7 years of relevant planning experience
- Strong background in supply planning, inventory planning, or a comparable planning role
- Strong knowledge of safety stock, lead times, service levels, reorder points, item classification, and obsolescence
- Experience with demand planning or working closely with demand planning processes
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Ability to make independent, evidence-based planning decisions and manage risks
- End-to-end mindset and strong stakeholder management skills
- Ability to constructively challenge assumptions, influence decisions, and create cross-functional alignment
- Experience coaching colleagues and developing or implementing planning best practices
- Experience with S&OP, IBP, or a comparable integrated planning process
- Experience facilitating cross-functional planning meetings
- Experience with Slimstock/Slim4
- Excellent command of English
Vanderlande Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is described as comprehensive, with day‑one eligibility in many U.S. roles and employer‑paid protections that reduce out‑of‑pocket exposure. Feedback suggests medical, dental, and vision are a clear strength.
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Retirement Support — Retirement offerings include a 401(k) with company match and immediate vesting in the U.S. Feedback suggests this forms a solid pillar of the total rewards package.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Paid time off, sick leave, and paid holidays are characterized as generous relative to peers. Compressed workweek options in some roles further support time away and recovery.
Vanderlande Insights
What We Do
Vanderlande is the global market leader for future-proof logistic process automation at airports. The company is also a leading supplier of process automation solutions for warehouses and in the parcel market. Vanderlande’s baggage handling systems are capable of moving over 4 billion pieces of baggage around the world per year. Its systems are active in more than 600 airports including 12 of the world’s top 20. More than 52 million parcels are sorted by its systems every day, which have been installed for the world’s leading parcel companies. In addition, many of the largest global e-commerce players and retailers have confidence in Vanderlande’s efficient and reliable solutions. The company focuses on the optimisation of its customers’ business processes and competitive positions. Through close cooperation, it strives for the improvement of their operational activities and the expansion of their logistical achievements. Vanderlande’s extensive portfolio of integrated solutions – innovative systems, intelligent software and life-cycle services – results in the realisation of fast, reliable and efficient automation technology. Established in 1949, Vanderlande has more than 7,500 employees, all committed to moving its customers’ businesses forward at diverse locations on every continent. With a consistently increasing turnover of 1.8 billion euros, it has established a global reputation over the past seven decades as a highly reliable partner for future-proof logistic process automation. Vanderlande was acquired in 2017 by Toyota Industries Corporation, which will help it to continue its sustainable profitable growth. The two companies have a strong strategic match, and the synergies include cross-selling, product innovations, and research and development.
