Key Responsibilities:
• Consolidate and validate data from SAP, Excel, and operational reports to support production planning activities.
• Develop and maintain reports and dashboards for backlog, material shortages, production readiness, capacity utilization, and on-time delivery.
• Support the automation of recurring reports using Excel, Power Query, Power BI, and, where applicable
• Assist in identifying material constraints affecting production order release and schedule execution.
• Track action items and coordinate status updates with Planning, Purchasing, Production, and Shipping.
• Identify data discrepancies and opportunities to simplify reporting processes.
• Document reporting procedures and support continuous improvement initiatives.
• Learn production planning processes and progressively support routine planning activities under supervision.
• Strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and willingness to learn.
• Proficiency in Excel, including pivot tables, lookup functions, and data management.
• Familiarity with Power BI or Power Query is preferred.
• Interest in manufacturing, production planning, and process improvement.
• Ability to communicate effectively and collaborate across functions.
• Intermediate English, with the ability to read documentation and communicate basic status updates.
Skills Required
- Strong analytical skills and attention to detail
- Willingness to learn
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including pivot tables, lookup functions, and data management
- Familiarity with Microsoft Power BI or Power Query
- Interest in manufacturing, production planning, and process improvement
- Ability to communicate effectively and collaborate across functions
- Intermediate English proficiency for reading documentation and communicating basic status updates
What We Do
Looking to make your move? Then you’ve come to the right place! We are the KION Group, and the world of intralogistics is our home. Our solutions ensure the smooth flow of materials and information in production plants, warehouses, and distribution centers in over 100 countries. We have around 41,000 employees who make a real difference, helping us to become who we are today: the biggest manufacturer of forklift trucks and warehouse handling equipment in Europe, and one of the world’s leading warehouse automation providers. Successful? We are, but it’s all down to the motivated, highly trained, and multi-talented people that work for us. Would you like to be part of an international, diverse team? We can offer you interesting jobs and exciting career opportunities in an innovative, rapidly-growing, and forward-looking industry. With us, you benefit from numerous development opportunities in a globally active group, including the possibility of working at one of our locations abroad on a temporary basis. No matter which of our sites you work at, the KION values—integrity, collaboration, courage, and excellence—shape our individual action and our collaboration with colleagues, managers, customers, suppliers, and applicants both nationally and internationally. Who makes up the KION Group? With our international brands Linde Material Handling, STILL, and Baoli, as well as regional brands Fenwick and OM, we stand for exceptional technology and service expertise for forklift trucks and warehouse handling equipment around the world. Dematic expands the portfolio with its automated material handling solutions for intralogistics processes in warehouses, production, and sales
