Overview
Job Purpose and Summary
Canon is the world’s best imaging company and a leading global brand – driven to enrich people’s lives and businesses with innovative products and smart digital solutions. We are an international company that values diversity & inclusion by being respectful, seeing the world as others do and transforming it for the better. We strive to create a diverse and empowered workforce that reflects all the communities we serve.
Role and Department
Canon Europa has over 800 000 devices in the field that require maintenance. To ensure that our Service Engineers have sufficient availability of service parts, we manage an extensive service parts network of central and local warehouses as well as field stock. The European Service Parts department (ESPM) is daily managing the Forecast-to-Pay process to balance availability, speed of supply, and costs for 80k+ parts.
We are looking for an energetic and experienced Planner to be a part of the Canon Service Supply Chain team. In this role, you will be responsible for the supply of service-parts in Europe to our engineers, partners and repair centers. Having the right parts at the right place, at the right time, without overstock, is key in balancing the service levels with minimal downtime of our equipment, which is why planning and the collaboration with our suppliers is crucial.
What we give
As a Supply Chain Planner, you will be responsible for:
- Managing the supply planning and ordering process from suppliers on a weekly basis;
- Optimizing inventory levels based on demand and cost of operations;
- Collaborating with pan-European teams and suppliers stakeholders to achieve KPIs;
- Thorough analysis, targeting improvement opportunities, and taking action to drive improvement;
- Proposing and implementing process and tool enhancements to improve demand forecast accuracy;
- Defining and demonstrating continuous improvement to meet targets and KPIs.
What we ask
For this role, the profile we are looking for is:
- Minimum Bachelor-level education or equivalent in a relevant field;
- 3-5 years of experience in a similar position;
- Excellent numerical and analytical skills;
- Assertive team player with problem solving mind set;
- Ability to work independently and with minimal guidance;
- Fluent Business English (both written and spoken);
- Comfortable working with different systems and ICT solutions (e.g. Oracle, Power BI, Sharepoint, etc.);
You will need
In addition to a competitive salary and working within an inspiring international environment, you will be eligible for the following benefits in this role:
-Performance-based bonus of 12,5%
-31 days holiday per year
-Pension plan
-Bicycle plan
-Staff discount on Canon products Extensive employee discount platform with various companies
-Full coverage of your public transport costs and partially car costs
-Flexible working policy
Canon champions hybrid working with and a flexible working policy. You will be part of an energetic and innovative environment with more than 50 different nationalities! Lastly you will find that Canon encourages continuous Learning and Development with a wide range of resources and support available on demand.
Does this seem like a great fit for your career expectations? Then we are excited to hear from you! Even if you don't meet all the qualifications we still encourage you to apply.
Job Family: Operations General
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Further information
We are looking for a customer oriented, delivery-focused professional who is a true team player and really enjoys creating solutions to problems. You have an impeccable high standard of accuracy, which will benefit you in planning, analysis, and maintenance of master data. You don't stop at proposing solutions, you also create and manage the action plan to implement the solution, and monitor that all stakeholders are following your guidelines.
