Planning and Fulfillment Manager - Transformers HUB Europe

The Opportunity

We are looking for a Planning & Fulfillment Manager - Transformers Hub Europe to join our European Planning & Fulfillment HUB, supporting operations across Italy, Spain, Germany, Poland, Finland, and Sweden.

In this role, you will take ownership of planning, procurement, and fulfillment activities across a complex, multi-site manufacturing environment. You will lead a small core team while working in a matrix structure, driving alignment across factories and strengthening Planning & Fulfillment maturity - particularly within Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP).

You will act as a key connector between sites and stakeholders, ensuring consistent processes, strong collaboration, and reliable execution across the value chain. The role is based in a hybrid setup and involves regular travel across Europe.

How you'll make an impact

• You lead and continuously improve planning, procurement, and fulfillment processes across the European Transformers Hub, ensuring alignment across multiple sites.
• You review and guide the unconstrained demand plan and contribute to finished goods optimization, improving demand accuracy and strengthening the alignment between load and capacity.
• You facilitate and drive S&OP processes with local teams, ensuring consistency with global guidelines and improving overall planning maturity.
• You define and implement planning governance, tools, and KPIs, creating structure and transparency across the organization.
• You work closely with factories to strengthen SAP usage and improve data quality, enabling better decision-making and process reliability.
• You support improvements in work preparation and production readiness, ensuring smoother execution and reduced operational disruptions.
• You clarify roles and responsibilities across Planning & Fulfillment teams and foster effective communication across the value chain.
• You coach and develop local teams, enabling proactive communication and structured responses to customer and operational challenges.
• You guide teams from reactive firefighting toward preventive, process-driven ways of working.
• You act as an orchestrator across factories and stakeholders, aligning priorities and ensuring execution in a complex, international matrix environment.
• You support crisis situations by driving structured countermeasures and ensuring sustainable, root-cause-based solutions.
• You contribute to digitalization and continuous improvement initiatives within Planning & Fulfillment.

• You have proven experience in Planning & Fulfillment management within a complex manufacturing environment.
• You have worked in Engineering-to-Order and/or Make-to-Order industries.
• You understand factory operations and bring hands-on experience or exposure to production environments.
• You are able to operate at a senior level - setting direction, implementing processes, and influencing outcomes across functions.
• You have experience working across multiple sites and in international environments.
• You communicate confidently and effectively with stakeholders at different levels, including leadership.
• You have experience working with SAP or a similar ERP system.
• You are fluent in English, both written and spoken.
• You prioritize effectively, take ownership, and maintain a structured and solution-oriented approach to your work.
• You collaborate well across functions and cultures and contribute to building strong, aligned teams.
• You pay attention to detail and focus on delivering sustainable, high-quality solutions.