Freelance S&OP Specialist – Brussels
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Freelance S&OP Specialist – Brussels
Location: Brussels, Belgium
Duration: 6 months
Contract: Freelance
Industry: Pharmaceutical
About the Role
Our client, a leading pharmaceutical company, is looking for an experienced S&OP Specialist to join their Supply Chain team in Brussels on a 6-month freelance assignment.
The successful candidate will play a key role in supporting and improving the Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) process, ensuring alignment between demand, supply, production, and business objectives. This is an excellent opportunity for a hands-on supply chain professional to contribute to a dynamic pharmaceutical environment and help drive planning excellence.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage and coordinate the end-to-end S&OP process across demand planning, supply planning, and business stakeholders.
- Lead and support monthly S&OP meetings, ensuring clear communication and alignment between departments.
- Collaborate with Demand Planning, Supply Planning, Production, Procurement, Logistics and Commercial teams.
- Analyse demand forecasts, supply capacity, inventory levels and potential supply constraints.
- Identify supply chain risks, gaps, and opportunities, providing recommendations to improve planning accuracy and service levels.
- Prepare and consolidate S&OP reports, dashboards, and performance KPIs for management review.
- Support scenario planning and what-if analysis to assess the impact of demand changes, capacity constraints and supply disruptions.
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives across the S&OP and Integrated Business Planning processes.
- Ensure effective communication of planning decisions and follow-up on agreed actions.
- Support the implementation or optimisation of supply chain planning tools and processes where required.
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience in S&OP, IBP, Supply Chain Planning, or a related supply chain function.
- Strong understanding of demand planning, supply planning, inventory management, and production planning.
- Experience coordinating cross-functional planning processes and stakeholder meetings.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to translate data into actionable business decisions.
- Experience with SAP, SAP IBP, APO, or comparable supply chain planning systems is a strong advantage.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Ability to work independently and take ownership of deliverables within a freelance assignment.
- Fluent English is required. French and/or Dutch is an advantage.
Details
- Location: Brussels, Belgium
- Duration: 6 months
- Contract: Freelance
- Start date: ASAP
- Working arrangement: Hybrid, with regular presence in Brussels