Production Planner

Productio Planner (strong hands-on experience SAP (S4HANA))

As Production Planner, you are the backbone of on-time delivery on our Halle site. You translate our project portfolio into a realistic, capacity- and material-driven production plan, and you give the whole organisation a clear, forward-looking view of what is coming, when it is coming, and what stands in the way. You anticipate rather than react: you see shortages, bottlenecks and critical path risks before they reach the shop floor, and you make sure production, project management and supply chain are always working from the same picture.

Key responsibilities

Production & project planning

· Build and maintain the integrated production plan for all assembly projects, aligned with project milestones, gates and committed delivery dates.

· Sequence and prioritise work across pre-assembly and assembly, balancing capacity constraints and material availability.

· Continuously keep the plan realistic and up to date, and re-plan proactively when scope, priorities or timing change.

Capacity planning

· Plan and level-load the available capacity (people, floor space) across the different assembly phases.

· Identify overloads, bottlenecks and idle capacity early, and propose corrective actions with Operations.

Material availability

· Safeguard material readiness for every production and assembly phase; run structured shortage checks and act on them.

· Work closely with Supply Chain to resolve shortages and align delivery dates before they impact assembly.

· Coordinate material picking and delivery sequencing with the warehouse so the right parts are ready at the right moment.

SAP & planning data

· Work closely with the production manager on managing the production orders and keep the production order book clean and reliable.

· Work with the production preparation team on maintaining accurate planning master data: routings, lead times and order dates as the foundation for trustworthy MRP output.

· Use SAP as the single source of truth and drive data discipline across the operational teams.

Visibility, critical path & anticipation

· Give clear, up-to-date visibility on the next assembly and production phases and on the critical path of each project.

· Anticipate upcoming work, flag risks and constraints in advance, and trigger the right decisions early.

· Translate a complex plan into simple, visual overviews that any stakeholder (production, PMs, supply chain, validation etc.) can read immediately.

Coordination & communication

· Act as the central planning point of contact between Project Management, Production, Warehouse, Validation and Supply Chain.

· Lead the recurring planning and shortage meetings; align priorities, sequencing and commitments across departments.

· Assess the impact of engineering and scope changes on the schedule and communicate the consequences clearly.

Performance & continuous improvement

· Track and report on planning KPIs such as schedule adherence, on-time delivery and work-in-progress.

· Drive continuous improvement of the planning process, tools and ways of working.

Profile

· Bachelor or Master degree in supply chain management, industrial engineering, logistics or equivalent by experience.

· Several years of experience in production or project planning, ideally in project-based and CTO/ETO manufacturing (machine building).

· Strong, hands-on SAP experience (S4HANA), this is essential to the role.

· Comfortable with planning tools and Excel; experience with MS Power platform is a plus.

· Analytical and structured, with a proven talent for turning complex plans into clear, visual overviews.

· A strong communicator and connector who keeps multiple departments aligned and moving in the same direction.

· Pragmatic, proactive and hands-on, you take ownership and drive things forward rather than wait.

· Fluent in Dutch and English; French is a plus.