Regional Feedstock Planner

Regional Feedstock Planner - 60% Capacity

Requisition ID

# of Openings

1

Position Type

Regular Full-Time

Location

CH-Schaffhausen

Your Role at Cabot

You will contribute to feedstock planning and supply, ensuring that feedstock needs in the EMEA region are met on time and in full. You will arrange transportation and reception of feedstock, taking responsibility for landed costs. Additionally, you will handle supporting administrative activities and collaborate with Accounts Payable (AP), Accounts Receivable (AR), Controlling, and other internal stakeholders.

How You Will Make an Impact

• Determines and consolidates the needs from all plants in the region with a detailed adjusted short-term delivery program in alignment with supply chain planning and plant scheduling. Coordinates detailed quantities and delivery dates with suppliers.
• Manages transportation and reception of feedstock according to contractual terms. If needed, arranges transportation, port clearance, survey, quality control and custom clearance.
• Negotiates contracts with service providers on a regional level and assumes full responsibility for landing cost according to delegation of authority.
• Receives, checks and stores paperwork of feedstock deliveries and shares relevant information with other function within Cabot (B/L, invoices, T2L, surveyor reports etc.).
• Responsible for monthly and quarterly reporting to various internal functions according to feedstock procedures. Performs monthly, quarterly and annual close processes. Recommends and develops processes to enhance the efficiency of the close process.
• Performs monthly, quarterly and annual close processes. Develops standard and specialized reports and statements for the following: ledgers and preparation of journal entries; inventory accounting; FSK cost accounting; or FSK consolidations; trend/analysis information.
• Evaluates supplier performance and reports findings pertaining to elimination or reduction of costs, as well as other relevant metrics and statistics. Analyzes trends and identifies opportunities for additional efficiencies.
• Provides training to others. Organizational structure may require feedstock planner to play a lead role at certain locations, providing work leadership and guidance.
• Ensures compliance with purchasing ethics, (US) Sarbanes-Oxley legislation, REACH, corporate standards, values, audit rules, laws, etc.

What You Will Bring to Cabot

• 3-5 years of practical experience in manufacturing or trading environment.
• Fluent in English and German language skills, written and verbal.
• Knowledge of accounting principles and usage of financial statements; receivables, payables, cost accounting, internal controls, auditing, financial reporting and usage of financial statements.
• Ability to articulate ideas convincingly, negotiate, and provide solutions to complex problems, as well as instruct and provide work guidance to others.
• Ability to plan and prioritize a variety of activities, with attention to detail and good follow-through skills.
• Computer literate (MS Office, Lotus Notes, Finance module of an ERP system with Oracle application).

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About Cabot

Cabot Corporation (NYSE: CBT) is a leading global specialty chemicals and performance materials company headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

Our businesses deliver a broad range of products and solutions to customers in every corner of the globe, serving the transportation, infrastructure, environment and consumer industry sectors. We bring the power of innovative chemistry to solve customers' challenges today while preparing them to meet tomorrow's needs. Our commitment to innovation is driven by a passion to advance our customers' businesses through our deep understanding of their applications and the global trends that impact their operations.

Innovation that drives sustainability

Many of the world's greatest sustainability challenges are fundamentally chemistry problems. We can convert the mobility sector from internal combustion engines to electric vehicles, but this requires batteries with greater range and lower cost. This is fundamentally a chemistry challenge. We can have a zero-energy building, but this requires high performance insulation, efficient solar panels, and energy storage solutions. Each of these are fundamentally chemistry challenges.

At Cabot, we bring the power of innovative chemistry and a spirit of partnership with our customers to advance solutions that will enable a sustainable future. Our strength in research and development is a major reason why we have been an industry leader for more than 135 years in products such as reinforcing and specialty carbons, battery materials, aerogel, fumed metal oxides, inkjet colorants, masterbatches and conductive compounds.

Our employees around the world are united by our shared purpose: Creating materials that improve daily life and enable a more sustainable future. Through our corporate strategy, "Creating for Tomorrow," we are focused on our core strengths to lead in performance and sustainability – today and into the future.

EEO/AA Employer/Vet/Disabled/RC14001

Realizing we function better together than individually, Cabot Corporation is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to fostering an inclusive culture that embraces our differences and to empower employees to achieve exceptional results, without consideration of sex, race, color, religion, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, marital or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other legally protected categories. This includes providing reasonable accommodation for employees' and applicants' disabilities or religious beliefs and practices, in accordance with applicable law.

Cabot is committed to supporting and maintaining a safe and environmentally focused working environment. All employees are expected to uphold this commitment in every position.

Nondiscrimination Policy with Respect to Discussion of Pay

This is to advise that it is the policy of Cabot Corporation not to discharge or in any other manner discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because such employee or applicant has inquired about, discussed, or disclosed the compensation of the employee or applicant or another employee or applicant. This policy, however, shall not apply to instances in which an employee who has access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as part of that employee's essential job functions (such as in payroll or HR) discloses the compensation of such other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to such information, unless that disclosure is in response to a formal complaint or charge, in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing or other action, including an investigation conducted by Cabot, or otherwise as required by law.

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