Planning Manager

vor 1 Woche

Volketswil, Zürich, Schweiz Givaudan SA Vollzeit

Join us and celebrate the beauty of human experience. Create for happier, healthier lives, with love for nature. Together, with kindness, humility, and a spirit of adventure, we deliver food innovations, craft inspired fragrances and develop beauty and wellbeing solutions. There's much to learn from our 79 production sites worldwide, known for their best-in-class processes and procedures. There's many to learn from, with high-performing leaders and caring colleagues to explore ideas and ambitions with. Every day, your energy, your personality, and your determination will shape our future, making a positive difference on billions of people. Every essence of you enriches our world. We are Givaudan. Human by nature.  

Givaudan Active Beauty offers a portfolio of new active cosmetic ingredients designed to bring beauty to the world. Inspired by the beauty needs of consumers worldwide, Active Beauty offers award-winning products for an expanded range of benefits including anti-ageing, self-tanning, soothing, hydrating, cooling, and more. Our modern technologies draw on science and nature to create inspired molecules and functional agents, including customized carrier systems. Part of the Fragrance Division, Active Beauty leads the market in creating products supported by our expertise in advanced and applied sciences.

As a Planning Manager (m/f/d) for our Active Beauty production site in Volketswil you will be reporting to the Site Manager Operations with a dotted line to the Global Supply Chain Manager Active Beauty.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Lead the production planning for the full site by planning, controlling and monitoring the production of assigned product groups in line with deadlines and costs.

  • Supervise and coordinate the local buyer.

  • Develop and implement detailed production plans across all product groups.

  • Manage site inventory counts for all products including monthly reporting.

  • Oversee slow-moving and obsolete stock, including discontinuations.

  • Collaborate regularly with the demand planner to review and adjust monthly forecasts.

  • Maintain material master data in SAP; support other colleagues in other SAP modules.

  • Release production orders, monitor progress, and incorporate changes as needed.

  • Actively contribute to Continuous Improvement initiatives to reduce throughput time, optimize capacity, lower costs, and eliminate sources of error.

  • Participate in monthly global planner meetings to stay updated on system enhancements.

You?

  • Bachelor's degree in engineering or related field.

  • Minimum 5 years' experience in production and/or supply chain.

  • People management experience (1–2 years minimum).

  • Solid knowledge of production planning, scheduling, and capacity management.

  • Basic familiarity with ERP systems (SAP preferred).

  • APICS certification a plus.

  • Strong analytical mindset and passion for planning and scheduling processes.

  • Proven ability to communicate effectively across multiple levels in a matrix organization.

  • Experience in Continuous Improvement methodologies (e.g., Lean, Six Sigma) valued.

  • Fluent in German and English; French is an advantage.

Your benefits in Volketswil:

  • Excellent opportunities for progressive learning and development

  • 40 hour working week with flexible working model

  • Additional paid days off

  • Favorable pension fund contributions

  • You benefit from a discounted catering offer (incl. lunch)

  • Sport and leisure club

  • Discounts at the company shop

  • Free Staff Parking

  • Subsidized: REKA vouchers and SBB half fare travelcard

  • Complimentary beverages (tea, coffee, water)

  • Worldwide private accident coverage and free choice of hospital


At Givaudan, you contribute to delightful taste and scent experiences that touch people's lives.

You work within an inspiring teamwork culture – where you can thrive, collaborate and learn from other talented and passionate people across disciplines, regions and divisions.

Every essence of you enriches our world.

Diversity drives innovation and creates closer connections with our employees, customers and partners.

Givaudan embraces diversity and is committed to building an inclusive environment where everyone impacts our world.

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