Customer Demand Planner (f/m)

Job description

Customer Demand Planner (f/m)

Airbus Hamburg

Airbus is a global leader in aeronautics, space and related services. In 2017, it generated revenues of € 67 billion and employed a workforce of around 130,000. Airbus offers the most comprehensive range of passenger airliners from 100 to more than 600 seats. Airbus is also a European leader providing tanker, combat, transport and mission aircraft, as well as Europe's number one space enterprise and the world's second largest space business. In helicopters, Airbus provides the most efficient civil and military rotorcraft solutions worldwide.

Our people work with passion and determination to make the world a more connected, safer and smarter place. Taking pride in our work, we draw on each other's expertise and experience to achieve excellence. Our diversity and teamwork culture propel us to accomplish the extraordinary - on the ground, in the sky and in space.

Description of the job

We are looking for a Customer Demand Planner (f/m) within Satair (a 100% subsidiary of Airbus) in Hamburg Fuhlsbüttel to join the “Demand Planning” team at the earliest possible start date.

Your responsibilities will focus on the Demand Planning scope for our Satair Services – securing Service Levels and supporting Commercial campaigns with a focus on Material Inventory Planning for Integrated Material Services and Customer Solutions, and ensuring a successful handover of consolidated demand forecast inputs towards Operational Planning.

Desired profile

Tasks & accountabilities

What can you expect?

·  Managing Material Planning activities for allocated customers: from supporting the creation of commercial business cases, to preparing the scope and preparing Entry Into Service (EIS), through to securing in-service planning operations, in-line with the contracts
·  Being responsible for respective customer inventories and for the allocation to appropriate storage locations, balancing Service and 'other business' commitments
·  Creating Service Reports per customer compared to the contractual KPIs (i.e. Service Level and Inventory), in-line with the overall governance of Strategic Planning
·  Working closely with the on-site Local Planners to forecast material requirements on the customer level
·  Supporting the training and on-boarding of Local Planners
·  Carrying out service forecast consolidations and Economy of Scale realization to drive service performance optimisation and improvements

This job requires an awareness of any potential compliance risks and a commitment to act with integrity, as the foundation for the Company's success, reputation and sustainable growth.

Required skills

What do you bring?

·  University degree in Engineering/Business Administration or similar, ideally with a focus on Supply Chain or Logistics
·  Initial experience in supply chain is required
·  Ideally, experience in a technical environment within After Sales and/or Engineering and/or Aerospace
·  Technical knowledge of aircrafts would be a plus
·  Solid knowledge of MS Office and SAP, ideally SAP R3 knowledge of data analytics and programming languages (such as Python) is desirable
·  Knowledge of databases (such as Access, Oracle, Dispo Cockpit) is desirable
·  Very good communication skills with the ability to work cross-functionally in a diverse, international team in an operational as well as a project setting
·  Negotiation level in English is required, German language skills would be a plus

This role will involve some travel for business once to twice per year worldwide for on-site campaign support (primarily during the Service launch) and, as such, you must be able to travel accordingly.