Are you working as a professional in the supply chain environment and ready for a next step? Are you the right person to join our challenging journey to expand and innovate our supply chains? Do you have a Bachelor or Master Degree in Supply Chain Management and do you like working in an high tech international environment? We would love to meet you!
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Bram Frings, Recruitment, bram.frings@cpp.canon
Supply Chain Engineer
32-40 hours per week, hybrid in Venlo (NL)
Supply Chain Engineer
Canon Production Printing develops, produces and distributes high-end printing systems. The consumables department is responsible for the availability of consumables like toner, ink, printheads and expendables which are needed to keep those systems printing at our customers. The supply chain management department consists of over 20 supply chain engineers and supply chain planners which work in teams to support the various factories and product lines.
Your Role as Supply Chain Engineer
Within Canon Production Printing we have the ambition to act more and more as a Controltower, making sure the demand and supply are in balance to guarantee optimal performance towards our end-customers. This means not only close contact with suppliers and production, but also continuous cooperation with the next echelon in our supply chain: Canon Regions. For the EMEA region the forecasting and planning process is even within Canon Production Printing. Other responsibilities are:
- Timely signal bottlenecks and find solutions which you realize with other functions
- Secure availability of raw-materials and end products together with your colleagues and suppliers
- Work closely together with your SCM colleagues, procurement, production(engineering), quality assurance, R&D, IT, Business Units, suppliers and customers (f.e. Canon Regional headquarters)
- Take care of the supply chain management aspects of new product introductions, engineering changes and the phase-in/ phase-out
- Initiate and lead improvements to processes and systems, in line with lean manufacturing concepts, inventory and process optimization.
This position is based in Venlo.
When reviewing regional demand forecasts, you see an increase in demand, while reported usage is not yet confirming a trend. Together with the business unit expected demand is verified and an updated demand plan is agreed for the next 12 months, anticipating demand increase. You prepared 2 scenario’s for decision making: one with a steep ramp-up and soonest switch from 2 to 3 shifts and one with a gradual increase that could mean a longer period with lower inventory and no shelf-life risk. After decision making you adjust the raw material plan and together with procurement discuss the increased plan with main suppliers
What you bring
We are looking for someone with strong analytical, organizational and communicative skills. You have proven experience with problem solving and are a structured, well organized team player. Furthermore, you meet the following requirements:
- Bachelor or Master degree in Supply Chain Management
- At least 5 years experience in a similar role within a manufacturing organization
- Experience with LEAN manufacturing, inbound planning and supplier management
- Knowledge of and experience with lean concepts like value stream mapping, flow/pull, Kanban, kaizen, heijunka, didov and dmaic approaches.
- Good knowledge of SAP
- Outstanding interpersonal and communication skills to build your network enabling you to be successful
- Good communication and presentation skills in Dutch and English.
- Full time availability
What you’ll get from us
Besides this challenging working environment, you will receive an interesting package of employment conditions:
- A competitive salary (range €3.900- €5.550 gross per month)
- 38 vacation days
- 13th month bonus (8.6%) until end of 2026 paid either monthly or yearly. As of 1 January 2027 the 13th-month bonus will be discontinued, which means that as of that date the 13th-month bonus will be fully converted to the (scale) salary.
- Holiday allowance (8%)
- Commuting allowance
- Hybrid working for a healthy work-life balance
- A huge range of training and professional development opportunities
- A laptop and smartphone
- An interesting lease (e-)bike plan