Supply Chain Engineer

Great opportunity for someone looking for a 1st or 2nd step in their career! We are looking for a Supply Chain Engineer who will be responsible for developing and implementing state-of-the-art Supply Chain solutions within the Spare Parts Planning department of Canon Production Printing

Questions about this position?

Bram Frings, Recruitment, +316 - 29693168 / bram.frings@cpp.canon

Supply Chain Engineer Spare Parts

32-40 hours per week, hybrid in Venlo (NL)

What you will do

As Supply Chain Engineer at Canon Production Printing you will analyze the current logistics processes and make them more effective and efficient. You are at the heart of the organization and ensure that both long-term and short-term objectives are met. With your strong analytical and organizational skills, you are able to timely identify bottlenecks, deploy the right colleagues, devise solutions and implement them.

In this role you will have a lot of contact with colleagues from the departments Supply Chain Management Machines, Purchasing, Production, R&D, Service and also with external suppliers.

An example

One of our suppliers of spare parts has a disruption in the supply chain which endangers the availability of service parts for our service technicians and thus the up-time of our printers at the end customers. Together with your colleague from procurement you will investigate what is going on and what the impact will be for the global supply chain. You will define crash actions to secure the supply of the service parts. Once resolved, you will also look how to improve this supply chain structurally, depending on the life cycle phase of this product. When the service demand decreases, you will work with the logistics planners to optimize stocks and improve process where needed.

Who you will be working with

You will become part of a team of 14 people who can't wait for you to start. Together we are responsible for the setup and optimal Supply Chain planning of spare parts for our printers. The team consists of both Supply Chain planners and Supply Chain engineers, each with their own part responsibility but with the same objective; good delivery reliability for our customers at the lowest possible cost and optimal inventory levels.

What you bring

You are an analytically strong, proactive team player. You easily make connections and are able to convince others. In your work you always keep an overview and go for the best result. You are and stay up to date with developments in the constantly changing Supply Chain market.

• Completed Bachelor or Master education in the direction of Supply Chain Management or Industrial Engineering or similar.
• As an Bachelor, at least 2 years of experience in the field of inventory control, production planning, logistics projects, or supply chain optimization
• As a Master you may also be an ambitious starter
• Looking for an international organization with complex logistics challenges and an environment where you will be challenged to realize logistics solutions
• Demonstrable knowledge of Excel and SAP
• Knowledge of Business Warehouse is an advantage
• Excellent command of Dutch and English in word and writing.

What you get from us

In addition to a challenging work environment and your regular income, you will receive the following fringe benefits:

• A competitive salary (3,620 - 5,175 gross per month)
• 38 vacation days
• Fixed 13th month (8.6%), vacation pay (8%) and commuting allowance
• Possibility of hybrid working for a healthy work-life balance
• A wide range of training and professional development opportunities

About Canon Production Printing
Canon Production Printing develops and manufactures high-tech printing products and workflow software for the commercial printing market and is part of Canon, a global provider of imaging technologies and services. Canon Production Printing operates on three continents, with approximately 3300 employees (end 2022) and has its global headquarters in Venlo, the Netherlands.

Further information about Canon Production Printing is available at cpp.canon.