Morgan Latif is a specialist leadership search & development consultancy. We help our clients across the Medical & Dental Technology, Packaging, Consumer, E-mobility, and Industrial Technology sectors to deliver on their transformation and diversity goals. Our mission is to combine traditional recruitment and coaching methods with new technology, to provide a tailored and innovative solution to our clients and candidates.
Position Overview
Morgan Latif has been exclusively retained by a global client within the Industrial Technology sector to appoint a team build out of Strategic Supply Chain Planners across various key sites in Germany. This pivotal role will be instrumental in shaping a resilient, forward-thinking planning strategy across multiple production sites.
This is a highly visible position that serves as a central interface between Product Management, Supply Chain, Production, Purchasing, and Sales. The successful candidate will drive long-term, integrated planning with a focus on transparency, capacity balancing, and sustainable delivery capability.
Key Responsibilities
* Align demand and capacity planning across sites as part of a robust Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) process.
* Coordinate inputs from Sales, Production, and Purchasing to support cross-functional decision-making.
* Identify and mitigate supply risks while managing buffer stocks and lead times.
* Collaborate closely with production teams to ensure feasible capacity and resource allocation.
* Contribute to strategic site planning through capacity analysis within various Centers of Competence (CoCs).
* Support outsourcing and make-or-buy strategies in cooperation with Purchasing and Production.
* Enable long-term capacity planning to inform investment and resource decisions.
* Actively participate in the New Product Introduction (NPI) process by providing planning and SCM input from early stages.
* Develop and enhance cross-divisional planning tools and models to improve efficiency and data integration.
Qualifications & Experience
* Degree in Industrial Engineering, Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, or a related field.
* Solid experience in production planning, supply chain, or strategic planning within industrial sectors such as defence, aerospace, automotive, or mechanical engineering.
* Confident with planning KPIs, capacity models, and supply chain performance metrics.
* Understanding of simultaneous engineering and development cycles and their impact on SCM.
* Strong analytical and coordination skills across cross-functional and multi-site teams.
* Experience using ERP and advanced planning tools (e.g. SAP, APS systems).
* Fluent in German and English (spoken and written).
We look forward to receiving your application. Please note that, due to the high volume of applications we receive, we’re unfortunately unable to respond to each one individually.