Production Planner

**Production Planner**:
**Join Oterra in making natural food and beverages easy, for a sustainable and healthy world.**:

- Headquartered in Denmark, with production sites in Europe, Latin America, and the US, we’re a passionate team of over 1400 team members in 30 countries worldwide, serving 120 markets globally. As the leading worldwide provider of natural colors, we offer food and beverage manufacturers an alternative to artificial colors. Food and health are at the heart of everything we do and every day over 400 million people eat a product with our colors in it. We believe that nature got it right the first time._

**Meet your new team**
You will join our Supply Planning team located in Avedøre, close to Copenhagen. The Supply Planning team is responsible for production planning and procurement for our Danish site. We believe that a good work environment is essential, and we encourage open communication and transparency. We have a pragmatic, continuous improvement, and customer-oriented mindset where our main goal is to secure the best plan and execution for the production site and our customers.

**What would your role look like?**
As a production planner, you will be responsible for the production planning of our production site in Denmark. You will collaborate with many cross-functional team members, so your ability to communicate effectively and in a timely manner is important.

**Duties and responsibilities**:

- Determine the production plan and schedule taking into consideration material availability, equipment capacity, and staffing.
- Daily coordination with production to secure the production plan execution.
- Determine long-term capacity overview with a focus on risk mitigation.
- Monthly coordination with Regional Demand planners to understand demand and impact on plant capacity.
- Secure healthy inventory levels (finished and semi-finished materials).
- Develop and maintain cross-functional partnerships to identify improvement opportunities and implement successful change.

**Who are we looking for?**
We are looking for an ambitious planner, who prioritizes optimization and automation. The nature of our business is fast-moving, so it is important that you enjoy working in a dynamic environment, where you will be challenged. You have excellent coordination skills, are a team player, and provide excellent planning skills. You have a structured approach to busy workdays and deadlines, are proactive, flexible, focused on solutions, and have a sense of urgency.

**Experience and skills required**
- 2+ years experience with planning
- Academic background in Supply Chain or related field of operations.
- Strong proficiency in MS Office (Excel, Powerpoint, Power BI)
- Analytical skills (mathematics, statistics, and problem-solving)
- Communication skills in English and Danish are mandatory.

**What can we offer?**
We can offer an exciting opportunity in an ambitious organization, where commitment is strong, and where we work with the purpose of improving our processes and results. We have an informal tone, and put a high value on teamwork, working together, and transparency.
- Pension and Health Insurance
- Competitive compensation package
- Canteen
- Continuous opportunities for learning and career progression
- Free onsite parking
- Social workplace with Friday breakfasts, plus many social activities such as DHL and sports days.
- Employee discounts on a range of attractions and products

Start: As soon as possible, with regards of the notice period.
- Application Deadline:
- Job ID: 1820- Location: Avedoere, DK- Job Posting Function: Supply Chain (logistics procurement)