Master Planner

This is how you make an impact as a Master Planner

You are an experienced planner who effortlessly maintains oversight in a complex production environment. You thrive on optimizing processes, creating the right balance between demand and capacity, and achieving reliable delivery performance. Thanks to your analytical mindset and proactive approach, you identify challenges early and turn them into smart solutions.

As a Master Planner, you are responsible for developing, monitoring, and optimizing the mid- and long-term production plan. You ensure optimal alignment between customer demand, production capacity, material availability, and both strategic and operational objectives. In doing so, you play a key role in maintaining an efficient supply chain, achieving high customer satisfaction, and successfully delivering innovative high-tech projects. With your expertise, you make a daily impact on organizational performance and delivery reliability for our customers.

This is what we offer you as a Master Planner

At Neways, you will have the opportunity to play a key role within an international high-tech organization where technology, innovation, and collaboration come together. You will work in a dynamic environment where you can make a visible impact on supply chain performance and customer satisfaction.

In addition, you can expect:

• A challenging and impactful role with significant responsibility and room for initiative.

• The opportunity to implement improvements and actively contribute to the further professionalization of our planning and supply chain processes.

• An innovative and technically challenging work environment within the high-tech manufacturing industry.

• Extensive opportunities for personal and professional development through training, coaching, and education.

• An open, informal, and entrepreneurial culture where collaboration, engagement, and respect for people are central.

• Flexible working hours that support a healthy work-life balance.

• 27 vacation days and 13 additional leave (ADV) days.

• An excellent pension scheme.

• Participation in our bike plan.

• An international working environment where we collaborate on innovative solutions for tomorrow’s technology.

This is what you bring to the team

A completed Bachelor's or Master's degree in Supply Chain Management, Logistics, Industrial Engineering, Business Engineering, or a comparable field.

• At least 5 years of experience in production planning, supply chain, or operations within a manufacturing environment.

• Experience with master planning, capacity planning, and demand planning.

• Knowledge of ERP and MRP systems, preferably Infor LN or a similar system.

• Strong command of both Dutch and English.

• Knowledge of and experience with Microsoft Excel is considered an advantage.

Additionally, we require:

• Strong analytical skills and the ability to make decisions based on data and facts.

• Excellent planning and organizational skills, with the ability to maintain oversight in a dynamic environment.

• A proactive mindset, forward-thinking approach, and strong focus on results.

• Decisiveness, resilience under pressure, and the ability to maintain focus when priorities change.

• Excellent communication skills and the ability to engage stakeholders at different levels.

• The ability to effectively connect and balance the interests of both internal and external stakeholders.

• A continuous improvement mindset and a drive to optimize processes and performance.

Your daily responsibilities include

Developing and maintaining a reliable, future-oriented production plan.

• Ensuring an optimal balance between customer demand, capacity, and material availability.

• Driving high delivery reliability towards customers.

• Maximizing the utilization of production capacity and resources.

• Improving forecast accuracy and planning performance.

• Strengthening the connection between commercial ambitions and operational execution.

Planning & Supply Chain Management

• Develop and manage the master production schedule based on customer demand, forecasts, and capacity constraints.

• Monitor the balance between demand, capacity, and material availability.

• Identify risks, bottlenecks, and capacity challenges within the supply chain.

• Translate commercial expectations into realistic and achievable production plans.

• Monitor delivery performance and take corrective actions when necessary.

Capacity Planning & Forecasting

• Analyze production capacity, resource utilization, and bottlenecks.

• Develop capacity scenarios and advise on expansion, flexibility, or outsourcing opportunities.

• Improve forecast reliability and planning accuracy.

• Advise management and operations on capacity developments and associated risks.

Stakeholder Management

• Act as the connecting link between Operations, Supply Chain, Procurement, Program Management, and Sales.

• Facilitate S&OP, capacity planning, and planning review meetings.

• Proactively communicate with both internal stakeholders and customers regarding risks, deviations, and improvement opportunities.

• Align priorities to ensure delivery reliability and customer satisfaction.

Continuous Improvement

• Monitor and improve KPIs such as:

• Order Book Stability

• OTIF (On Time In Full)

• Forecast Accuracy

• Planning Adherence

• Capacity Utilization

• Backlog Development

• Initiate and implement improvement projects within planning and supply chain processes.

• Optimize planning processes, parameters, and working methods.

• Improve the use of ERP, MRP, and planning systems.

This is what we offer you as a Master Planner

At Neways, you will have the opportunity to play a key role within an international high-tech organization where technology, innovation, and collaboration come together. You will work in a dynamic environment where you can make a visible impact on supply chain performance and customer satisfaction.

In addition, you can expect:

• A challenging and impactful role with significant responsibility and room for initiative.

• The opportunity to implement improvements and actively contribute to the further professionalization of our planning and supply chain processes.

• An innovative and technically challenging work environment within the high-tech manufacturing industry.

• Extensive opportunities for personal and professional development through training, coaching, and education.

• An open, informal, and entrepreneurial culture where collaboration, engagement, and respect for people are central.

• Flexible working hours that support a healthy work-life balance.

• 27 vacation days and 13 additional leave (ADV) days.

• An excellent pension scheme.

• Participation in our bike plan.

• An international working environment where we collaborate on innovative solutions for tomorrow’s technology.