Location:Bad Honnef, North Rhine-Westphalia, GermanyJob ID: R0126282Date Posted:2026-06-05Company Name:HITACHI ENERGY GERMANY AGProfession (Job Category):Customer Service &amp; Contact Center OperationsJob Schedule: Full timeRemote:NoJob Description:The OpportunityWe are looking for a Planning &amp; Fulfillment Manager – Transformers Hub Europe to join our European Planning &amp; Fulfillment HUB, supporting operations across Italy, Spain, Germany, Poland, Finland, and Sweden.In this role, you will take ownership of planning, procurement, and fulfillment activities across a complex, multi-site manufacturing environment. You will lead a small core team while working in a matrix structure, driving alignment across factories and strengthening Planning &amp; Fulfillment maturity - particularly within Sales and Operations Planning (S&amp;OP).You will act as a key connector between sites and stakeholders, ensuring consistent processes, strong collaboration, and reliable execution across the value chain. The role is based in a hybrid setup and involves regular travel across Europe.How you’ll make an impact<ul><li>You lead and continuously improve planning, procurement, and fulfillment processes across the European Transformers Hub, ensuring alignment across multiple sites.</li><li>You review and guide the unconstrained demand plan and contribute to finished goods optimization, improving demand accuracy and strengthening the alignment between load and capacity.</li><li>You facilitate and drive S&amp;OP processes with local teams, ensuring consistency with global guidelines and improving overall planning maturity.</li><li>You define and implement planning governance, tools, and KPIs, creating structure and transparency across the organization.</li><li>You work closely with factories to strengthen SAP usage and improve data quality, enabling better decision-making and process reliability.</li><li>You support improvements in work preparation and production readiness, ensuring smoother execution and reduced operational disruptions.</li><li>You clarify roles and responsibilities across Planning &amp; Fulfillment teams and foster effective communication across the value chain.</li><li>You coach and develop local teams, enabling proactive communication and structured responses to customer and operational challenges.</li><li>You guide teams from reactive firefighting toward preventive, process-driven ways of working.</li><li>You act as an orchestrator across factories and stakeholders, aligning priorities and ensuring execution in a complex, international matrix environment.</li><li>You support crisis situations by driving structured countermeasures and ensuring sustainable, root-cause-based solutions.</li><li>You contribute to digitalization and continuous improvement initiatives within Planning &amp; Fulfillment.</li></ul>Your background<ul><li>You have proven experience in Planning &amp; Fulfillment management within a complex manufacturing environment.</li><li>You have worked in Engineering-to-Order and/or Make-to-Order industries.</li><li>You understand factory operations and bring hands-on experience or exposure to production environments.</li><li>You are able to operate at a senior level - setting direction, implementing processes, and influencing outcomes across functions.</li><li>You have experience working across multiple sites and in international environments.</li><li>You communicate confidently and effectively with stakeholders at different levels, including leadership.</li><li>You have experience working with SAP or a similar ERP system.</li><li>You are fluent in English, both written and spoken.</li><li>You prioritize effectively, take ownership, and maintain a structured and solution-oriented approach to your work.</li><li>You collaborate well across functions and cultures and contribute to building strong, aligned teams.</li><li>You pay attention to detail and focus on delivering sustainable, high-quality solutions.</li></ul>More about usWe pride ourselves on offering a holistic range of competitive benefit programs to support your financial, physical and mental wellbeing and personal development. We want you to truly thrive with us – in work and out. More details will be provided during the recruitment process.Please note that applications or CVs submitted by email or direct messages will not be considered.                                                                                                       <h2>Qualified individuals with a disability may request a reasonable accommodation if you are unable or limited in your ability to use or access the Hitachi Energy career site as a result of your disability. You may request reasonable accommodations by completing a <a href="https://www.hitachienergy.com/contact-us/general-inquiry?type=I+have+a+General+question">general inquiry form</a> on our website. Please include your contact information and specific details about your required accommodation to support you during the job application process.</h2><h2>This is solely for job seekers with disabilities requiring accessibility assistance or an accommodation in the job application process. Messages left for other purposes will not receive a response. </h2>

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Planning and Fulfillment Manager - Transformers HUB Europe

Location:Bad Honnef, North Rhine-Westphalia, GermanyJob ID: R0126282Date Posted:2026-06-05Company Name:HITACHI ENERGY GERMANY AGProfession (Job Category):Customer Service &amp; Contact Center OperationsJob Schedule: Full timeRemote:NoJob Description:The OpportunityWe are looking for a Planning &amp; Fulfillment Manager – Transformers Hub Europe to join our European Planning &amp; Fulfillment HUB, supporting operations across Italy, Spain, Germany, Poland, Finland, and Sweden.In this role, you will take ownership of planning, procurement, and fulfillment activities across a complex, multi-site manufacturing environment. You will lead a small core team while working in a matrix structure, driving alignment across factories and strengthening Planning &amp; Fulfillment maturity - particularly within Sales and Operations Planning (S&amp;OP).You will act as a key connector between sites and stakeholders, ensuring consistent processes, strong collaboration, and reliable execution across the value chain. The role is based in a hybrid setup and involves regular travel across Europe.How you’ll make an impact<ul><li>You lead and continuously improve planning, procurement, and fulfillment processes across the European Transformers Hub, ensuring alignment across multiple sites.</li><li>You review and guide the unconstrained demand plan and contribute to finished goods optimization, improving demand accuracy and strengthening the alignment between load and capacity.</li><li>You facilitate and drive S&amp;OP processes with local teams, ensuring consistency with global guidelines and improving overall planning maturity.</li><li>You define and implement planning governance, tools, and KPIs, creating structure and transparency across the organization.</li><li>You work closely with factories to strengthen SAP usage and improve data quality, enabling better decision-making and process reliability.</li><li>You support improvements in work preparation and production readiness, ensuring smoother execution and reduced operational disruptions.</li><li>You clarify roles and responsibilities across Planning &amp; Fulfillment teams and foster effective communication across the value chain.</li><li>You coach and develop local teams, enabling proactive communication and structured responses to customer and operational challenges.</li><li>You guide teams from reactive firefighting toward preventive, process-driven ways of working.</li><li>You act as an orchestrator across factories and stakeholders, aligning priorities and ensuring execution in a complex, international matrix environment.</li><li>You support crisis situations by driving structured countermeasures and ensuring sustainable, root-cause-based solutions.</li><li>You contribute to digitalization and continuous improvement initiatives within Planning &amp; Fulfillment.</li></ul>Your background<ul><li>You have proven experience in Planning &amp; Fulfillment management within a complex manufacturing environment.</li><li>You have worked in Engineering-to-Order and/or Make-to-Order industries.</li><li>You understand factory operations and bring hands-on experience or exposure to production environments.</li><li>You are able to operate at a senior level - setting direction, implementing processes, and influencing outcomes across functions.</li><li>You have experience working across multiple sites and in international environments.</li><li>You communicate confidently and effectively with stakeholders at different levels, including leadership.</li><li>You have experience working with SAP or a similar ERP system.</li><li>You are fluent in English, both written and spoken.</li><li>You prioritize effectively, take ownership, and maintain a structured and solution-oriented approach to your work.</li><li>You collaborate well across functions and cultures and contribute to building strong, aligned teams.</li><li>You pay attention to detail and focus on delivering sustainable, high-quality solutions.</li></ul>More about usWe pride ourselves on offering a holistic range of competitive benefit programs to support your financial, physical and mental wellbeing and personal development. We want you to truly thrive with us – in work and out. More details will be provided during the recruitment process.Please note that applications or CVs submitted by email or direct messages will not be considered.                                                                                                       <h2>Qualified individuals with a disability may request a reasonable accommodation if you are unable or limited in your ability to use or access the Hitachi Energy career site as a result of your disability. You may request reasonable accommodations by completing a <a href="https://www.hitachienergy.com/contact-us/general-inquiry?type=I+have+a+General+question">general inquiry form</a> on our website. Please include your contact information and specific details about your required accommodation to support you during the job application process.</h2><h2>This is solely for job seekers with disabilities requiring accessibility assistance or an accommodation in the job application process. Messages left for other purposes will not receive a response. </h2>

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