TOYOTA is one of the world's largest automobile manufacturers and a leading global corporation. Founded in 1937. Toyota now sells vehicles in 170 countries and employs over 300.000 people.
Based in Brussels, Belgium, and staffed by 2.700 people and more than 60 nationalities,Toyota Motor Europe (TME) handles the wholesale marketing of Toyota and Lexus vehicles, parts and accessories, and manages Toyota's European R&D, manufacturing and engineering operations.
Production Planning department Specialist Job Description
Our Division:
The Production Planning department is based in our European head office in Brussels and responsible:
- To understand the needs of the market, through Sales functions, and understand the constraints of manufacturing (to produce vehicles efficiently) and agree the quantity of vehicles to be produced that best supports TME's overall requirement
- To make a detailed production plan (Long Term planning) as a foundation for the operations & budget of each European Manufacturing Company (EMC)
- Identify possible bottlenecks to be tackled to support long term demand
- To review the performance of the EMC's and promote improvements so as to improve our capability to efficiently meet market demand
- The department is directly overviewing the operations of 4 vehicle and 3 units (Engine and Transmission) plants in Europe.
Your challenge: As part of the team, you will be required to:
- Understand TME's status, direction and challenges and thus what is required (from Supply and specifically EMC‘s)
- Understand the EMC‘s conditions (current, past performance etc), restrictions, flexibility
- Grasp the sales demand and understand it (risk & opportunity, trend etc)
- Make proposals for production plans considering the above (including the longer term perspective)
- Get agreement for production volumes with EMC's and TME Top Management
- Make and issue the Annual plan
- Grasp the concerns towards meeting future demand (eg capacity restrictions, performance < plan) and facilitate solutions - including mobilizing other divisions to support.
- Support / contribute to the other responsabilities of the department( crisis management, build-to-order enhancement, Plant kaizen operations, supplier capacity confirmation, etc…)
We offer: a dynamic and challenging multicultural work environment in which competence and quality play an important role. Enhancing personal growth and a real opportunity to invest in your future through on the job development and training. Where your effort, dedication and initiative are rewarded by a competitive and comprehensive compensation and benefits package.
Production Planning department Specialist Job Requirements
Your assets:
- Master / University degree with Engineering / Logistics / Supply Chain / Economics or Business Management background
- With 2 – max. 5 years experience, ideally in a planning function in a head office environment
- Enjoying to work in the head office environment in Brussels as we are not a manufacturing plant
- Exposure to international environment, through study or work experience
- Good communication and negotiation skills based on fact based analysis
- Strong analytic and numerical skills, very detail oriented
- Well organized, able to manage peak periods
- Proactive attitude and multi-tasking competences
- Tenacious in nature and taking deadlines very seriously
- Strong and fair negotiator
- Strategic and proactive mindset looking to the long term
- Mature personality capable of liaising with all levels of the organisation
- Strong PC literacy, and good knowledge of Excel/Access
- Fluent in English, any other language will be considered as an asset.
- Willingness to travel (business trips to EMC's etc) (up to 10% of working time)
You have a Toyota DNA, this means you: - wish to develop and are ready to persevere in order to reach challenging targets
- seek facts before making recommendations or decisions
- have strong planning and organizing skills
- enjoy working in a team in a very multicultural environment, respecting others
- have excellent communication skills
- customer mindset
Production Planning department Specialist Application Information
Starting date: ASAP
Place of employment: Toyota Motor Europe, Head Office - Brussels (Evere)
Please apply with your CV and cover letter by the 'apply' button below
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Production Planning department Specialist Summary
| Education Backgrounds: |
Business Engineering
Environmental Engineering
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| Specialties: |
Management
Manufacturing
Marketing
Sales / Communication
Supply Chain
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| Education Level: |
Undergraduate (Bachelors)
Postgraduate (Masters)
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| Experience: |
10 - 15 years
2 - 5 years
5 - 10 Years
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| Languages spoken: |
English
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| Job Location: |
Brussels, Belgium |
| Keywords: |
Toyota Motor Europe, Engineering / Logistics / Supply Chain / Economics or Business Management background, Production Planning department, |
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