Senior Manager, Operational Planning
Do you want to turn commercial ambition into product availability?
0484 Oslo
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Senior Manager, Operational Planning
Do you want to turn commercial ambition into product availability? Elkjøp is transforming its Supply Chain to build a more integrated, data-driven and scalable planning organisation. To help us implement and execute on our new Supply Chain strategy we are looking for a Senior Manager, Operational Planning. This role will lead one of our Nordic planning teams and take end-to-end responsibility for demand, replenishment, inventory and availability across a large and dynamic product portfolio.
You will lead a team of approximately 10 planners and coordinators and report to the Head of Supply & Demand Planning. Together with a peer planning team, you will cover the full Nordic assortment across 400+ stores and our digital channels.
What you will do
- Lead and develop your team, building strong capabilities, clear accountability and a performance-driven culture.
- Own demand planning and forecasting, working closely with Category and Buying teams to translate commercial plans into high-quality forecasts.
- Drive replenishment and purchasing, turning forecasts into the right purchase orders and inventory decisions.
- Balance availability and inventory, improving service levels while managing stock turns, working capital and obsolescence risk.
- Build planning that scales, using strong planning logic, parameters and exception-based ways of working across thousands of SKUs.
- Drive lifecycle planning, from new product introductions to phase-out and end-of-life.
- Improve planning processes, systems and tools and contribute actively to S&OP/S&OE.
Requirements
- You have 5+ years of experience within demand planning, supply planning, replenishment or Supply Chain.
- You possess end-to-end planning expertise across forecasting, replenishment, purchasing, and inventory management.
- You have a proven leadership track record of developing people and building high-performing teams.
- You demonstrate strong analytical and data skills, including experience with planning systems such as SAP F&R or equivalent.
- You have strong communication skills in English and at least one Scandinavian language.
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Experience
senior