Position: SCM Process & System Expert, EMEA/Asia
Location: Porto, Portugal or any European location, where kp has a site but Portugal would be preferred – Remote Working Model / Flexible Schedule
Division: Pharma, Health & Durables (PHD)
Department: Supply Chain Management
At Klöckner Pentaplast (kp), we’re committed to delivering innovative and sustainable packaging solutions that make a difference. As part of our ongoing global transformation, we’ve launched a brand-new role within our Pharma, Health & Durables division—and we’re looking for a talented individual to join us at the ground level of this global transformation.
What You’ll Do:
As the SCM Process & Data Expert for EMEA and Asia, you will have the primary responsibilities to support the regional and Global SCM control towers for the definition, development, deployment and maintenance of SCM processes and connected technological infrastructure. You will have the full responsibility of process documentation, data monitoring, data analysis and supply chain systems and tools.
Your Key Responsibilities:
1. Support EMEA/Asia PHD sites with creation of analytical instruments, standard-work and process support
2. Increase process automation with technical software solutions
3. Participate to supply chain projects as data and analytical owner. Contribute to the project execution with data-driven evaluations, reports, and summaries
4. Ensure that event/actions tracking process are followed by plants and regularly maintained
5. Support standard work documentation definition and deployment to sites
6. Innovate analytical methodologies introducing statistical control of data for advanced analytics
7. Generate weekly summaries/reports for senior leadership. Maintain comments and explain differences
8. Extend usage of Power BI, Power Apps and dynamic reporting
9. Conceptualize and develop with IT department a supply chain data repository to amplify the analytical capabilities
10. Understand division ERP systems and leverage data to improve the process control.
11. Be data consistency owner and organize processes for regular revision and maintenance
What You’ll Bring:
12. Bachelor’s degree in supply chain management or management engineering or computer science with strong orientation to supply chain management, business intelligence, process automation and software programming.
13. Very good English required, German preferrable
14. Competence in algorithm/process definition
15. Experience with ERP systems (preferred SAP) and production planning software
16. Good experience with programming languages and relational databases
17. Strong ability to work and code with: Office 365 - Microsoft Excel VBA, Access and Fabric, Azure SQL Server, Power Suite, Power Apps, Power BI, Power automation
18. Any other programming language is preferable
19. Intermediate industrial supply chain, transportation, and warehousing knowledge and very good analytical skills (Descriptive, Predictive, Prescriptive)
20. Ability to travel up to 25% of the time.
21. Comfortable with ambiguity; eager to investigate and seek out solutions
22. Familiarity with continuous improvement and lean operations
23. Attention to detail; ability to analyse data and understand connections
What We Offer:
24. A newly created role within a global organisation
25. Flexibility: remote working, flexible work schedules, and support for work-life balance
26. The opportunity to work on global initiatives with real operational impact
27. A purpose-driven culture, deeply committed to sustainability and innovation
Excited to shape the future of Supply Chain Management on a global scale?