Production Planner / Logistic Planner / Supply Chain Manager / Purchaser

Are you a motivated and self-driven person with experience in production or logistic planning / supply chain management / process management / purchasing (JIT)?

We are still a small team of 15 people - therefore we are looking not for a “typical manager style” person, but for a person with “hands-on mentality”. You have already collected some good experience in similar positions, would like to turn your experience into practice and help us to improve and build our company.

Utilizing years of experience and knowledge about global sourcing, production and usage of food ingredients, Vitachem developed its business model from being just a regional distributor of food ingredients into becoming a company with European sales, own brand, global purchasing and production.

Especially for our fast growing business for raw materials and food ingredients with an international supply chain behind, the candidate shall
- summarize the customer demand based on orders, frame contracts and forecasts
- coordinate production schedule and shipment planning with suppliers, production
facilities and logistic companies
- place orders / call-offs at both raw material suppliers and production facilities
- coordinate the cooperation with international sea freight forwarders
- manage the cooperation with our local warehouse and transport partners
- cooperate close with our sales, product and quality managers and customer service

Due to the rapid growth of the company during the last 24 months, we do not only need to win new business, but we need to also improve continuously our internal organization and processes. Although we like to have a creative mindset in our team, for this position we would love to find a person who likes to have things well organized and who is able to improve and establish processes and routines.

Vitachem will introduce soon a new ERP system including DMS, CRM, Work-flow Management, therefore the ideal candidate would have experience to utilize abilities and advantages of a central ERP system.

Your character could be described as below
- You enjoy improving ways of working and would like to grow with the company by
taking on new responsibilities
- You think solutions rather than problems
- You have your own ideas and you are able to take decisions
- You prefer “to be indispensable” in a small team rather being “a small wheel” in a big
company

Although the suitable candidate can start immediately, we are not looking for the fastest, but for the candidate with the best personality and/or professional experience.

laptop, lunch vouchers, extra holidays, team activities

You do not have all the required specific experience, but you have the right attitude and willingness to learn? If yes, please feel free to send us your CV with some personal words why this position is attractive for you!