Requirements: English
Company: Thai Union Group PCL.
Region: Vleuten-De Meern , Utrecht
Are you passionate about accurate forecasting, efficient inventory management, and cross-functional collaboration? Were looking for a proactive Demand & Inventory Planner to join our team in Utrecht, Netherlands. In this role, youll play a key part in developing forecasts, supporting product availability, and leading the demand planning process for our OEM (Private Label) business across Germany and Eastern Europe.
The role will report to the Senior Manager, Demand Planning & Customer Supply Chain.
Your Key Responsibilities:
Demand Forecasting & S&OP
- Develop, maintain, and enhance demand forecasts for Germany and Easter Europe OEM markets, using tools like FuturMaster.
- Coordinate with Sales to ensure forecasts reflect commercial strategy, product launches, and market trends.
- Lead the Demand Review process and contribute to the preparation of monthly S&OP meetings.
- Collaborate with global demand management to align local and central forecasting practices.
Inventory & Product Availability Management
- Manage inventory to prevent stockouts and overstock across all finished goods and packaging materials.
- Lead the monthly non-compliant stock review and propose corrective actions.
- Track shipments and resolve supply issues by working closely with Customer Service, Supply Chain, and Logistics.
- Support decisions around material ordering and replenishment aligned with master plans.
Why Choose Us?
- Our Values: At Thai Union, we uphold a culture defined by passion, humility, and respect. Our team is driven by a responsible, collaborative, and innovative approach, ensuring that our work contributes to meaningful change in the seafood industry.
- Collaborative Culture: Youll work cross-functionally with Sales, Supply Chain, Planning, and Factory teams to deliver shared goals and best practices.
- Real Business Impact: Your planning accuracy and inventory optimization will directly influence customer satisfaction, cost efficiency, and operational stability.
- International Exposure: Youll work across multiple markets and interfaces, gaining experience in a highly dynamic, global OEM environment .
About You:
- 24 years experience in demand planning, inventory control, or supply chain operations, ideally in FMCG or food manufacturing.
- Bachelors degree in Supply Chain, Business, or related field.
- Proficiency in SAP and demand planning tools (FuturMaster preferred).
- Fluent in German and English; other EU languages are a plus.
- Strong analytical mindset and attention to detail.
- Ability to work independently and cross-functionally in a fast-paced environment.
- Willing to travel on regular basis.
About Us:
Thai Union Group, a global seafood leader, the largest canned seafood producer in the world plays a dominant role both as Private Label (OEM) producer as well as through its own global brand portfolio that includes Chicken of the Sea, John West, Petit Navire, Parmentier, Mareblu, King Oscar, Rugen Rish, SELECT, Fisho and Qfresh etc. Thai Union Group is committed to realizing its Healthy Living, Healthy Oceans vision. With a focus on health and wellbeing across us, we take our responsibility to sustainable fishing and the marine environment seriously in 2016 Thai Union launched SeaChange our strategy for looking after the oceans and managing our waste, our responsibility to our people working around the globe and the communities we work with. We set ourselves and our peers some challenging targets to be more sustainable and were making great progress.
Our values drive how we approach our work and engage with our people and customers. These values are to be passionate, humble, respectful, responsible, collaborative and innovative. We do great work, the right way, in challenging times, but we have a strong team that gets the job done. Our people are full of positivity, resilience, fortitude and humour.
We are committed to creating an inclusive work environment where everyone feels valued and recognized for who they are. This is a critical component of our success. Each of our employees adds value to the company regardless of gender, education, religion, origin, nationality, disability or age.
What we can offer you
- competitive salary with holiday allowance
- Discretionary bonus
- Pension plan
- 27 holidays per year
- Sport membership
- Opportunities for professional developme