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Your work directly impacts customer satisfaction and overall plant performance.\nKey Accountabilities\nYou will build and maintain weekly and daily production plans for assigned production lines, ensuring timely delivery and optimal efficiency. \nYou will analyze incoming orders, raw material availability, and capacity constraints to create feasible and optimized schedules. \nYou will monitor and adjust the production plan continuously to manage changes, disruptions, and priorities in a fast-paced environment.\nYou will collaborate closely with production, customer service, procurement, and warehouse teams to ensure alignment and smooth execution.\nYou will manage and communicate backorders, delays, and risks proactively, providing clear justifications and solutions.\nYou will ensure accuracy of planning data and systems (ERP/APO/MES) and follow up on master data quality.\nYou will contribute to continuous improvement initiatives, challenging existing processes and driving operational excellence.\nWho are we looking for?\nYou have several years of experience in production planning, supply chain, or a related role.\nYou are highly analytical, comfortable working with data, and able to translate complexity into clear actions.\nYou thrive in a dynamic environment and are resilient under pressure, able to adapt quickly to frequent changes.\nYou communicate confidently and can manage stakeholders across different functions, including delivering difficult messages when needed.\nYou are a team player with a proactive mindset, willing to take ownership and challenge the status quo.\nYou have good knowledge of Excel and are familiar with ERP/planning systems (SAP APO or similar is a plus).\nYou are fluent in English and have a good working knowledge of Dutch and French.\nWhy should you join Puratos?\nYou will be welcomed in a dynamic work environment where passion for innovation, team spirit and continuous improvement are key. 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