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As we continue down this new and ambitious path, unique opportunities will present themselves, both professionally and personally. Join us, the future is ours to shape!\nWe are looking for an energetic, collaborative and analytical supply planner for our experienced planning team. As a planner, it will be your job to ensure the supply of critical medicines into Netherlands. You will both work with commercial and suppliers to ensure the constant alignment between supply and demand and ensure sales, CSL, Inventory targets are met.The position of Planner is located within the Planning department, part of the Supply Chain department, led by a head of Supply Chain and reports to the Manager Supply Chain Planning.\nYou are eager to learn, make an impact and eventually change how we work. You enjoy working with people and finding solutions together. You are analytical and are thrilled by reaching new analytical insights.\nYour Key Responsibilities:\nYour responsibilities include, but not limited to:\nTake responsibility for planning and managing orders from selected intercompany and 3rd party suppliers, to ensure availability and stock targets are met. Operationally lead execution and if necessary, support various last mile actions. All in accordance with GDP standards.\nManage stakeholders across functions including commercial, quality and customer service functions to set the right priorities and drive the right actions.\nEngage in constant dialogue with sites, suppliers and 3PL to ensure next delivery arrives on time, while pushing and escalating when necessary\nRun analysis of both supply and sales forecast data to ensure the most suitable input for effective supply planning. Challenge business on forecast accuracy and claimed sales projections. Analyze big data sets of supply data and KPIs to improve performance and processes. \nWork with the supply planning team on how we use our system and run our processes. Suggest and drive improvement initiatives.\nWhat you’ll bring to the role:\nEssential Requirements:\nYou hold a bachelor or master’s in supply chain, operations management or related field\nDeep knowledge and strong understanding of SCM, Supply planning and inventory management.\nAnalytical and structured mindset \nGood stakeholder management skills\nExperience from a similar position\nFluent English, Dutch is an advantage\nKnowledge of relevant tools and systems e.g. SAP, SAP S4/Hana, RapidResponse, QlikSense, Alteryx, Power BI and Power Query, and AI (e.g. Co-pilot/Claude/ChatGPT)\nYou’ll receive:\nWe offer temporary employment for 1 year with probation period with flexible working, learning and development opportunities. 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While we are proud of our achievements, we have an ambition to do more so that everyone can achieve the basic human right of good health.\nWith investments in new development capabilities, production sites, new acquisitions, and partnerships, we have the opportunity to shape the future of Sandoz and help even more people gain access to low-cost, high-quality medicines, sustainably.\nOur momentum is powered by an open, collaborative culture driven by our talented and ambitious colleagues, who, in return for applying their skills, experience an agile and collegiate environment with impactful careers, where diversity of thought is welcomed and where personal growth is supported!\nJoin us, help us make healthcare fairer and faster.\nCommitment to Diversity & Inclusion:\nWe are committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams representative of the patients and communities we serve.\n#Sandoz\nSkills Desired\nBusiness Scenario Planning , Efficiency, Inventory Management, Master Data, Material Requirements Planning (Mrp), Order Management, Risk Management, Supply Chain, Supply-Chain Management, Supply Management, Supply Planning, Transportation, Warehouse Management","description_format":"text","description_chars":4461,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":null,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"master","optional":false},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[{"language":"Dutch","level":"Advanced (C1)","optional":true},{"language":"English","level":"Advanced (C1)","optional":false}]},"benefits":["Flexible schedule"],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"Netherlands","iso":"NL","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Biologics & Biosimilars","Generic Drugs"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-11-10T13:27:33Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":86,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.86,"p_room":1,"age_days":0,"expected_fill_days":17,"reasons":["conf:4","win:early","comp:brand"],"computed_at":"2026-11-11T05:14:10Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/sandoz-supply-planner-netherlands","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/sandoz-supply-planner-netherlands.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-11-11T05:14:10Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":6591,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-11-12T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.1,"usd":0.01,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":453557},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=453557"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fsandoz-supply-planner-netherlands"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":2,"usd":0.2},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fsandoz-supply-planner-netherlands"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.1,"usd":0.01},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fsandoz-supply-planner-netherlands"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/sandoz-supply-planner-netherlands\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fsandoz-supply-planner-netherlands"}],"agent":{"mcp":"https://alion.io/mcp/jobs","mcp_open":"https://alion.io/mcp/open","next":[{"tool":"get_job","arguments":{"id":4017350}},{"tool":"search_jobs","arguments":{"company":"sandoz.com","detail":"compact"}},{"tool":"match_people","arguments":{"job_id":4017350},"note":"people open to offers who fit this vacancy"}],"note":"The same data through MCP tools: https://alion.io/mcp/open needs no sign-in (compact searches, postings, people); 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