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You will work closely with Sales, Distribution, Offering, Engineering, Procurement, Logistics, Demand Planning, and our channel partners to improve service levels, inventory performance, and overall supply chain effectiveness.\nWhat You’ll Do\nLead & Develop the Team\nLead, coach, and develop a team of buyers and supply chain specialists.\nSet clear priorities, KPIs, and objectives while building a customer-focused, continuous-improvement culture.\nManage Channel Planning & Inventory\nLead and continuously improve Channel planning processes across EMEA.\nAlign demand forecasts, supply plans, inventory strategies, and SIOP assumptions.\nOwn inventory targets and KPIs, including DIO, excess and obsolete inventory (E&O), working capital, inventory health, and monthly forecasts.\nManage slow-moving and obsolete inventory and drive rebalancing, liquidation, write-off, and other optimization actions.\nSupport new product introductions, phase-in/phase-out activities, and end-of-life planning to minimize inventory exposure.\nDrive Supply & Delivery Performance\nOversee purchasing execution, supplier deliveries, shortages, overdue orders, and material availability.\nDrive improvements in OTD, OTIF, past-due backlog, lead times, and overall customer service.\nLead cross-functional recovery actions, root-cause analysis, and corrective actions for supply or service issues.\nManage Warehouses, Distributors & Drop Shipments\nCoordinate materials management for Channel warehouses in Slovakia and Dubai, including replenishment, inventory accuracy, transfers, shipments, and write-offs.\nBuild strong operational partnerships with distributors and implement Collaborative Planning, Forecasting and Replenishment (CPFR) practices.\nManage Channel drop shipments from Asia in collaboration with global supply chain teams.\nImprove Processes & Performance\nDrive process standardization, ERP optimization, automation, and digitalization.\nProvide clear, decision-ready reporting on inventory, E&O, service performance, supply risks, warehouse operations, and customer escalations.\nWhat You’ll Bring\nStrong experience in Supply Chain, Planning, Materials Management, Purchasing, Inventory Management, or Operations.\nPrevious experience leading and developing a team.\nSolid understanding of inventory optimization, forecasting, replenishment, and supply planning.\nExperience working with distributors, warehouses, suppliers, and cross-functional teams.\nStrong analytical skills with the ability to turn data into clear operational actions.\nExperience with ERP systems and supply chain reporting tools.\nExcellent communication, stakeholder management, and problem-solving skills.\nAbility to work effectively across multiple countries and functions in a dynamic EMEA environment.\nThe anticipated salary range for this role Slovakia is between 35 300€ to 44 200€ gross per and reflects the range applicable in that jurisdiction. 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