Inventory Planner & Procurement Specialist

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📍 Location: Sant Just Desvern/ Hybrid
📂 Department: Operations
📄 Contract Type: Permanent
⏰ Working Hours: Full time

We are looking for a dynamic and detail-oriented Inventory Planner & Procurement Specialist to join our Supply Chain team in Sant Just Desvern. This role is critical to ensuring the continuous availability of materials and finished goods across our distribution network. You will act as a key link between suppliers, central warehouses, and internal stakeholders, using SAP S/4HANA to drive data-driven decisions and operational excellence, with a primary focus on Spanish and Portuguese markets.

🚀 What You'll Be Doing

• Develop and maintain inventory and replenishment strategies

• Execute demand forecasting and adjust procurement plans

• Monitor KPIs such as service levels, inventory turnover, and stock coverage

• Perform inventory analysis (ABC/XYZ, slow-moving and obsolete stock management)

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align supply and demand

• Create and manage purchase orders ensuring accuracy and timely delivery

• Manage end-to-end procure-to-pay processes in SAP

• Maintain supplier data, lead times, and order parameters

• Communicate with suppliers regarding deliveries and potential issues

• Identify and mitigate supply risks

• Plan and execute replenishment from suppliers and internal sources

• Run and analyze MRP outputs in SAP

• Coordinate inbound logistics with warehouse and transport teams

• Optimize parameters such as safety stock and reorder points

• Act as a key user of SAP S/4HANA (MM, MRP, WM)

• Analyze data and generate reports for stakeholders

• Support improvements in planning processes and master data quality

Leading and Developing People

Applying Technical Mastery

Navigating Diverse and International Environments

Acting with integrity

Adapting to change

Taking ownership

Striving for high quality

Managing self-effectiveness

Making timely and appropriate decisions

Sysmex Spain is a subsidiary of Sysmex Europe, a healthcare technology company specialising in in vitro diagnostics. Founded in 2010, our subsidiary is a benchmark within the group in the field of Life Science, which was its core business line at the time of its foundation. We currently have more than 170 employees and have expanded our activity into new areas of diagnostics, notably haematology.

Globally, Sysmex has more than 50 years of history and operates in more than 190 countries and regions, helping healthcare professionals around the world by providing them with a wide range of medical diagnostic products and solutions. We are currently one of the world's leading medical diagnostic companies and a leader in haematology diagnostics and services.