Production Planning & Scheduling Lead – SAP PP/DS

Location: Barcelona – Hybrid

Industry: Consumer Goods

Scope: Global

We are supporting a integral multinational company in the search for a Production Planning & Scheduling Lead to join its Supply Chain organization in Barcelona.

This is a business-side Supply Chain role, with a strong focus on Production Planning, Detailed Scheduling and the effective use of SAP PP/DS and MRP across manufacturing sites.

We are particularly interested in candidates who combine hands-on understanding of production planning with strong systems knowledge, for example Production Planners or Schedulers who have evolved into key users, process experts or planning systems specialists.

The role

You will act as a global reference for Production Planning, Detailed Scheduling and MRP, working closely with factory planners, Supply Chain teams and Technology.

Your main responsibilities will include:

- Own and continuously improve Production Planning and Detailed Scheduling processes across manufacturing sites.
- Act as a functional expert for SAP PP/DS, helping plants make effective use of the tool in their day-to-day planning.
- Support and improve MRP processes and performance.
- Work with factory planners on production capacity, sequencing, constraints and scheduling practices.
- Drive adoption of planning tools and reduce reliance on local or offline planning solutions.
- Define and promote planning best practices, standards and ways of working across sites.
- Support improvements in planning-related master data and data quality.




- Partner with Technology teams on system improvements, incidents, automation and future developments.
- Support implementations, rollouts, testing and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Develop training, documentation and tools for the Production Planning community.
- Monitor planning performance through KPIs and dashboards.

What we're looking for

- Strong experience in Production Planning and/or Production Scheduling within a manufacturing environment.
- Good knowledge of SAP PP/DS (Production Planning & Detailed Scheduling).
- Experience with MRP and production planning processes.
- Previous experience as a key user, super user, process expert or business representative in SAP implementations or rollouts is highly valued.
- Understanding of production constraints, capacity planning, sequencing and manufacturing master data.
- Ability to work between business and technology, translating operational needs into system and process improvements.
- Experience working with factory planners and multiple stakeholders.
- Strong analytical and continuous improvement mindset.
- Fluent English and ability to work in an international environment.
- Experience with SAP APO, S/4HANA, SAP IBP or other Advanced Planning Systems will be considered a plus.

Why join? This is an opportunity to take a global role combining Supply Chain expertise, systems and transformation, with direct exposure to manufacturing sites and the opportunity to shape how Production Planning & Scheduling is performed across the organization.

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