About the job

We're looking for an experienced Supply & Demand Manager to lead integrated demand and supply planning across Europe.

This regional leadership role brings together market demand, inventory strategy, operational purchasing, inbound freight, and business priorities. The position manages four direct reports and works across commercial, operational, and global supply chain functions.

The job’s mission

Lead and implement the integrated Demand and Supply Planning process across Europe, ensuring alignment and execution across market demand, inventory strategy, supply purchasing, inbound freight, and business objectives.

Through a structured Sales and Operations Planning process, the role establishes cross-functional planning governance and enables effective decision-making, optimal service, healthy inventory, and strong operational performance.

Key responsibilities

Integrated Business Planning and governance

- Own the European Integrated Business Planning and S&OP; process, including its governance framework.
- Lead the monthly Demand Review and Supply Review processes, aligning commercial requirements with operational capabilities.
- Provide planning insights, performance reporting, and recommendations to cross-functional stakeholders.
- Enable timely decision-making and escalate material demand, supply, inventory, or capacity issues.
- Drive the implementation and continuous improvement of planning processes, systems, and governance.

European demand and supply planning

- Manage the consolidated European demand and supply plan across all markets.
- Balance customer service levels, inventory requirements, and capacity constraints.
- Coordinate scenario planning in response to changes in demand, supply risks, and capacity limitations.
- Establish allocation and prioritization decisions during constrained-supply situations, based on the agreed segmentation approach.
- Ensure alignment across Demand Planning, Supply Planning, Copacking, Manufacturing, and Distribution teams.

Operational purchasing and inbound coordination

- Own operational purchase planning with contract manufacturing organizations.
- Coordinate purchase orders and inbound freight through delivery to the central distribution center.




- Monitor supplier performance and address risks that could affect supply availability or service.

Inventory and performance management

- Review sales forecast accuracy, inventory health, supply performance, and planning KPIs.
- Initiate and drive corrective actions where performance is below expectations.
- Lead inventory optimization initiatives through segmentation, policy reviews, and planning-parameter governance.
- Monitor key measures including supplier on-time performance, sales forecast accuracy, and inventory days of supply.

Product lifecycle management

- Lead Product Lifecycle Meetings covering product launches, discontinuations, and product transitions.
- Coordinate planning activities and stakeholder alignment for new product introductions and lifecycle changes.

Planning transformation and capability development

- Lead planning transformation projects across Europe.
- Strengthen planning capabilities, ways of working, and cross-functional planning discipline.
- Support the ongoing development of planning processes and systems.

Candidate profile

You combine strong demand and supply planning expertise with the ability to lead regional, cross-functional processes. You are comfortable translating complex planning information into clear decisions and influencing stakeholders across commercial and operational functions.

You work autonomously, exercise sound judgment, and can establish structure and direction in a complex international environment.

Experience and qualifications

- University degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, Business Administration, or a related discipline.
- Eight to ten years of experience in supply chain planning.
- Five years of experience leading S&OP; or Integrated Business Planning processes.
- Five years of regional inventory management experience, with a demonstrated record of strategic implementation.




- Five to ten years of experience in operational purchasing, including purchase-order placement and inbound freight coordination.
- Experience coordinating product launches and facilitating stakeholder alignment.
- International planning experience.
- Fluency in English
- APICS or ASCM certification.
- MBA or advanced supply chain qualification.
- Experience in FMCG, consumer healthcare, or medical devices.
- Experience working with SAP and Anaplan.

What makes you successful in this role

- Expertise in S&OP; and Integrated Business Planning.
- Strong demand and supply planning capability.
- Sound inventory-management knowledge.
- Operational purchasing experience.
- Ability to establish and manage meaningful performance indicators.
- Leadership and strategic thinking.
- Cross-functional influence and stakeholder management.
- Confident, timely decision-making.
- Change-management capability.
- Ability to work autonomously.

The role collaborates internally with Sales, Marketing, PMO, Finance, Customer Service, Supply Planning, Procurement, Manufacturing Operations, and General Supply Chain teams. External contacts include forecasting and planning-system providers and market-intelligence providers.

Why join Sunstar?

- Purpose-driven company focused on health and wellbeing
- Unique Swiss-Japanese heritage with a truly global footprint, serving customers in more than 90 countries
- Exciting transformation journey creating opportunities to make a tangible impact
- Collaborative, inclusive, and multicultural environment
- Strong commitment to learning, development, and career growth
- Culture of ownership, innovation, and continuous improvement
- Hybrid working model supporting flexibility and work-life balance

Location: Barcelona office, Spain

Employment type: Permanent, Full-time

Ready to apply?

Excited by this opportunity? We'd love to learn more about you. Apply today and help us drive meaningful impact at Sunstar.

Due to the high volume of applications, we are only able to contact shortlisted candidates. If you apply and do not hear from us within three weeks of the job posting date, please understand that we will not be progressing with your application.

📌 Supply & Demand Manager (Barcelona)
🏢 Sunstar
📍 Barcelona