Graduate - Production Planning

• Permanent contract
• Daily position (as described down below) + 18-months training program (on top of the daily job)
• On the job training
• Classroom training (Toyota Way, Toyota Production System…)
• Experiential training (5-6 weeks Line training at an European Manufacturing Company…)
• Evolution towards the “Specialist” grade after graduation
• A dynamic and challenging multicultural work environment, being part of a motivated team in which competence and quality play an important role. Enhancing personal growth and a real opportunity to invest in your future through on the job development and training. Where your effort, dedication and initiative are rewarded by a competitive and comprehensive compensation and benefits package (bonus scheme / extra-legal benefits (group insurance including a pension plan and risk benefits). Where we offer flexibility to keep a healthy work-life balance through flexible hours and a combination of on- and offsite working.

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  Understand Toyota Motor Europe’s status, direction and challenges and thus what is required (from Supply and specifically EMCs).
• Understand the EMCs conditions (current, past performance etc), restrictions, flexibility.
• Grasp the Sales demand and understand it (Risk & opportunity, trend etc).
• Make proposals for production plans considering the above (including the longer-term perspective).
• Get agreement for production volumes with EMC’s and TME Top Management.
• Make and issue the Production Plan (Short Term and Long Term).
• Grasp the concerns toward meeting future demand (eg capacity restrictions, performance < plan) and facilitate solutions - including mobilizing other divisions to support.
• Support / contribute to the other responsibilities of the department (crisis management, build-to-order enhancement, Plant kaizen operations, supplier capacity confirmation, etc…).

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  Master / University degree with Supply Chain / Engineering / Logistics / Economics or Business Management background, with no more than 2 years of work experience.
• Exposure to international environment, through Study or Work Experience.
• Good communication and negotiation skills based on fact based analysis.
• Strong analytic and numerical skills, very detail oriented.
• Well organized, able to manage peak periods.
• Proactive attitude and multi-tasking competences.
• Tenacious in nature and taking deadlines very seriously.
• Mature personality capable of liaising with all levels of the organisation.
• Strong PC literacy, and good knowledge in Excel/Access.
• Team player, proactive and multi-tasking.
• Fluent in English, any other language will be considered as an asset.
• Willingness to travel (business trips to EMC’s etc) (up to 10% of working time).

You have a Toyota DNA, this means you:

• Courage: you are ready to let go of the easy path to reach challenging targets
• Collaboration: you are a team player, respectful and inclusive in your style and you take a customer-oriented approach
• Creativity: your passion drives you to explore innovative ideas and challenge the impossible
• Curiosity: you combine imagination and fact-based observation
• Coaching: you share knowledge and feedback with your colleagues and celebrate each other’s success

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  The understanding of the needs of the market, through Sales functions, and the understanding of the constraints of manufacturing (to produce vehicles efficiently) to agree on the quantity of vehicles to be produced that best supports TME’s overall requirement.
• Making a detailed production plan as a foundation for the operations of each European Manufacturing Company (EMC).
• Identifying possible bottlenecks to be tackled to support long term demand.
• Reviewing the performance of the EMC’s and promote improvements so as to improve our capability to efficiently meet market demand.