Materials Planning Team Leader

About the Role

Join our Planning & Logistics HUB in Barcelona and take the lead in shaping how materials planning drives service excellence. As Material Planning Team Leader, you will guide a team of Materials Planners, ensuring strong execution, continuous improvement and talent development, while staying close to day‑to‑day operations.

This is a hands‑on leadership role where you will combine people management, stakeholder collaboration and data‑driven decision‑making to secure materials availability at the right place, time and cost.

What You Will Do

• Drive materials planning excellence: Apply and embed standard Materials Planning best practices defined by the PLEx team across the Hub.

• Lead and develop people: Manage, coach and grow a team of Materials Planners, fostering accountability, engagement and high performance.

• Ensure availability and performance: Safeguard material availability in the right location, quantity and timing to optimize customer service, working capital and cost.

• Connect the ecosystem: Act as a key interface between the Hub Supply Planning teams and internal and external stakeholders.

• Monitor and improve performance: Define, track and act on KPIs, root cause analysis and corrective actions.

• Enable transformation: Play an active role in the Supply Planning Transformation roadmap, embracing digital tools and new ways of working.

• Drive continuous improvement: Contribute to the Team Leaders network and PLEx initiatives, identifying and implementing improvement opportunities.

Who You Are

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Business Management or a related technical field.

• 4+ years of experience in production planning, materials management, forecasting or inventory management.

• Previous people management experience or a strong, proven capability to lead and develop others.

• Strong analytical mindset with excellent problem‑solving and decision‑making skills.

• Confident communicator with the ability to influence and manage multiple stakeholders.

• Advanced user of MS Office; experience with SAP or other ERP/planning tools is a strong plus.

• Fluent in English; additional languages are an advantage.

What We Can Offer You

Our purpose, Breaking Barriers to Well‑Being, provides meaning to everything we do. Join us to improve well‑being for people and drive positive change for society and the environment. At Essity, you'll feel valued, empowered to grow, and challenged to achieve business results in a collaborative and open atmosphere.

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