Planning Team Leader

Demand Planning Team Leader What's the roleAs Materials Management Team Leader for Planning, you lead the optimisation of material flows across Northern Europe warehouses, ensuring the right inventory is positioned in the right location at the right time. You focus on enhancing Customer Experience, improving Profitability, accelerating Inventory Turns, and optimising Net Working Capital through data-driven planning and cross-functional collaboration. What You'll do • Lead the regional Planning team for a defined Business Area, delivering performance across Forecast Accuracy, Product Availability, Inventory (DOH) and Obsolescence KPIs • Own the management of stock shortages, driving timely and cost-effective resolution plans while maintaining maximum focus on customer service and delivery performance • Recruit, develop, and coach a high-performing planning team delivering efficient internal and external customer support • Drive LEAN and continuous improvement initiatives across Materials Management. • Partner closely with Sales, Marketing and Finance to develop a robust, consensus demand forecast that aligns commercial ambitions with supply chain capabilities, incorporating multiple scenarios to support sales growth and delivery targets • Collaborate with Global Process Managers and Logistics to optimise materials planning processes, inventory levels and total logistics cost What You’ll Bring • Bachelor’s degree. Master’s degree preferred • Professional experience in Logistics, including Demand Planning • Strong process and systems expertise (SAP, APO, Blue Yonder, MS Office, BOA) • Strong analytical and numerical skills with data-driven decision-making • Excellent communication, negotiation, networking and stakeholder management skills • Resilient, assertive and collaborative • Ability to motivate and influence others What’s In It for YouWe really value our people and we've worked hard to develop a reward package that reflects this. Some of our benefits include: • Genuine career advancement (more than 80% of all leadership roles are filled internally) • 6% employer pension contributions • Private Health Insurance and Employee Assistance Programme • 33 days' holiday (inc. Bank Holidays) plus the ability to purchase 5 days more annually • Paid leave to work on charitable projects • Hilti Benefits Box, a reward platform offering a cycle to work scheme and shopping and lifestyle discounts/cashback • Different ways to work flexibly, including working from home and compressed hours • Employee resource groups focused on gender, mental health, race, disability, LGBTQ+ and sustainability topics • Trips to locations such as Milan, New York and global HQ for high performers across all teams Why HiltiHilti is a global leader in construction innovation, with more than 34,000 team members across 120 countries. Guided by our purpose, Making Construction Better, we’re driven to keep learning, growing, and finding new ways to make a lasting impact. Here, you’ll be empowered to use your strengths, work with a global and inclusive team, and take on meaningful challenges. At Hilti, you’ll have the chance to make your ideas, achievements, and growth real through purpose, passion, and teamwork. Commitment to InclusionAt Hilti, inclusion is a key focus in how we work, lead, and grow together. We are committed to embracing diversity of thought and creating an environment that is inclusive of everyone, everywhere. We continuously strive to ensure every voice is valued and every team member feels empowered to contribute. By building on this foundation, we strengthen our teams, our innovation, and our impact, making construction better together.