Inventory Planner
Bayer
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Inventory Planner
Bergschenhoek, the Netherlands | Hybrid (2 office days required) | €3,200 – €3,800 gross/month (incl. holiday allowance)
About the role
As an Inventory Planner, you make sure seed moves smoothly from harvest to customer — balancing cost, quality, speed, and reliability along the way.
What you'll do
- Turn harvested seed into ready-to-sell stock, matching capacity with demand
- Decide which batches get shipping priority
- Prepare supply overviews based on inventory levels
- Track incoming seed and send clear instructions to the production site
- Get seed to "ready to sell" status within 12 months, meeting all quality rules
- Build realistic capacity plans together with other planners
- Manage older or lower-quality stock (write-offs, quality checks)
- Hand over smoothly to the team managing short-term stock and orders
- Help prioritize when supply is tight
- Spot and solve supply issues early — escalate when needed
- Check batches meet import rules for their destination country; request extra testing if needed
- Work closely with harvesting, treatment, packing, and transport teams
- Bring ideas to improve how the team works
What you need
- Bachelor's degree in business, supply chain, or similar
- 4+ years' experience in a business or supply chain role
- Good written and spoken English, Dutch is pre
- Strong communication skills — clear and confident with colleagues and managers
- Quick, sound decision-making under pressure
- Solid analytical and problem-solving skills
- Comfortable with data and basic statistics
- Used to working with international teams
- Microsoft Office skills; SAP and Spotfire are a plus
What you get
- €3,200–€3,800 gross/month, including holiday allowance
- Annual bonus on top of your salary
- Hybrid working: 2 office days in Bergschenhoek, the rest from home
- Travel allowance, lease bike plan
- Exposure to international teams
- Room to grow in a global supply chain function
- A down-to-earth Bayer team culture
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Nederland : Nederland : Bergschenhoek
Divisie:
Crop Science
Referentiecode:
876784
Summary
Manage seed inventory, coordinate supply, ensure quality, and optimize processes within a global team.
Job title
Inventory Planner
Experience level
4+ years
Minimum experience
4+ years exp
Industry
agriculture
Location requirements
Hybrid in Bergschenhoek, Netherlands, 2 office days allowed
Salary
$3k–$4k
Visa sponsorship
H-1B sponsor history
Management role
No
Required skills
Preferred skills
Specializations
Structured locations inferred from the posting.
Bergschenhoek, Netherlands