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Inventory and Supply Manager – SCM West (m/w/d)
Balancing quality and price
In Purchasing, material management, and logistics, it's all about the procurement of goods. Whether polymers or logistics services, we ensure that all sites are supplied with high-quality products at competitive prices.2025-09-28
Full-time
Professionals
Permanent
Purchasing, Materials Management & Logistics
ALBIS Distribution GmbH & Co. KG
Knutsford
Your responsibilities:
Main tasks
- Provide a monthly rolling net supply plan for regional Core Hubs
- Search for bundling opportunities on regional and European levels
- Set rules for bottleneck management and manage constraints
- Apply European inventory strategy and manage inventory levels in regional core hubs
- Manage slow-moving, aged, and excess inventory process
- Coordinate and organize supply chain activities
Other tasks
- Check planning quality (KPI) on a regular basis
- Handle complex data and work in a structured manner
- Implement lean principles and continuous improvement methodologies
- Communicate and present supply chain insights to stakeholders
Your profile:
Experience and know-how
- Bachelor's or master’s degree in business, supply chain, or relevant fields
- Minimum of five years of professional experience in supply chain management
- Profound knowledge of inventory management, supply planning, and purchasing
- Fluent in business English, additional European languages are welcome
- Proficient in MS Office and SAP software
Personality
- Open-minded and capable of multitasking in a fast-paced environment
- Attention to detail and accuracy
- Proactive and able to work independently
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Team leader with coaching and performance management abilities
“I maintain close communication with many divisions of the company. This is the only way I can align strategic and operational purchasing economically and sustainably.”
Our Benefits
Personal development
We stand for diversity and equal opportunities. That’s why we also offer individual training that is perfectly tailored to personal learning needs.
Flexible working hours
Thanks to flexible working hours and home office arrangements (depending on the job), professional and private life can be optimally combined.
Health promotion
A wide range of health and sports activities, such as on-site and digital exercise classes, lectures, workshops, international athletic challenges, and much more, ensure fitness and well-being.
Foreign language program
After the probationary period, everyone has the opportunity to learn foreign languages conveniently and according to their individual needs via e-learning.
Motivating environment
Our pleasant working atmosphere is characterized by friendly interaction, a collegial atmosphere, and good cooperation within the teams.
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Grace Aguilar, Tanja Jeromin, Markus Lange, Stephan Lowatz and Tornino Deniz
The company ALBIS
Hamburg-based ALBIS is one of the world’s leading distributors of standard polymers, engineering plastics, and an increasing number of sustainable products. With around 500 employees at 27 locations, we are represented in many countries in Europe, North Africa, and Asia. As an independent distributor, we offer one of the most comprehensive product portfolios for the plastics processing industry. And we help our customers meet the most demanding requirements: with technical expertise, a strong sales and logistics network, and a strong passion for the best solution in each case. Get to know us better as an exciting company and attractive employer: to the ALBIS website
Purchasing, Materials Management, and Logistics
In our Purchasing, Materials Management, and Logistics department, we are responsible for the strategic and operational purchasing of products and services as well as supplier management for all companies in the Otto Krahn Group. We are a globally positioned company with a modern purchasing organization and worldwide supplier base. By focusing on economic and at the same time sustainable procurement, we make an important contribution to the overall success and are closely connected to many areas in the company.
Welcome to ALBIS
Together we live plastics distribution – easy, smart, passionate. You can look forward to a strong team, exciting tasks, and many opportunities for further development.
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