Intern Distribution Planning

Our company

Tokyo-based Bridgestone Corporation is the world’s largest manufacturer of tires and other rubber products. We employ over 140,000 people around the world, operate 3 technical centers and 163 manufacturing plants and sell products in more than 150 countries. "Serving Society with Superior Quality” has been our mission since Shojiro Ishibashi founded Bridgestone in 1931 and we look for individuals who share our passion to fulfill this mission.

Bridgestone Europe, Middle East and Africa (BSEMEA) has its headquarters in Zaventem, Belgium.  We operate in more than 60 countries and employ more than 19,000 employees across the region. In 2016, our sales total approximately €4B.  Our EMEA structure includes:

• 15 new tire and tire related plants in France, Belgium, Italy, Poland, Hungary, Spain, Turkey (JV) and South Africa.
• A major R&D and indoor testing center in Italy
• A state-of-the-art Proving Ground in Italy and Sweden
• Retreading facilities supporting the needs of our truck and fleet customers across the region
• A retail infrastructure 
• We employ more than 80 different nationalities
• Sales teams strategically positioned across the region

Our tires are sold under the Bridgestone, Firestone and Dayton brands for both consumer and commercial use.  With its leading tire technology, our company is a major supplier of original equipment to all major vehicle manufacturers. Our products can be found in  passenger cars, 4x4 vehicles, trucks and buses, construction and off-road vehicles, tractors and agricultural machinery, motorcycles and scooters, motor sports and aircraft. 

Job Purpose:

The Distribution Planning team is responsible for the allocation of final products throughout the whole European and Global logistic network. The team collaborates with all other departments, production planning, tactical planning, sales and customer service in order to make sure production allocation is optimal. The intern will be asked to analyze the different levels related to distribution planning, such as demand fluctuation, order collection and inventory levels.

The trainee will support the team and Regional Coordinators to ensure support to the business goals achievement (Sales, Efficiency KPIs). The trainee will ensure the correction and updating of parameters and master data in order to allow a proper replenishment to markets and warehouses (Inventory strategy, Inventory levels, Forecasts integrations, …).

The trainee will be in charge of following the RYOGA implementation in Bridgestone LSCM meaning the re-definition and implementation of current processes in advanced digital language.

The trainee will report to the Distribution Planning Manager and collaborate closely with the Distribution Planning Analyst.

We offer a 6 month internship that allows to gain exposure to one of our core business units: Logistics, Supply Chain & Customer Services Management (LSCM). Throughout this period the intern will operate in an international, diverse business environment and have the opportunity to interact with many different stakeholders in Supply Chain, Sales & Marketing, regional sales teams…

Bridgestone values personal and professional growth and promotes internal mobility for employees. The traineeship can serve as a gateway to start your career at the world’s largest tire manufacturer.

Main Responsibilities:

• Master Data update (Line Up, Source, Production Plan, Import CMS and Open POs
• Import Management PC4
  • Management of Import from Japan, Turkey, Vietnam, China. Split definition of volumes based on forecasts, targets and stock projection
• Daily Deployment RPA Management:
  • Blue Print, Daily Settings, Check on possible issues
• Sales, Operation and Executions meeting support in presentation creation and minutes description
• Orderbook Review and weekly release:
  • Line UP update (W Items), PLM
• Refreshing OE reports to monitor Current Stock, FWC, Inventory strategy
• Support in Regional firefighting and PC4 REP transversal projects:
  • Identify & report excess stocks, SMDS, DOT and obsolete stocks and propose actions to the regions
  • Advise regions on how to manage stock profiles for substitutions & NPI's
  • Stock offers and other customer campaigns (provide info, analyze)  based on stock in the MDCs/ELCs
  • Location rationalization analysis:
    • Analysis of volumes per location and how we're using them, what should be the correct format
    • Virtual plant Procedure reviewing and implementation
  • Back Orders Analysis:
    • Report & analyze during the month proactively the regional fill rate and back order situation and propose actions to sales (substitution, order cancellation, ...)
    • Decide on re-balance IPC's between RDC's from different regions
    • Discuss production options with production planner
    • Manage the rebalance transactions : organize shipment, inform Sales Order source / destination - transport
    • Manage back-order follow up request

Bridgestone LEADERSHIP ESSENCE:

Qualified candidates for this position will need to demonstrate the following:

• Demonstrates business acumen to achieve results through others:  Understands, educates and applies the fundamental business concepts by which a company operates in order to deliver results and create a climate that fosters personal commitment to excellence
• Promotes and enhances company culture:  Champions the organization’s shared values and beliefs
• Effectively manages across cultures: Achieves effective collaboration, alignment, and communication across multiple dimensions of cultural diversity
• BOSS focused - serves the customers having the end users in mind:  Makes BOSS (end users) and their needs a primary focus of one’s actions; develops and sustains productive relationships with BOSS; leverages BOSS intimacy in the development of new products, services and competitive advantage
• Intellectually curious in support of learning agility:  Actively identifies new areas for learning; regularly creates and takes advantage of learning opportunities; uses newly gained knowledge and skill on the job and learns through their application

Competences to be acquired

• Ability to collaborate with a diverse range of people with different personalities and backgrounds, Strong communication skills, both oral and written:
• Ability to translate numbers into insights, and present them to stakeholders in an easy-to-understand manner

Required Capabilities:

• Strong values in line with Bridgestone’s behavioral expectations (= Agility, Courage and Ownership)
• Experience in using data analysis tools. e.g. Excel, Microsoft Business Intelligence, other relevant business information software
• Attention to detail
• Planned and organized approach in completing tasks
• Ability to collaborate with a diverse range of people with different personalities and backgrounds, Strong communication skills, both oral and written:
  • Ability to translate numbers into insights, and present them to stakeholders in an easy-to-understand manner
• Fluent in English, additional language (Dutch, French…) is a plus

Experience:

• Supply Chain, Business or Business Engineering degree or equivalent
• Experience in supply chain planning / operations is a plus
• Experience with big data / analytics is a plus

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