Inventory Planning Intern

Job Purpose:

The Inventory Planning team is responsible for the target stock definition in the European distribution network, including 9 manufacturing plants and several central and regional distribution centers. 
The trainee will support the team in the analysis related to Inventory Planning process. In particular, this means monitoring the inventory levels and quality vs. target; running Root Cause Analysis on deviations vs. targets and creating a PDCA plan with cross functionals teams to recover deviations and run continuous improvements into all planning processes. 

The trainee will report to the head of Inventory Planning and collaborate closely with the Inventory Planning Analyst.

We offer a 6-month internship that allows you to gain exposure to one of our core business units: Logistics, Supply Chain & Customer Services Management (LSCM). Throughout this period, you 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:

• Define inventory targets, for all products and channels,  including Regional, European and Manufacturing Distribution Centers.
• Plan the monthly Inventory level with 18 months horizon together with Tactical and Operational teams. This includes mapping total inventory, production, import, sales and export.
• Define the optimal Distribution Centers (DC) network together with Logistics team. This includes total inventory level by warehouse and product group. 
• Analyze the quality of the stock and project the future evolution (good stock, OE SK, Slow Moving , Obsolete).
• Work with Sales & Marketing to identify the necessary actions to keep OE SK and Slow-Moving stock at lowest possible level.
• Identify and discuss team future risks (shortages) and opportunities with Sales and LSCM.

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.

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.

Requirements:

• Supply Chain, Business or Business Engineering degree or equivalent.
• Fluent in English, additional language (Dutch, French…) is a plus.
• Experience in supply chain planning / operations is a plus.
• Experience with big data / analytics is a plus.