Senior Supply Planner – EMEA

Job Description

Senior Supply Planner – EMEA

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Location:
Madrid, Spain

Reports to: Senior Manager, Supply Planning

Position Overview

The Senior Supply Planner – EMEA is responsible for developing and managing the supply plan for assigned suppliers, commodities, projects and products across the EMEA region. The role translates demand, project requirements, sales orders, forecasts and inventory needs into executable supply plans. It ensures visibility of material availability, supplier capacity, lead times, allocations, inventory levels and supplier commitments, identifying risks that may affect project execution or customer delivery. The Senior Supply Planner manages complex supply issues, including supplier delays, capacity constraints, material shortages, inventory risks and planning exceptions. The role coordinates recovery actions with suppliers and internal stakeholders, ensuring clear ownership, committed dates and timely escalation when required. The role directly protects revenue, enables project execution, and strengthens supplier partnerships critical to Nextpower’s growth in the renewable energy sector. The role works closely with Sourcing, Procurement, Program Management, Delivery Management, Logistics, Quality, Engineering, Operations and Finance. It requires a high level of autonomy, analytical capability and stakeholder management to balance competing priorities, protect delivery commitments and improve supplier performance. The Senior Supply Planner will regularly engage with senior and executive-level leaders at strategic suppliers and will lead escalations when supplier performance, capacity, or delivery commitments place customer projects or business objectives at risk.

Key Responsibilities

1. Supply Planning and Allocation Management Own the supply plan for assigned suppliers, commodities, projects, and products across EMEA. Translate customer demand, project schedules, sales orders, forecasts, inventory requirements, and business priorities into executable supply plans Manage supplier allocations based on demand, capacity, supplier agreements, inventory levels, lead times, and business priorities. Ensure timely release, confirmation, and execution of regular, supplemental, and additional sales-order allocations. Analyze item-level demand, supply, capacity, inventory, open purchase orders, and supplier commitments to identify risks and required actions. Balance competing customer, project, regional, and commercial priorities while protecting critical milestones. Coordinate supply planning for NPI, product transitions, engineering changes, ramp-ups, ramp-downs, and end-of-life activities.
2. Complex Constraint and Supply Risk Resolution Lead the resolution of complex and time-sensitive supply constraints affecting customer deliveries, project milestones, revenue, or contractual commitments. Identify the root causes of supplier delays, shortages, capacity constraints, raw-material limitations, quality issues, logistics disruptions, BOM discrepancies, and planning-data inaccuracies. Quantify the operational, financial, customer, and project impact of each supply risk. Develop clear recovery strategies, including revised production schedules, capacity increases, alternate sources, priority allocations, partial shipments, inventory reallocation, premium freight, and other mitigation options. Establish recovery plans with defined actions, owners, milestones, supplier commitments, and escalation points. Drive recovery plans to closure and verify that corrective actions have produced sustainable results. Challenge incomplete, unrealistic, or unsupported supplier commitments and require fact-based recovery plans. Provide early warnings to Delivery Managers, Program Managers, and senior leadership when supply risks may impact project schedules, customer commitments, liquidated damages, penalties, or revenue recognition. Maintain an active risk register and ensure that unresolved issues receive the appropriate level of visibility and escalation.
3. Supplier Performance and Relationship Management Serve as the primary planning point of contact and internal coordination lead for assigned suppliers. Manage supplier relationships with a clear focus on delivery performance, accountability, transparency, and continuous improvement. Establish regular communication routines with supplier planning, operations, commercial, and executive teams. Lead weekly supplier reviews covering purchase-order status, production progress, raw materials, capacity, quality, forecast, logistics, and delivery risks. Monitor supplier performance using metrics such as On-Time Delivery, schedule adherence, confirmation accuracy, capacity attainment, backlog aging, response time, and recovery-plan performance. Drive sustained improvement in supplier OTD throu