Demand And Capacity Manager

Role & responsibilities

Role Demand & Capacity manager
Introduction : - The preventive safeguarding of the planned MBC production program is the top priority
of your responsibility. To this end, you will actively control demand/capacity management
in order to secure changes in demand and capacities in the long and medium-term time
horizon. - You will also be responsible for the overall coordination and determination of quantity
and capacity requirements as part of the preparation for the award of contracts, using
strategic production planning figures. - As part of the contract award preparation process, you will be responsible for the overall
coordination and determination of unit and capacity requirements in a cross-functional
environment using strategic production planning figures. You will make a significant
contribution to securing supplier capacities for new product projects and model
maintenance for all Mercedes-Benz architectures.
This is what you can expect from us:
• You will be part of a cross-team project team in which you will be responsible for the
topics of supply of the award process (VVP) and change
management capacity design (mKap)
• You will manage the holistic coordination of requirements assessment in a cross
functional environment with specialist purchasing, supplier management,
model line management, development, sales, AMG and VAN
• You will be responsible for the complex process of determining quantity and
capacity requirements as part of the award preparation for all Mercedes-Benz cars &
Drivetrain architectures
• Through a very good understanding of the technical documentation, you will transfer
it into the sales offer logic in order to enable an evaluation by sales.
• Using your basic mathematical understanding (Boolean algebra), you will set
up demand variants depending on the code rules and check their plausibility with
regard to the installation rates
• You will determine quantity and capacity requirements for new product projects and
model updates using strategic production planning figures
• You will be responsible for the management and determination of
(capacity) requirements over several phases of the award process - supplier selection,
industrialization and supplier capacity queries
• You clarify inconsistencies with partner areas to ensure a successful (capacity) needs
assessment
• You will provide essential added value for securing supplier capacity already in the
early phase and secure it sustainably through appropriate change management
Ideally, you qualify for this job with:
• Completed studies with a technical/business administration background
• Professional experience in program planning, supplier management, sales or logistics
• Sound knowledge of the sales order process, supply chain management and project
management, project experience, product documentation
• Strong knowledge of German (Speaking, Writing, Reading) and English
• Very good knowledge of MS Office, esp. Excel
• Good knowledge of:
o System: "DAILOG" (technical documentation)
o SAP/KBM
• Integration and teamwork skills
• Strong communication skills and confident appearance
• Analytical and conceptual skills
• Structured and process-oriented way of working
• Independence, initiative, problem-solving skills and flexibility