Director, Global Supply Planning

Shape Global Planning and Business Performance as Director, Global Supply Planning

Join a pivotal global leadership role where you will shape how pricing, capacity, and resource planning support business success across Valmet. You will lead the teams driving cost modelling, capacity management, and Sales & Operations Planning, helping the organization make smarter commercial and operational decisions. Working across business areas and with key stakeholders in Production, Procurement, Sales, and Operations, you will influence competitiveness, delivery performance, and inventory optimization on a global scale. If you thrive on connecting strategy with execution and turning complex planning challenges into business value, this is your opportunity to make a lasting impact.

Your responsibilities

• Lead global teams responsible for pricing, cost modelling, and capacity management across Valmet's business areas.
• Provide cost, capacity, and workload analyses that support commercial decisions, sales projects, and Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP).
• Develop optimized supply and production plans by identifying capacity, supply, and operational constraints and translating them into actionable recommendations.
• Lead and facilitate global S&OP processes, ensuring effective collaboration, alignment, and decision-making across functions, business areas, suppliers, and strategic partners.
• Partner with Production and Procurement teams to maintain accurate cost and pricing models that support operational and commercial performance

Expectations for you

• You hold a BSc or MSc degree in Business, Supply Chain, Engineering, or a related field.
• You have 5 - 10 years of experience leading resources, teams, or functions in a global environment.
• You have strong expertise in Sales and Operations Planning and a solid understanding of business operations, technologies, and resource capabilities.
• You have a proven track record of leading transformational initiatives and continuous improvement programmes.
• You have advanced communication, leadership, stakeholder management, and influencing skills.

To succeed in this role

You bring strategic thinking and the ability to evaluate multiple business scenarios across different planning horizons. You build strong networks, create alignment across functions, and confidently influence stakeholders to drive action. Your collaborative leadership style, change management capability, and results-oriented mindset enable you to continuously improve operations while maintaining a strong customer and service focus.

We also expect you to align with Valmet’s Leadership Principles - practical behaviours that guide how we lead, collaborate, and succeed together:

• Take accountability - Act with ownership, set clear expectations, and follow through
• Lead with courage - Champion change, try bold ideas, and learn quickly
• Build on trust - Listen to understand, be open, and create psychological safety
• Collaborate for growth - Work across boundaries, value diverse perspectives, and focus on customer value

Want to know more?

Ready to shape the future of global planning and operational performance? Please send your application, CV and salary expectation by August 15th, and bring your expertise to a role with broad visibility and impact. We encourage our employees to a healthier lifestyle by being a Smoke-free Workplace.

When everything works together

Valmet is where the best talent from a wide variety of backgrounds comes together. We work together with our customers throughout the entire lifecycle, delivering cutting-edge technologies and services as well as mission-critical automation and flow control solutions. Backed by more than 225 years of industrial experience and a global team of over 19,000 professionals close to customers, we are uniquely positioned to transform industries toward a regenerative tomorrow. Join the team - and lead the way with us! www.valmet.com/careers http://www.valmet.com

Valmet is a global technology leader serving process industries. We work together with our customers throughout the entire lifecycle, delivering cutting-edge technologies and services as well as mission-critical automation and flow control solutions. Backed by more than 225 years of industrial experience and a global team of over 19,000 professionals close to customers, we are uniquely positioned to transform industries toward a regenerative tomorrow. In 2024, Valmet’s net sales totaled approximately EUR 5.4 billion. Our head office is in Espoo, Finland, and we have experts in approximately 40 countries around the world. Valmet’s shares are listed on Nasdaq Helsinki.

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