Master Planner EMEA
- Location: Netherlands - Breda
- Job Family: Supply Chain
- Time Type: Full time
- Job Requisition ID: R0008177
- Experience Years: 0-3 Years of Experience
- Employee Type: Regular
- Remote Type: Onsite
About the Opportunity
As a Master Planner EMEA, you’ll play a central role in turning our strategic ambitions and S&OP targets into reality. You will own the tactical (14–52 weeks) and executional (0–13 weeks) planning horizon, ensuring that the right products are available at the right time—balancing customer needs, operational efficiency, and sustainability. Through close collaboration with international colleagues across sales, supply chain, growers, and manufacturing, you will create, execute, and continuously improve the Master Plan. Your decisions and insights will directly impact order fulfillment, capacity utilization, lead times, and inventory health. If you enjoy working in a dynamic, multinational FMCG environment where no two days are alike, this role offers you the chance to shape the heartbeat of our supply chain.Responsibilities
What You Will Do
Develop, maintain, and execute the Master Plan in line with strategic and S&OP objectives across EMEA.
Translate marketing forecasts into actionable plans, ensuring demand is aligned with operational capabilities.
Monitor supply–demand situations, highlight risks, and present mitigation scenarios to support commercial decisions.
Optimize capacity and resource allocation through Rough Cut Capacity Planning (RCCP) and daily manufacturing planning.
Manage Material Requirements Planning (MRP), safety stocks, and obsolete material run-outs.
Secure seamless order fulfillment across Harvest, Sales, Production, and Transfer Orders.
Act as the key link between growers, manufacturing, logistics, distribution, sales, and demand management.
Track and analyze KPIs, such as order fulfillment, capacity utilization, lead times, and inventory fruit age—turning insights into action.
Lead and mentor Junior Master Planners, fostering collaboration and knowledge-sharing across the team.
Support process improvements and the development of planning tools that strengthen efficiency and service levels.
Step in as back-up for the Master Planner Lead when required, ensuring continuity and alignment.
Candidate Profile
What You Bring
Education: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree, preferably in Supply Chain, Logistics, or a related field.
Experience:
1–3 years of experience in planning & scheduling, ideally within a multinational FMCG environment.
Familiarity with S&OP processes and supply chain dynamics in fresh produce is a strong advantage.
Experience with ERP & planning systems (advanced user) and advanced Excel skills.
Exposure to project management, change management, or team leadership is a plus.
Skills & Competencies:
Excellent communication skills; able to engage stakeholders at all levels.
Commercial and financial acumen with strong analytical capabilities.
Results-oriented, with the ability to prioritize and deliver under time pressure.
Fluent in English; Spanish is an advantage.
APICS CPIM certification is a plus.
What We Offer
An exciting role at the center of our EMEA supply chain operations.
The opportunity to work in an international, fast-paced FMCG environment.
A collaborative and supportive culture where innovation and continuous improvement are encouraged.
Development opportunities, including mentorship and training, to grow your career within supply chain planning.
A role where your work directly contributes to customer satisfaction, grower sustainability, and business success.
About Driscolls
Driscoll's is the global market leader for fresh strawberries, blueberries, raspberries and blackberries. With more than 100 years of farming heritage and hundreds of independent growers around the world, Driscoll's is passionate about growing fresh, beautiful and delicious berries. Our values of humility, passion and trustworthiness have guided our mission to delight consumers around the world.
Driscoll's exclusive patented berry varieties are developed through years of research using only natural breeding methods – meaning, no GMOs. From farm-to-table, we focus on delivering a high quality, premium berry experience with our many supply chain partners.
Driscoll's is the trusted brand for Only the Finest Berries™.
Driscoll's es el proveedor líder en la comercialización de Fresas, Frambuesas, Zarzamoras y Arándanos Azules en el mundo. Con más de 100 años de herencia en agricultura y cientos de productores independiente alrededor del mundo, Driscoll's es una compañía apasionada por cultivar Berries frescas, hermosas y deliciosas. Nuestros valores de humildad, pasión y confianza han guiado nuestra misión de deleitar a los consumidores en el mundo.
Las variedades exclusivas de Driscoll's han sido desarrolladas a través de años de investigación usando sólo métodos de mejoramiento natural. De la granja a la mesa, nos enfocamos en ofrecer una experiencia de alta calidad con apoyo de nuestros socios de la cadena de suministro.
Driscoll's es la marca de confianza de sólo las mejores Berries.