About this role
About AkzoNobel
Since 1792, we’ve been supplying the innovative paints and coatings that help to color people’s lives and protect what matters most. Our world class portfolio of brands – including Dulux, International, Sikkens and Interpon – is trusted by customers around the globe. We’re active in more than 150 countries and use our expertise to sustain and enhance the fabric of everyday life. Because we believe every surface is an opportunity. It’s what you’d expect from a pioneering and long-established paints company that’s dedicated to providing sustainable solutions and preserving the best of what we have today – while creating an even better tomorrow. Let’s paint the future together.
For more information please visit www.akzonobel.com
© 2026 Akzo Nobel N.V. All rights reserved.
Long Description
At AkzoNobel, we are looking for a Material Planner to join our Supply Chain team for the Decorative Paint Business Unit in Barcelona and play a key role in ensuring the availability of materials for our operations.
Short Description
What will you do?
- Creation of purchase orders and managing communication with suppliers to ensure timely availability of materials.
- Review the 12-week material outlook to ensure optimal stocking levels, considering storage constraints
- Ensure master data correctness & housekeeping of MRP & transactional data.
- Proactively manage supplier relationships by directly engaging to confirm supply, resolve issues, and ensure alignment with requirements.
- Anticipate supply risks through capacity checks, long lead-time component planning and demand analysis; implement preventive mitigation actions.
- Identify root causes of recurring supply issues & drive improvement actions along with key stakeholders to enhance performance.
- Monitor and optimize inventory flow (inflow vs outflow), ensuring healthy stock rotation and preventing excess or obsolete stock.
- Actively manage and reduce SLOB, including stock held at suppliers, ensuring stock depletion before switching materials.
- Quantify and communicate material risks in terms of service (OTIF) and volume impact to support prioritization.
- Ensure structured, complete, and timely communication of risks and actions, supporting governance forums (e.g. Gatekeeping meetings, Supply Reviews)
- Support projects and process improvement to enhance performance and efficiency of the required material planning activities.
Job Purpose
What are we expected from you?
- At least 3-year experience in Supply Planning role. Preferably in FMCG, Paint/Coating or Retail
- Experience on Supply Planning in SAP and BI
- University Education (e.g. Engineering, Business Administration, Economics, Supply Chain Management, Logistics or other relevant discipline) with Degree or equivalent qualification
- Experience driving small continuous improvement initiatives related to planning
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills, flexibility and able to work under pressure
- Fluent and able to work in English. Understanding and sensitivity to different cultural behaviours.
- Be able to come to the office 3 days per week.
Key Accountabilities
What do we offer?
- The opportunity to join a global leader in paints and coatings.
- An international, dynamic, and collaborative environment.
- Real career development opportunities.
- Continuous improvement projects with direct operational impact.
- Hybrid working model
- Flexible compensation benefits (retribución flexible).
- On-site sports facilities including football and padel courts.
At AkzoNobel we are highly committed to ensuring an inclusive and respectful workplace where all employees can be their best self. We strive to embrace diversity in a context of tolerance. Our talent acquisition process plays an integral part in this journey, as setting the foundations for a diverse environment. For this reason we train and educate on the implications of our Unconscious Bias in order for our TA and hiring managers to be mindful of them and take corrective actions when applicable. In our organization, all qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age or disability.
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