Supply Chain Planner

As a Supply Chain Planner, you’ll be responsible for ensuring materials are available when needed to support production schedules and customer deliveries. You’ll translate production requirements into material plans, monitor supplier commitments, and proactively identify and resolve potential delivery risks.

Working closely with Procurement, Supply Chain Engineering, Production Planning, Warehouse, and Quality Assurance, you’ll coordinate material availability and maintain accurate purchasing and delivery information.

You’ll also play an important role in improving supply chain visibility and performance by maintaining reliable order data, monitoring delivery performance, and supporting continuous improvements as DeltaQuad continues to scale.

Reporting to the Head of Procurement & Supply Chain, you’ll work closely with the Buyer and Supply Chain Engineer to ensure smooth coordination between suppliers and internal operations.

Key responsibilities

• Material Planning & Availability: Translate production schedules, customer orders, and internal requirements into accurate material plans. Ensure materials are available in the right quantities and at the right time to support production and delivery commitments.

• Production & Delivery Coordination: Plan material requirements backwards from customer delivery deadlines, considering production lead times, R&D testing, and shipping requirements. Work closely with Production Planning to align material availability with operational priorities.

• Purchasing Support & Order Management: Prepare purchase proposals for the Buyer, including required items, quantities, and delivery dates. Manage call-offs against existing framework agreements and catalogue items within agreed authority limits.

• Supplier Coordination & Expediting: Monitor supplier delivery commitments, obtain order confirmations, and proactively follow up on delayed or incomplete deliveries. Identify potential shortages early and coordinate corrective actions to minimise production disruptions.

• Inventory & Stock Planning: Work closely with the warehouse to monitor stock levels, incoming deliveries, and material availability. Recommend safety stock levels and reorder points, particularly for critical components and single-source materials.

• Supply Chain Data & Reporting: Maintain accurate purchasing and delivery records, including order dates, confirmed delivery dates, and goods receipts. Support performance reporting through reliable data on supplier On-Time Delivery (OTD) and On-Time In-Full (OTIF).

• Risk Management & Escalation: Identify material shortages, supplier delays, and conflicting delivery priorities before they impact production. Escalate commercial, technical, and operational issues to the appropriate stakeholders and communicate critical risks during daily operational meetings.

• Process & Administrative Support: Maintain accurate purchase order documentation, support invoice matching and returns processing, and ensure supply chain records meet internal quality standards and ISO 9001 requirements.

• An MBO+/HBO qualification in Supply Chain Management, Logistics, Business Administration, or a related field.

• Experience in material planning, supply chain coordination, or a similar role within a manufacturing, assembly, or production environment.

• Practical knowledge of Material Requirements Planning (MRP), inventory management, and purchasing processes.

• Strong Excel skills and the ability to work confidently with planning data, order information, and operational reports.

• Experience working with ERP systems is an advantage, particularly in environments undergoing process improvements or system transitions.

• Experience coordinating with suppliers, monitoring deliveries, and resolving material shortages or supply chain disruptions.

• A good understanding of production planning, lead times, stock management, and supplier delivery performance.

• Strong communication skills and fluency in English, with the confidence to follow up with suppliers and coordinate across different departments.

• Experience in aerospace, UAV/UAS, electronics, engineering, or other technically complex manufacturing environments is an advantage.

• Proactive and hands-on: You don’t wait for material shortages or delivery delays to become problems. You anticipate risks, follow up with suppliers, and take action to keep production moving.

• Structured and detail-oriented: You understand the importance of accurate planning and reliable data. You keep track of multiple orders, deadlines, and priorities without losing sight of the details.

• A strong communicator: You’re comfortable working with suppliers and internal stakeholders, asking the right questions, following up on commitments, and escalating issues when needed.

• Analytical and organised: You can translate production requirements into practical material plans, identify potential bottlenecks, and make informed decisions based on data.

• Assertive and solutions-oriented: You’re confident in challenging delivery commitments, chasing suppliers, and finding practical solutions when things don’t go according to plan.

• Adaptable and resilient: You thrive in a fast-moving production environment where priorities can shift quickly. You know how to stay focused on what matters most while maintaining accuracy and quality.

• A collaborative team player: You enjoy working across Procurement, Production, Engineering, and Warehouse teams and understand how effective coordination contributes to successful customer deliveries.

• Coaching and professional growth opportunities

• 27 vacation days (based on full-time)

• Travel reimbursement of €0.25/km or full compensation for public transport (2nd class)

• Excellent pension scheme through the PME pension fund

• Work in an innovative, high-tech environment with real-world impact

• Open, informal company culture where your ideas are valued

• Lunch provided by DeltaQuad, monthly team drinks, and regular team activities
  

Please note that, as part of our recruitment process, we may request a Certificate of Conduct (VOG) and conduct a background screening in accordance with our screening policy. We appreciate your understanding and cooperation throughout this process.

At DeltaQuad, you’ll work on technology that truly matters. As a pioneer in long-range electric VTOL drones (Vertical Take-Off and Landing), we develop robust systems in collaboration with trusted partners, which are deployed across the globe for defence, agriculture and inspection. Our drones are reliable, user-friendly, and built to perform in demanding environments.

We combine technical innovation with a pragmatic mindset. What we do today shapes where we’ll be tomorrow, and you’ll play a crucial role in that journey.