Inventory Planning Specialist – Refrigerants

About the role

Wilhelmsen Ships Service is seeking an experienced Inventory Planning Specialist focused on refrigerants. You will lead inventory planning, forecasting, and cylinder asset optimization across a global network, ensuring product availability while maximizing asset utilization.

Key responsibilities

• Lead inventory planning and cylinder asset management for assigned regions, balancing demand, efficiency, and working capital.
• Monitor inventory levels, consumption trends, and forecast accuracy to prevent shortages or excess stock.
• Drive global optimization through stock rebalancing, cylinder reshuffling, and strategic positioning of assets.
• Support monthly and annual investment planning with business cases, utilization analysis, and demand forecasts.
• Collaborate with Sales, Product Management, Operations, and Procurement to develop accurate demand forecasts.
• Analyze KPIs, utilization rates, service levels, and slow‑moving inventory, providing insights to improve efficiency and reduce costs.
• Prepare reports, dashboards, and presentations using Excel, Power BI, and ERP systems.

Required profile

• Degree in Supply Chain, Logistics, Business or a related field.
• 5–8 years of experience in inventory planning, supply chain, logistics or asset management.
• Strong analytical, forecasting and inventory optimization capabilities.
• Proven stakeholder management and cross‑functional collaboration skills.
• Experience in supplier management and purchasing processes.

Required skills

• Advanced Microsoft Excel.
• Power BI for reporting and visualization.
• Experience with ERP systems, preferably IFS.