Purchase Scheduler EU

Your Job

As a Purchase Scheduler EU, you will play a key role in ensuring the right glass products are available at the right time across European plants. You translate Master Planning signals into effective intercompany purchase schedules, balancing service, cost, inventory, and operational constraints to protect regional OTIF performance.

Our Team

You will join the EU Planning & Supply Chain team, working closely with Master Planning, Production, Warehouse, Shipping, and Logistics teams across Europe. The team is responsible for synchronizing supply flows between plants to support customer demand and regional performance goals.

What You Will Do

• Turn Master Planning requirements into accurate and executable intercompany purchase schedules across EU plants
• Proactively manage supply deviations by adjusting purchase plans to protect customer service and OTIF results
• Balance inventory, lead time, freight cost, and capacity constraints to support efficient material flow
• Collaborate daily with Production, WH/SH, and Logistics teams to align purchasing decisions with operational realities
• Contribute to continuous improvement by identifying opportunities to optimize purchasing, scheduling, and sourcing processes
• Support team resilience by providing backup coverage for other EU Purchase Schedulers when needed
  
  
  

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Experience in purchasing, supply planning, scheduling, or materials planning within a manufacturing or industrial environment
• Working knowledge of ERP systems.
• Ability to manage priorities in a dynamic, multi‑site European supply chain environment
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills with a service‑oriented mindset
• Comfortable working cross‑functionally with planning, production, and logistics teams
  
  
  

What Will Put You Ahead

• Experience with intercompany purchasing and multi‑plant sourcing (MPS)
• Understanding of OTIF, ATP, safety stock, and inventory optimization concepts
• Exposure to glass, process manufacturing, or capital‑intensive production environments
• Confidence in challenging planning assumptions and proposing data‑driven improvements
• Experience working in a regional or EU‑wide planning role
  
  
  

At Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. This means we openly challenge the status quo, find new ways to create value and get rewarded for our individual contributions. Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data. The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate's knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location. If you have questions, please speak to your recruiter about the flexibility and detail of our compensation philosophy.

Who We Are

At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better. Learn how our business philosophy helps employees unleash their potential while creating value for themselves and the company.

Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.