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At Parker, we play a pivotal role in applications that change our world. We are in almost everything that moves. With our wide range of technologies, including in the clean tech space, we help our customers solve their most complex engineering challenges. We believe that a diverse workforce is a prerequisite for bringing our purpose to life: enabling engineering breakthroughs that lead to a better tomorrow. Our intention is to foster a culture where every team member feels included and empowered.

We all belong, we all matter, and we all make a difference.

Discover Parker for yourself.

Location Supply Chain Manager is a key leadership position responsible for managing the local supply chain operations in Tampere site to ensure business performance and driving continuous improvement and transformation in a matrix organization. As Location Supply Chain Manager, you will be part of the local management team and contribute to the ongoing development of the Tampere site. You will work closely with our divisional supply chain leadership and other stakeholders across Europe and globally, ensuring efficient and effective material availability and supply chain processes. You are part of the divisional supply chain organization (The Hydraulic Valve Systems Division Europe is a worldwide leading manufacturer of innovative and competitive hydraulic valves, manifolds, systems and individual motion solutions).

• Lead and develop the local supply chain team in Tampere site (currently 4 professionals, including procurement and customer service)

• Lead and develop daily Supply Chain Operations (procurement, logistics, order handling, inventory management, direct and indirect cost management, inbound logistics)

• Monthly planning and forecasting (S&OP process) of supplier performance and fluent material availability ensuring delivery performance and main KPIs (e.g. on-time delivery, DSI)

• Drive localization initiatives and support the implementation of new supplier networks

• Actively contribute to the site management team and drive cultural and operational transformation

• Represent the site in divisional supply chain projects and lead local improvement initiatives

We are not only looking for talent. We are looking for a colleague who can make things happen and wants to be a part of the team with a goal to Shape a Better Tomorrow!

• Technical or commercial degree (MSc or BSc)

• Minimum 5 years of leadership experience from supply chain, procurement and/or complex manufacturing, ideally in a big global organization

• Experience in Lean manufacturing (Kanban, Gemba, PFEP, JIT)

• Excellent language skill: English (must have), Finnish (preferred), German (advantage)

• You have failed, overcame difficulties, and learned from mistakes

• You have experience driving change in a global environment

• You can attract, develop, and inspire diverse teams

• You are trustworthy, compassionate, daring, adaptable, influential, and inclusive

If you don’t find yourself in all the requirements above, but have a growth mindset, apply anyway, because we believe that you might bring a new perspective, and we can learn together!

At Parker Hannifin you can work in an international Fortune 250 company with a lot of career opportunities. Stepping into a global leader in the motion control technologies will not only give you a lot of room to learn but also an environment that will constantly develop and move forward with eyes set on the future. Our culture values diversity, proactive leadership, and continuous improvement. At Parker Hannifin people are valued and the well-being of employees is one of the top priorities. No wonder careers tend to be long at Parker!

You will step into a key leadership role and learn a lot about global supply chain management. Role itself is wide and nobody is expecting you to be a miracle maker who will complete everything during the first 6 months. Instead you are given time and all the support you need to be the best version of yourself at Parker Hannifin. 

Base salary is based on your experience and the final sum will be negotiated with Parker Hannifin being in the estimate annual range of xxxx €.  On top of that you will be a part of Parker Hannifin's annual incentive program (goal xxx% of your annual salary).