Network Capacity Planner
Syngenta Group · Atessa, Abruzzo, Italy · hybrid
Syngenta is leading science-based agtech company; dedicated to bringing plant potential to life. Each of our 28,000 employees in more than 90 countries work together to solve one of humanity’s most pressing challenges: growing more food with fewer resources. A diverse workforce and an inclusive workplace environment are enablers of our ambition to be the most collaborative and trusted team in agriculture.
Our employees reflect the diversity of our customers, the markets where we operate and the communities which we serve. No matter what your position, you will have a vital role in safely feeding the world and taking care of our planet. Join us and help shape the future of agriculture.
We invite you to help us shape the future of agriculture. At Syngenta, we believe every employee has a role to play in safely feeding the world and taking care of our planet.
Network Capacity Planner
Location: Atessa, Italy
Salary range: €49,000–€65,000 gross per year, depending on experience
Role purpose
The Network Capacity Planner balances production volumes across the Biologicals manufacturing network and calculates gross and net requirements for Natural Extracts, including Seaweeds, Premixes and Key Ingredients. The role connects demand and supply planning across a 14-week to two-year planning horizon and the annual long-term capacity plan.
Key responsibilities
- Balance and allocate production volumes across the Biologicals manufacturing network, optimising capacity utilisation and supporting service-level targets.
- Translate global demand into executable site-level plans across the 0-week to 2-year planning horizon, coordinating production, logistics and regional/country requirements.
- Proactively identify constraints, manage material availability and calculate gross and net requirements for Seaweeds, Premixes and Key Ingredients.
- Manage the ROP process for assigned sites and provide supply-feasibility, capacity-outlook and inventory-projection inputs for Global S&OP.
- Collaborate with global planners, regional and country teams to ensure local teams maintain planning master data—including BOMs, routings, lead times and safety stocks—in SAP S/4HANA.
- Partner with Procurement and local planning teams to secure timely availability of critical materials.
- Support new product introductions through supply-chain setup, trial planning and ramp-up scheduling.
What you bring
- Strong analytical capability and confidence managing complex planning scenarios and trade-off decisions.
- A detail-oriented problem-solving mindset that drives operational issue resolution.
- An effective communicator and collaborative partner across global, regional, site-level and cross-functional teams.
- Proficiency in Excel and SAP-based planning tools.
- Professional proficiency in English and Italian; Spanish and Portuguese are advantageous.
Syngenta is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate in recruitment, hiring, training, promotion or any other employment practices for reasons of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, marital or veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status