Head of Materials Planning and Control (m/f/d)

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Head of Materials Planning and Control (m/f/d)

Bern

01.10.2026 or by arrangement

60-100%

103992

What awaits you.

In this key role, you take responsibility for the strategic planning and control of materials within the infrastructure. Together with your team, you continuously develop material supply throughout the end-to-end process and lay the foundations for sustainable, economical, and future-oriented materials management. You operate in a varied environment offering a wide scope for manoeuvre and collaborate closely with internal and external partners.

What you can influence.

• Leading a team composed of four materials managers and a project manager, you strengthen interdepartmental collaboration.
• You take responsibility for strategic materials planning and develop supply strategies and concepts to ensure long-term availability.
• By optimising rolling forecasts of materials, you make future needs transparent.
• At the service level, you lead development, transformation, and optimisation initiatives and advance the continuous improvement of materials management.
• By evolving standards, methods, and control instruments, you represent materials management in strategic bodies.
• In close collaboration with specialised areas, projects, and external partners, you promote sustainable material supply.

What you bring.

• With several years of proven managerial experience, you possess solid knowledge in materials management, supply chain management, or logistics.
• Your strategic thinking and entrepreneurial spirit distinguish you, and you work in a structured and solution-oriented manner.
• Experienced in leading change, transformation, or optimisation projects, you navigate complex environments with ease.
• You are proficient in SAP MM, especially in requirements planning and procurement management, and ideally have knowledge of SAP IBP in demand and supply planning.
• You hold a higher education degree from a university of applied sciences or university, or an equivalent qualification in supply chain management, logistics, business management, or management engineering.
• You have excellent knowledge of German, and knowledge of other national languages is an asset.

Your salary and social benefits.

We have a fair and progressive salary system and are actively committed to pay equality. Therefore, additional detailed information about the SBB salary system can be viewed transparently. This position corresponds to requirement level K and entitles you to a level 1 regional allowance. Learn more about salary and social benefits .

Here is a good way to start.

Your desire to move Switzerland with us is our greatest motivation. Therefore, we do not require a cover letter for this position. However, if you wish, you have the option to write to us in our application tool.

We do not accept any applications from placement agencies for this position.

About the position

Shkelzen Thaqi Phone +41 79 367 40 35