Fleet planner

Job description

Are you inspired by “what’s next”? So are we. When you join the Albemarle team, you contribute to a better tomorrow. You will play a role in powering many of the world’s largest and most critical industries, from energy and communications to transportation and electronics. We are putting innovation to work to improve people’s lives and we want YOU to be a part of it. **Job Description** Albemarle is hiring for a Supply Chain Fleet Planner & Analyst. This position is hybrid and located in Budapest. The Fleet Planner supports enterprise fleet performance by translating demand, operational, asset, and compliance requirements into integrated fleet plans. The role provides the planning discipline, analytics, and cross-functional coordination required to ensure the returnable-container fleet is appropriately sized, available, maintained, and positioned to meet business needs. In partnership with Fleet Management, Site Supply Chain, Maintenance, Engineering, Procurement, Finance, Logistics, and business stakeholders, the Fleet Planner supports fleet optimization, maintenance planning governance, spare-part readiness, and regulatory compliance. The position enables informed decisions on equipment availability, maintenance strategy, capital planning, service-provider needs, and operating risk while improving standardization, data quality, and planning effectiveness across the fleet network. **What You Will Do** - **Fleet Planning and Optimization** - Develop short-, medium-, and long-range fleet demand forecasts. - Perform fleet sizing analysis using demand forecasts, route assumptions, cycle requirements, and customer needs. - Identify anticipated equipment shortages, surpluses, and positioning imbalances and recommend corrective actions. - Translate approved demand and production plans into actionable fleet requirements. - **Maintenance Planning Governance and Compliance** - Support maintenance planning governance to ensure the fleet remains safe, serviceable, and aligned with applicable regulatory, internal, and customer requirements. - Coordinate with Site Supply Chain and Maintenance teams on day-to-day maintenance planning priorities, equipment readiness constraints, service scheduling needs, and escalation of availability risks. - Partner with Engineering to develop and maintain spare-part bills of material for each Fleet SKU, including critical components, replacement parts, and planning assumptions required to support compliant fleet readiness. - Coordinate with Procurement on sourcing strategy development for spare parts, in-house maintenance support, third-party service repairs, and supplier readiness required to execute maintenance plans. - Support maintenance budget planning and approval processes by consolidating fleet condition insights, repair demand, spare-part requirements, service-provider assumptions, and cost drivers. - Monitor maintenance planning performance, compliance readiness, and equipment availability trends to identify risks, drive follow-up actions, and support continuous improvement in fleet reliability. - **Asset Visibility and Availability** - Monitor fleet inventory, equipment status, location, and availability across the network. - Analyze idle, overdue, dormant, or unaccounted-for equipment and support recovery or repositioning actions. - Maintain accurate planning records and support improvements to fleet master data and tracking quality. - Coordinate priorities with operations and logistics partners when equipment availability may affect service. - **Forecasting and Capacity Support** - Partner with demand planning, supply planning, S&OP, Sales, and business teams to understand future requirements. - Develop scenarios that evaluate the fleet impact of demand changes, route changes, customer onboarding, and network decisions. - Support fleet capital planning by quantifying expected equipment gaps and opportunities to avoid unnecessary purchases. - Document planning assumptions and maintain repeatable sizing methodologies. - **Reporting, Analytics, and Improvement** - Develop and maintain fleet reports, planning models, and KPI dashboards. - Analyze utilization, fleet turns, equipment availability, inventory accuracy, and forecast performance. - Provide recurring performance summaries and ad hoc analysis for operational and leadership decisions. - Support automation, standardization, and continuous improvement of fleet planning processes and tools. **What You Bring** **Required:** - **Education** Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Logistics, Business, Engineering, Operations Management, or a related field. - **Experience** Three or more years of experience in supply chain planning, logistics planning, fleet management, asset management, transportation, or a related operational environment. - **Systems** Strong Microsoft Excel skills; experience with SAP, Power BI, forecasting tools, fleet tracking platforms, or comparable business systems is preferred. - **Analytics** Ability to interpret data, validate assumptions, identify trends, build planning scenarios, and convert findings into clear recommendations. - **Communication** Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to coordinate across functions and explain planning results to varied audiences. **Preferred:** • Analytical problem solving • Continuous improvement mindset • Planning discipline and attention to detail • Ability to manage competing priorities • Business partnership and stakeholder coordination • Clear documentation and data storytelling • Ownership and follow-through • Sound judgment when assumptions or data are incomplete #LI-SZ1 **Benefits of Joining Albemarle** - Competitive compensation - Comprehensive benefits package - A diverse array of resources to support you professionally and personally. 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