Job Highlights The Regional Demand and Supply Planner is responsible for all regional demand and supply planning activities for the assigned plants and coordinates many aspects of the overall Integrated Business Planning Process with internal stakeholders. The role is accountable to ensure the highest customer experience by optimizing planning of the production network while controlling internal network costs and inventories, achieving a proper demand/supply balance. Job Responsibilities Creates and maintains supply plans for the regional supply network. Ensures feasible plan to balance our production facilities, supplier constraints, demand risks, costs and working capital. Facilitates regional Supply Review to ensure coordination between Operations, Procurement, Product Management and Supply Chain. Validates that operations is adhering to the plans. Creates and maintains regional demand plan in SAP IBP. Provides regional input to the monthly global Demand Review meeting to ensure coordination between Commercial, Product Management, Finance/Controlling and Supply Chain. Accountable for managing product allocations and improving Forecast accuracy and demand generation process. Leads Regional Supply Review meetings. Practices good IBP behaviours and helps to generate alignment across multiple business functions. Supports metric review and root causing below-target performance with corrective action implementation. Develops and clearly presents decisions to be made in the IBP meeting for supply and demand scenarios that have financial impact on the outcome of our business. Aligns demand, supply and inventory optimization plans with the business and finance/controlling team in the context of IBP to ensure one plan is used throughout the organization. Aligns demand, supply and inventory optimization plans with the business and finance/controlling team in the context of IBP to ensure one plan is used throughout the organization. Coordinate with a team of Supply Chain Managers and schedulers located at regional production facilities. Accountable for the local execution of detailed production scheduling, target setting and process adherence.

Experience / Skills

Bachelor of Science Degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, or Sciences. Minimum of five (5) years of experience in advanced demand/supply planning experience. Key User knowledge in

SAP IBP, SAP

PTM and OTC; MS Office, especially Excel and Power Point. Strong influencing skills and the ability to communicate across different levels and diverse cultures Demonstrated capabilities in change management. Excellent verbal and written communication/presentation skills (English). Excellent analytical and problem solving skills; high comfort organizing, institutionalizing, and using data to drive decisions. Excellent IT and process affinity. Location Fords Employee Type Regular Who we are LANXESS is a leading specialty chemicals company with about 12,000 employees in 32 countries. The core business of LANXESS is the development, manufacturing and marketing of chemical intermediates, additives and consumer protection products. LANXESS has achieved leading positions in the Dow Jones Best-in-Class Index and the MSCI ESG and ISS ESG ratings, among others, for its commitment to sustainability. Be part of it! What we offer Compensation We offer competitive compensation packages, inclusive of a global bonus program. The established pay range for pay grade of this position is $121,600 to $202,600. Please note, the actual compensation may vary based on geographic location, work experience, education, and skill level. Comprehensive Benefits We provide a variety of benefits to support your financial security, health and wellbeing including retirement plans, health programs, life insurance and medical care. Work-Life & Flexibility We support you in maintaining a balance between working hours and personal life. With our global "Xwork" program, we offer flexible working arrangements in all countries in which we operate. Training & Development We are committed to your professional and personal development and encourage you in the ongoing pursuit of education, training and knowledge through both formal and informal learning. Diversity LANXESS is an Equal Opportunity Employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, age, social class, physical ability or attributes, religion, national origin, veteran status and political beliefs. LANXESS has a value-based performance culture. We are seeking a range of human interests, backgrounds, and experiences that can be engaged to achieve respect, ownership, trust, professionalism, integrity and healing across all sectors. We are looking to find diverse and talented people to join our team. Studies have shown that some individuals are less likely to apply if they do not meet 100% of the criteria. We are looking to equalize the gap! If you are excited about this role but your past experiences do not align perfectly with every qualification, we encourage you to apply. We will look to assess your talent against our competencies, values and requirements to get the best organizational fit. You might be the right candidate for this or other roles we have available! Join the LANXESS team!