Planning Coordinator (M/F)
Sabena Engineering
| Company | Sabena Engineering |
| Category | Operations & Admin |
| Location | Gosselies |
| Remote | — |
| Employment | Not stated |
| Level | Not stated |
| Salary | Not stated by the employer |
| First seen | 3 Aug 2026 (the employer did not state a posting date) |
| Last verified | 10 Aug 2026 |
| Source | The employer's own careers page (company_site) |
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• Site: Gosselies
The Planning Coordinator plays a key role in securing the operational performance and delivery commitments of the Business Unit Component across the Charleroi and Haren sites. The position ensures a clear, realistic, and shared view of production capabilities and short-term planning, acting as the central interface between operations, management, and commercial functions. By aligning capacity, workload, and priorities, the role directly supports on-time delivery, workload balancing, and decision-making at both operational and management levels.
Primary Responsibilities:
Production Capability Management
· Create, maintain, and continuously update the production capability analysis for both CRL and HAR sites.
· Define and monitor available capacity based on resources, skills, equipment, and constraints.
· Identify capacity gaps, risks, and overload situations, and proactively propose mitigation actions.
· Ensure capability data is reliable, transparent, and shared with key stakeholders.
Production Planning & Scheduling
· Create, maintain, and monitor the day-to-day production planning for CRL and HAR sites.
· Translate workload demand into realistic and achievable short-term plans aligned with available capacity.
· Adjust planning priorities based on operational constraints, urgencies, and commercial commitments.
· Monitor plan adherence and highlight deviations, risks, and recovery actions.
Operational Performance & Visibility
· Provide clear visibility on workload, capacity utilization, and planning risks through structured reporting and KPIs.
· Support operational reviews by providing accurate data and forward-looking analyses.
· Contribute to lead-time control, backlog reduction, and workload leveling across sites.
Interface with Management & Commercial Functions
· Act as the key interface between operations and management/commercial teams.
· Support decision-making by assessing feasibility of new demand, priorities, and delivery commitments.
· Translate commercial requirements into operational plans and constraints into management-level insights.
Continuous Improvement
· Identify opportunities to improve planning processes, tools, and data reliability.
· Contribute to harmonization of planning practices between CRL and HAR.
· Support initiatives aimed at improving robustness, predictability, and agility of the planning process.
Cross-Functional Coordination
· Work closely with production, logistics, engineering, quality, and supply chain teams.
· Ensure alignment between capacity, material availability, and operational execution.
Required Skills:
· Industrial Engineering Master Degree or equivalent.
· Experience in production planning, capacity management, or operational coordination in an industrial or aerospace environment.
· Strong analytical skills with the ability to translate data into operational and management insights.
· Structured and methodical approach with strong planning and prioritization capabilities.
· Excellent communication skills and ability to interact with both shop-floor and management stakeholders.
· Ability to manage complexity across multiple sites and balance short-term urgencies with mid-term vision.
· Proactive, solution-oriented mindset with a strong sense of ownership.
· Good knowledge of planning tools and ERP systems (SAP is a strong asset).
· Fluent in French or Dutch and English; knowledge of Dutch or French is mandatory #LI-CG1