About tonies:
tonies is the globally leading interactive audio platform for children with more than 10 million Tonieboxes and 125 million Tonies sold. The intuitive and award-winning audio system has changed the way young children play and learn independently with its child-safe, wireless, and screen-free approach. Tonieboxes have been activated in over 100 countries, the content portfolio includes around 1,400 Tonies in several languages. Since its inception, tonies has achieved significant milestones, including listing on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange in November 2021 as well as a globally present team of over 550 dedicated professionals operating from various countries.
Joining our tonies team means being part of an inspiring mission to create innovative and meaningful experiences for children around the world. Together, we’re shaping the future of play, learning, and imagination.
You as part of tonies:
As our Head of Global Supply Chain Planning and S&OP, you are the architect of our future planning landscape. You will lead our "Planning Excellence" Center-of-Excellence (CoE) to transition our supply chain toward strategic maturity. Your mission is to design end-to-end planning processes, run a fit-for-purpose global S&OP/IBP cycle, and drive the adoption of advanced forecasting techniques to optimize service and inventory levels globally.
Your tasks and responsibilities will include:
- Lead the CoE: Build and develop a high-performing Planning Excellence team, setting global standards, governance, and decision rules.
- Master the Planning Cycle: Own the monthly global S&OP / IBP cycle end-to-end, ensuring reliable inputs, clear trade-offs, and documented executive decisions.
- Standardize Methods: Define global standards for demand forecasting (statistical baselines) and supply planning (capacity constraints, inventory policies, and replenishment).
- Drive Transformation: Act as the business owner for the planning tool roadmap, leading the selection, implementation, and adoption of advanced planning systems.
- Scale Innovation: Translate advanced analytics and ML/AI innovations into scalable planning capabilities and measurable performance improvements.
- Enable Growth: Establish a "single version of the truth" for planning data, ensuring transparency and alignment across Finance, Commercial, and Operations teams.
What we are looking for:
- Expertise: 8–12+ years in Supply Chain Planning (S&OP, Demand, and Supply), ideally within the toys, consumer electronics, or multi-SKU consumer products industries.
- Transformation Track Record: Proven experience building or upgrading S&OP / IBP processes in low-maturity environments.
- Technical Proficiency: Deep hands-on knowledge of constrained supply planning, scenario management, and the implementation of advanced planning tools (e.g., Anaplan or similar).
- Future-Ready Mindset: Working knowledge of advanced analytics and scaling ML/AI use-cases in an operational environment.
- Leadership & Influence: Strong cross-functional facilitation skills and the ability to drive strategic decisions with senior leadership.
- Education & Languages: Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, or Business. Fluent English is required; German is a plus.
Why tonies?
- Global Teamwork: We collaborate across departmental and country borders on our vision to bring the Toniebox into every child's room in the world.
- Come as you are: This applies not only to the dress code but also to everything else. Because only where you truly feel comfortable can you give your best.
- Mobility: Choose the option that suits you best - a Deutschlandticket (public transport ticket) for unlimited mobility, a monthly contribution for an office parking space, a leasing bicycle, or a remote work subsidy.
- Enhanced Security: Benefit from subsidies for company pension plans, occupational pension schemes, and occupational disability insurance.
- Rest & Time Off: Enjoy 30 days of paid annual leave as well as three additional days off such as Rosenmontag, Christmas Eve, and New Year's Eve. After one year of employment, you can also use up to 10 "toniecation days" (unpaid leave days).
- Continuous Learning: Benefit from our internal and external training opportunities as well as an individual learning budget to continuously expand your knowledge.
- Language Learning & Relaxation: Improve your communication skills with the language learning app Babbel and find relaxation through our access to the meditation app Calm.
- Discounts: Benefit from attractive discounts on our entire range of tonies products.
Good to know:
As part of our principles, we are committed to supporting inclusion and diversity at tonies. We actively celebrate our colleagues’ different abilities, ethnicities, faith and gender. Everyone is welcome and supported in their development at all stages in their journey with us.
We look forward to hearing from you!
Esther Sommerfeld
Team Lead Talent Acquisition - Central
