- Location
- Mühlestrasse 14 (View map)2540 GrenchenSwitzerland
- Employment
- Full-Time
- Seniority
- Mid-Level
- Department
- Supply Chain, Logistics & Inventory
- Industry
- Fine Watches & Horology
- Posted
- Nov 9, 2026
About ETA
ETA is a benchmark of Swiss horological expertise, renowned for designing and producing precision movements that power many of the world’s most respected watches. As part of the Swatch Group, the manufacture combines industrial excellence, technical innovation, and a deep respect for traditional watchmaking savoir-faire. As an employer, ETA offers a highly specialized environment where engineers, micromechanics, technicians, and operational talents contribute to products defined by reliability, accuracy, and refinement. The company values discipline, craftsmanship, continuous improvement, and collaborative expertise, providing careers at the heart of Switzerland’s watchmaking ecosystem and the future of mechanical and quartz movement technology.
ETA seeks a Production Planner for its Fournitures business unit in Grenchen, Switzerland, responsible for production planning, schedule coordination, material availability, SAP data quality and cross-functional improvement activities. The role is on-site at 100% and includes a 40-hour work week under the GAV.
Role & Responsibilities
- Plan production and fine-tune schedules in line with customer demand, capacity and delivery dates.
- Monitor and coordinate manufacturing, delivery and procurement schedules to ensure material availability.
- Optimize planning parameters in the MRP/SAP system, as well as lot sizes, inventory levels and work in progress (WIP).
- Work closely with Production, Procurement, Logistics and Quality to ensure smooth material flow.
- Contribute to product projects, technical changes and the continuous improvement process (CIP).
- Ensure SAP master data quality and train and support users.
Qualifications
- Technical vocational training.
- Further qualification as a process specialist or TS technician.
- Planning experience in manufacturing companies.
- Very good knowledge of SAP MM, PowerPoint and Excel.
- Good written and spoken communication skills in German and French, with good spoken knowledge of the other language.
Skills
Experience
Planning experience in manufacturing companies.
Education
Technical vocational training; further qualification as a process specialist or TS technician.
Workplace
This position is based in Grenchen, Solothurn, Switzerland.
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Benefits
Further training opportunities; internal mobility and career prospects; five or six weeks of annual leave depending on age and/or function; a 40-hour work week under the collective employment agreement (GAV); attractive compensation policies and social benefits; three weeks of parental leave for fathers and up to 19 weeks for mothers; company restaurant; discounts on Swatch Group and partner-company products; sports activities and company events; contribution toward health insurance.
Culture
ETA offers a workplace culture rooted in Swiss precision, technical mastery, and continuous innovation within the watchmaking industry. As an employer, it fosters collaboration between engineers, artisans, and production specialists, valuing reliability, quality, and the transmission of specialized expertise across generations.
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