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# Supply Planner (Freelance / Contract) at Loop

- **Company:** Loop
- **Location:** Amsterdam, Netherlands
- **Compensation:** €60–€80/hr
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** hybrid
- **Posted:** 2026-10-09
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-16
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/loop-earplugs/ee982c43-cee3-46df-a025-2a3ea5205080

## Job description

Supply Engineer

Contract: Temporary maternity leave cover, expected from mid-January to mid-July Experience: 3+ years supply planning experience, with SAP and MRP fluency Location: Belgium or the Netherlands

## The role

As this a temporary maternity leave cover (expected to run from mid-January to mid-July), we'll need you step into a role with real ownership from the start, future-proofing Loop’s physical product supply across suppliers, categories, and geographies. You’ll connect Demand Planning, Procurement, S&I, and Quality, turning forecasts, constraints, and supplier signals into clear supply decisions. When ambiguity or disruption hits, you bring solutions forward, not just issues.

## What you’ll do (and what you won’t)

- You own integrated supply planning across suppliers, categories, and geographies, aligning mid- to long-range supply capabilities with business forecasts.
- You shape the supply-side response in S&OP, building what-if scenarios for demand surges, line-down events, capacity shifts, and other changing business needs.
- You model long-lead-time components, including import timelines, storage constraints, and safety stock logic, within the MRP system.
- You raise the bar on supplier performance, using measures such as capacity utilization, schedule adherence, and logistics throughput to identify where action is needed.
- You spot supplier bottlenecks and readiness gaps early, then work with Procurement and S&I to build practical solutions that unlock capacity for growth.
- You execute supply plans across multiple sourcing nodes, flag capacity risks, and support dual-sourcing implementation with S&I and Procurement.
- You own SAP planning parameters and data health across the product portfolio, building more automated, exception-based ways of working.
- You build forecasting tools, alerts, and dashboards that improve visibility, speed, and accuracy across supply planning.

You won’t

- wait for endless approvals before bringing a solution forward.
- hide behind processes when the supply plan needs action.
- pass accountability to others when supplier issues get difficult.
- talk about AI without practicing it in your workflow.

## How you’ll succeed

We look for people who think big, stay curious, and aren’t afraid to go all in to make things happen. You’ll succeed by creating a supply plan the business can rely on, making smart trade-offs when conditions change, and building planning processes that scale with Loop. You’ll improve the reliability of the committed supply plan while reducing the need for late-stage expedites. You’ll identify and implement planning improvements that make our supply chain more efficient and cost-conscious. And when supplier issues arise, you’ll take ownership, working directly with suppliers and internal partners to resolve problems before they need leadership escalation. You’ll own supply-side scenario design within S&OP, escalating structural trade-offs to the Supply Chain Manager when needed. You’ll govern MRP parameters and logic within SAP for your assigned categories and recommend how supply should be reallocated across SKUs, regions, or channels during periods of disruption or constraint, in partnership with Procurement.

## What you’ll bring

- You bring deep supply planning expertise, including expert-level fluency in SAP, MRP logic, and end-to-end supply planning.
- You have advanced modeling skills across capacity planning, lead-time optimization, and scenario forecasting.
- You can design complex what-if scenarios and apply constraint-based thinking when the answer is not obvious.
- You solve problems at the root, working with suppliers and internal teams to create systemic solutions instead of repeatedly fighting the same fires.
- You build strong partnerships across Procurement, S&I, Quality, Demand Planning, and Inventory Planning, and you speak up when risks, capacity, or timing need attention.
- You work independently, move with urgency, and know when a decision or trade-off needs others involved.
- You’re comfortable operating through ambiguity, constraint, change, and growth.
- You use AI regularly and intentionally where it can improve the quality, output, experience, or decisions behind your work. You build repeatable workflows where they add value, critically check outputs against the right standard, and stay accountable for everything you ship. We’ll explore how you use AI, and the judgment you apply to its outputs, during the interview process.

Loop isn’t for everyone. We might not be a match if you:

- Wait for direction instead of taking initiative.
- Mistake activity for impact.
- Feel uneasy when things are still taking shape.
- Prefer alignment meetings over decisions.

Interview Process

- Application Window: 9 October- 25 October
- Phone Screens (Recruiter & Hiring Manager): 19 October- 30 October
- Business Interviews: 2 November - 16 November
- Target Offer By Date: 30 November
- Target Start Date: 7 January

The Fine Print

- We review all applications. There is no need to send an additional email.
- We don’t require a cover letter, but do ask you to fill in the application questionnaire honestly and thoroughly.
- We are not accepting candidates from agencies at this point in time; we work directly with candidates.
- We are continually exploring the best ways to hire and build Loop, this includes the use of A.I. and testing. If you need any accommodation in these regards, please write to our recruitment team directly.

Still listening? Good. We are not looking for people to watch from the sidelines. Loopers step in, speak up and go for more. More firsts. More growth. More: “I can’t believe we did that.” If you are like that too, press that beautiful apply button and let’s talk.

## About Loop

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Loop designs premium earplugs for situational hearing protection, focus, sleep, and sensory needs, building a new category in hearing wellness.
- **Entity Type**: Private (bootstrapped or VC-backed – funding details not publicly disclosed)
- **Headquarters**: Antwerp, Belgium
- **Founded**: 2016
- **Founders**: Maarten Bodewes and Dimitri O

## Core Business
- **Primary industry/industries**: Consumer electronics / Hearing wellness / Lifestyle products
- **Target customers**: B2C – nightlife goers, remote workers, people with sensory sensitivities, travelers, sleepers
- **Mission or purpose**: Helping people live life to the fullest by bettering their relationship with sound and senses.

## Products & Services
- **Loop Experience / Experience Plus**: High-fidelity earplugs for concerts, festivals, and loud events; reduce noise while preserving sound clarity (SaaS-like physical product with recurring accessories).
- **Loop Engage / Engage Plus**: Earplugs for conversations and social situations; lower background noise while maintaining speech clarity.
- **Loop Quiet / Quiet 2**: Earplugs for sleep, focus, and noise-sensitive needs; maximum noise reduction in a comfortable fit.
- **Loop Switch**: A single device with three interchangeable modes (Experience, Engage, Quiet) for on-the-fly adjustment.
- **Loop Dream**: Specifically designed for side-sleepers, ultra-soft and comfortable for overnight use.
- **Accessories**: Cases, ear tips in multiple sizes, lanyards. Most models come with multiple ear tip sizes to ensure fit.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly available
- **Key Metric**: 1.5+ million customers served globally; 250+ employees across three continents [loopearplugs.com](https://www.loopearplugs.com/pages/about-loop)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Not publicly disclosed; company appears to be self-funded or raised non-public funding. Awards include Red Dot Design Award (2023, 2024), Deloitte Belgium Tech Fast 50, and recognition as Belgium’s fastest-growing tech company (2022, 2024) [loopearplugs.com](https://www.loopearplugs.com/pages/working-at-loop)
- **Growth Signals**: Expanded from nightlife earplugs into focus, sleep, and sensory comfort categories; opened hubs in Amsterdam, New York, and Shanghai; sustained rapid headcount growth from a small team to 250+.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Category creation**: First lifestyle earplug brand to treat hearing protection as a fashion/design item rather than a purely utilitarian medical product.
- **Design-led differentiation**: Award-winning product aesthetics (Red Dot), wide color palette and multiple form factors that appeal to different personas.
- **Strong brand community**: 1.5M+ customers create word-of-mouth flywheel; the brand is a status accessory in music and festival culture.
- **Full product ecosystem**: Multiple models for specific use cases, plus accessories, encouraging repeat purchases and cross-selling.
- **Early mover in sensory wellness**: Tapping into growing awareness around noise pollution, focus, and neurodiversity.

## Strategic Focus
- **Expanding into senses**: Moving beyond hearing to related sensory experiences (e.g., olfactory? – hinted as “expanding into senses” but not detailed) [loopearplugs.com](https://www.loopearplugs.com/pages/about-loop)
- **Global scaling**: Growing physical presence in key markets (US, China, EU) and building international teams.
- **Product innovation**: Continuous introduction of new models (Switch, Dream) that solve specific customer pain points and create new use cases.
- **Hiring top talent**: Aggressively hiring to maintain growth trajectory; focusing on “growth athletes” who can move fast and own projects.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: High autonomy, direct candor (“no politics, no ego, no BS”), steep learning curve, work with elite talent. Described as intense but rewarding – “you’ll learn more here in a year than most places teach in five” [loopearplugs.com](https://www.loopearplugs.com/pages/why-work-at-loop)
- **Hybrid/Remote**: Hybrid by design – typically two days in-office per week; plus four weeks per year of “work from anywhere” [loopearplugs.com](https://www.loopearplugs.com/pages/why-work-at-loop)
- **Benefits**: Top-of-market pay, 32 days of paid time off, comprehensive health insurance, ESOP (employee stock ownership plan), home office budget, mobility budget (company car/transport/bike lease or rent subsidy if close to office in Belgium) [loopearplugs.com](https://www.loopearplugs.com/pages/why-work-at-loop)
- **Engineering Culture**: Product developers and engineers have full ownership of projects; direct impact on millions of users; “your work doesn’t sit in drafts – it goes live” [loopearplugs.com](https://www.loopearplugs.com/pages/working-at-loop)
- **For Job Seekers**: Offers a fast-paced, high-growth environment where personal growth is prioritized. Not for everyone – requires high ownership and comfort with direct feedback.

## Sources
1. [Loop Earplugs – About page](https://www.loopearplugs.com/pages/about-loop)
2. [Loop Earplugs – Why work at Loop](https://www.loopearplugs.com/pages/why-work-at-loop)
3. [Loop Earplugs – Working at Loop](https://www.loopearplugs.com/pages/working-at-loop)
4. [Loop Earplugs – Careers page](https://www.loopearplugs.com/pages/careers)
5. [Loop Earplugs – Careers (Belgium)](https://www.loopearplugs.com/en-be/pages/careers)

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