Sr. Manager Demand & Collaborative Planning

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COMPANY INFORMATION

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. is the world leader in serving science with annual revenue exceeding $42 billion. Our Mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier cleaner and safer. Whether our customers are accelerating life sciences research solving complex analytical challenges improving patient diagnostics and therapies or growing efficiency in their laboratories we are here to support them. Our 130000 colleagues deliver an outstanding combination of innovative technologies purchasing convenience and pharmaceutical services through our industry-leading brands including Thermo Scientific Applied Biosystems Invitrogen Fisher Scientific Unity Lab Services and Patheon. For more information please visit.

This position will serve as the Demand & Collaborative Planning Leader for the Laboratory Plastics Essentials (LPE) Division.

How you will make an impact:

The Sr. Manager Demand & Collaborative Planning leads the development of high-quality unconstrained consensus demand plans across the 24-month planning horizon and the global process by which to develop refine and deliver those plans across each Business Unit.

This role will work closely with internal and external strategic customers and cross-functional teams (i.e. product management commercial finance etc.) to build a demand plan that considers seasonality promotional activities market intelligence business growth and product transition plans balancing it against financial targets.

You will be the trusted authority on demand planning strategies ensuring alignment across a broad spectrum of partners and data inputs. This is a high visibility position vital for driving and influencing critical decisions across business units.

What will you do

• Develop & refine demand plans that meet sales and service goals.

• Review historical sales trends research demand drivers coordinate forecast data develop statistical forecast models and evaluate forecast results using the Kinaxis Maestro demand planning system.

• Build the unconstrained demand forecast (volumes & revenue) gaining consensus with key strategic customers commercial finance and product management teams.

• Incorporate SKU level statistical models business intelligence and marketing strategies into long range demand plans in order to drive revenue and support downstream business processes.

• Drive improved forecast accuracy bias and increased order fulfillment service performance.

• Understand new product introductions and end of life roadmaps to appropriately represent them in demand projections and transitions.

• Lead Global SIOP (Sales Inventory and Operations Planning) Demand Review process connecting unconstrained demand to financials and manufacturing sites plans.

• Identifies prioritize coordinate and/or lead supply chain initiatives across the total value chain based on customer and business needs.

• Support the annual AOP and Strategy process.

• Limited travel may be required.

How will you get here

• 7-10 years of related demand forecasting and planning experience with 3 years of people management.

• Bachelors degree in business Supply Chain Finance or related field.

• Professional Certification in demand and/or supply chain management Preferred (i.e. APICS CPIM or CSCP IBF Certified professional forecaster etc.)

• Lean Six Sigma credentials (Green Belt/ Black Belt) is a Plus.

Knowledge Skills and Abilities

• Strong business background with high customer orientation.

• Experience with demand statistical modeling.

• Advance knowledge of Demand Forecasting practices and software (i.e. Kinaxis Maestro)

• Strong verbal and written communication skills.

• Excellent problem-solving and interpersonal relationship building skills.

• Leader with the ability to influence collaborate and coach teams across a large geographically diverse organization

• Ability to inspire change to deliver measurable results

• Embodies our Thermo Fisher values of Integrity Involvement Intensity and Innovation.

Benefits

We offer competitive remuneration annual incentive plan bonus healthcare and a range of employee benefits! Thermo Fisher Scientific offers employment with an innovative forward-thinking organization and outstanding career and development prospects. We offer an exciting company culture that stands for integrity intensity involvement and innovation.

Thermo Fisher Scientific is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin protected veteran status disability or any other legally protected status.

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Compensation and Benefits

This position may also be eligible to receive a variable annual bonus based on company team and/or individual performance results in accordance with company policy. We offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package that our U.S. colleagues and their families can count on which includes:

• A choice of national medical and dental plans and a national vision plan including health incentive programs

• Employee assistance and family support programs including commuter benefits and tuition reimbursement

• At least 120 hours paid time off (PTO) 10 paid holidays annually paid parental leave (3 weeks for bonding and 8 weeks for caregiver leave) accident and life insurance and short- and long-term disability in accordance with company policy

• Retirement and savings programs such as our competitive 401(k) U.S. retirement savings plan

• Employees Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) offers eligible colleagues the opportunity to purchase company stock at a discount

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