Associate Manager Supply Planning
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Job Summary
Associate Manager Supply Planning
This role acts as subject matter expert for supply planning and Inventory process policies and best practices. This role is responsible for driving analytical excellence process governance and continuous improvement across Supply Planning Inventory Management and MRP processes to improve cash flow.
The position supports regional and global teams by providing data-driven insights standardized processes and strong MRP governance enabling reliable planning outcomes optimized inventory and improved service performance.
What you will do:
Acts as the Subject Matter Expert (SME) for Supply Planning and Inventory Planning processes policies and best practices.
- Provides expert guidance to regional and country planning teams on planning methodologies trade-offs and decision frameworks.
- Supports planners in balancing service (OTIF) and inventory targets ensuring alignment with business priorities and financial objectives.
- Serves as the first escalation point for complex supply inventory and MRP-related issues requiring analytical and process expertise.
- Executes regional inventory planning in strategic operational and executional processes - Provide inventory analytics and mid/long term projections at regional franchise and country levels and provide input on region specific inventory related decisions
- Responsible for creation of regional strategic allocation plans and shares the allocation planning outputs with country commercial stakeholders across the region
- Acts as a central point of contact for the markets/regions when additional inventory should be deployed from the central stock pool so satisfy local market & regional inventory requests
- Partners with IPM central team in deploying strategic inventory planning and management capabilities (inventory policies segmentation inventory targets etc.) at a regional level
- Leads inter-regional stock transfer orders to optimal inventory and evaluates cost / benefit analysis
- Provides input into regional E&O projections reduction plans and strategies; also facilitates E&O disposition plans
- Presents inventory scenarios constraints and business implications in IBP forum as needed
What you need:
- Masters Degree level in Business / Engineering / Supply Chain Management with 7 to 10 years of Sales / Planning / Supply Chain experience preferably in the medical devices industry or other highly regulated environment
- APICS accredited or professional supply chain accreditation highly preferred
- S&OP/IBP formally accredited e.g. Oliver Wight highly preferred
- Minimum of 3 years of experience in managing and deploying organizational capabilities
- Demonstrated experience leveraging industry standard equations for inventory management quantitative and analytical abilities
- Ability to see the big picture distill strategic objectives into a concrete plan for execution influence others to build consensus behind shared goals challenge the status quo initiate tough conversations and promote a culture of innovation
- Demonstrated knowledge of commercial businesses portfolio management supply and Integrated Business Planning processes
Required Experience:
Manager
Key Skills
- Forecasting
- Facilities Management
- SAP
- Supply Chain Experience
- Business Management
- Analysis Skills
- Microsoft Powerpoint
- SAP APO
- Production Planning
- Project Management
- Strategic Planning
- ERP Systems
About Company
Stryker is a global leader in medical technologies and, together with its customers, is driven to make healthcare better. The company offers innovative products and services in MedSurg, Neurotechnology, Orthopaedics and Spine that help improve patient and healthcare outcomes. Alongsid ... View more
