Supply & Demand Planning Manager
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Job Location:
Norristown, PA - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
2 days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
The Supply/Demand Planning Manager position reports to the Enterprise Planning Mgr. The Supply/Demand Planning Manager will lead the supply/demand planning process strategy and own process standards. They will be responsible for assuring supply across Quest Business units to maintain KPI standards product availability cost control & planning capabilities ensuring alignment amongst all partners including but not limited to Commercial Franchise Laboratory Operations Finance and Supply Chain organization. They will oversee a team of planners and be responsible for the execution of the supply plan. This position will interact with all the functions involved to ensure customer satisfaction and end-to-end supply chain planning. They will lead the implementation and execution of industry Supply/Demand Planning best practices ensuring process standardization and overall maturity progression over time collaborating with key partners from executive leaders to planners.
This professional will work in a Hybrid capacity with 1-3 days a week onsite. Occasional travel to our Clifton NJ lab will be required. This candidate can also be based out of one of our following sites:
Miramar FL
Tampa FL
Wood Dale CA
Lenexa KS
Marlborough MA
Clifton NJ
Pittsburgh PA
Irving TX
Houston TX
Responsibilities
- Establish best practices and maintain process documentation/task flows.
- Define and implement process improvements in Supply/Demand Planning; accountable for ongoing improvements in fill rate / in stock freight cost optimization inventory optimization partner with demand planning commercial organization and internal/external stakeholders.
- Accountable for team and processes that impact fill rate transportation costs inventory days on hand item setup transitions and other duties as assigned.
- Integrate backlog statistical forecasting promotions portfolio management market intelligence industry trends and other demand into a supply plan.
- Develop conclusions and make recommendations about supply plan opportunities and risks to improve business performance.
- Collaborate with suppliers to optimize the CPFR process and planning strategies
- This position will interact with all the involved functions to ensure customer satisfaction and end-to-end supply chain planning. They will lead the implementation and execution of industry Supply/Demand Planning best practices ensuring process standardization and overall maturity progression over time collaborating with key partners from executive leaders to planners.
- Process orchestration and governance: design standardize and sustain demandplanning processes meeting cadence and RACI clarity.
Qualifications
- 2 years of supervisory and planning experience required
- 5 years of experience in purchasing/supply chain management or operations management
- Strong understanding about demand planning supply and inventory planning portfolio planning and integrated planning concepts principles and processes
- Continuous improvement mindset
- Evaluate scenarios with attention to detail with end-to-end supply chain impact in mind.
- The ability to understand and present data in a meaningful way to varying stakeholders.
People Leader Responsibility:
- Ability to lead a team.
- Ability to run multiple projects at the same time
- Sense of urgency required
- Relationship Builder
- Influencing
- Supervises up to 6 FTEs:
- Supply Chain Analysts
- Supply Chain Demand Planners
Travel Required (Approx. 25%)
Education:
- Bachelors degree with a focus in Supply Chain/Logistics Business or Technical field.
Required Experience:
Manager
Key Skills
About Company
Quest Diagnostics (NYSE: DGX) empowers people to take action to improve health outcomes. Derived from the world's largest database of clinical lab results, our diagnostic insights reveal new avenues to identify and treat disease, inspire healthy behaviors and improve health care mana ... View more
