Integrated Business Planning Analyst

Job Title: Integrated Business Planning Analyst

Location:Remote
Department:Integrated Business Planning
Reports To:Sr. Manager Demand Planning

Job Summary

TheIntegrated Business Planning (IBP) Analystplays a critical role in balancing supply and demand across regions channels and product lines. This position owns the global inventory allocation framework monitors and drives global demand planning attainment and is the custodian of IBP process excellence. You will partner cross-functionally with Demand Planning Supply Planning Logistics Commercial and Finance to enable customer service performance while optimizing working capital and other financial objectives.

Key Responsibilities

Global Inventory Allocation

• Design maintain and continuously improve the global inventory allocation strategy including prioritization rules for regions/channels/customers and ATP/CTP guardrails.
• Run allocation cycles and exception management: reconcile planned supply vs. demand apply fair-share logic and resolve escalations.
• Configure and steward allocation and inventory policies (e.g. service class/service level safety stock settings MOQ lead times and EOQ) and ensure alignment to business rules.
• Monitor inventory health (DOH turns excess/obsolete stranded stock) and lead corrective action plans (rebalancing substitutions transfers).
• Drive root cause analysis on stockouts and late orders; publish action plans with owners and deadlines.
• Own back order reporting and supply risk communication with Business Unit.

Demand Planning Attainment & Forecast Quality

• Track and report monthly demand planning attainment for global regions against IBP baselines; establish clear definitions for attainment and bias.
• Build and maintain forecast accuracy (MAPE WAPE) and bias dashboards by region product family lifecycle stage and customer segment.
• Diagnose drivers of variation (promotions NPI cannibalization price changes seasonality) and recommend model or parameter adjustments.
• Partner with Demand Planners and Sales to improve signal quality and enhance consensus inputs.

S&OP Process Management

• Support execution of calendar inputs and outputs for IBP cycle (Demand Review Supply Review Pre-S&OP Executive S&OP).
• Standardize and document process artifacts (templates SOPs RACI data definitions exception codes and other policies).
• Facilitate cross-functional alignment on constrained/unconstrained plans trade-offs and executive decisions; ensure decisions are logged and tracked to closure.
• Drive continuous improvement (lean digital automation) to reduce cycle time manual work and improve decision quality.
• Partner with Center of Excellence to implement key strategic initiatives.

Analytics & Decision Support

• Build and automate reports: inventory allocation effectiveness demand attainment service level fill rate backlog age expedites cost-to-serve.
• Develop scenario analyses (what-if/what-then) for constraint management allocation policy changes and demand surges.
• Provide ad hoc analysis to support commercial priorities NPI ramps inventory projections end-of-life strategies channel/customer special programs and supply disruptions.
• Translate insights into clear recommendations with quantified impact (service revenue margin cash).
• Ensure master data integrity (SKU BOM lead times horizons MOQ pack sizes ABC classification).
• Maintain KPIs thresholds and alerting (e.g. allocation SLA forecast bias guardrails inventory age bands).
• Own back order projection for the Business Unit for both manufacturing and commercial back order.

Communication & Collaboration

• Act as a liaison between commercial teams supply planning quality and logistics teams to ensure alignment and resolve conflicts.
• Support IBP meetings with accurate updates and insights.
• Escalate potential risks to supply and demand plans and propose mitigation plans.
• Participate in the daily S&OE and weekly meetings with Operations Quality Maintenance and Materials; surface risks make trade-offs and drive decisions.

Required

• Bachelors degree in Supply Chain Operations Industrial Engineering Business or related field.
• 35 years in S&OP Demand Planning Supply Planning or Inventory Management in a multi-region environment.

Preferred

• Proficiency with planning systems (e.g. SAP IBP Oracle Kinaxis RapidResponse o9 Anaplan; or equivalent) and advanced Excel/Power BI/Tableau.
• Strong analytical capabilities (SQL Power Query or Python a plus); experience building dashboards and automating reports.
• Demonstrated ability to run cross-functional processes manage escalations and present to senior stakeholders.
• Knowledge of inventory optimization concepts (service levels safety stock EOQ ABC/XYZ) and forecast quality metrics (MAPE WAPE Bias).
• Experience with global product portfolios multi-plant/multi-DC networks and channel/customer allocation.
• Familiarity with constraint-based planning ATP/CTP and fair-share allocation logic.
• APICS/ASCM certification (CPIM CSCP) or equivalent.
• Exposure to demand sensing POS integration and lifecycle/NPI forecasting.

Core Competencies

• Systems Thinking: Connects demand supply and inventory policies to end-to-end outcomes.
• Analytical Capability: Able to utilize Excel PowerBI AI and other data to support complex analysis.
• Data-Driven: Comfortable with complex noisy data; builds reproducible analytics.
• Process Excellence: Designs clear workflows and improves them over time.
• Influence & Communication: Simplifies trade-offs and analysis aligns stakeholders and drives decisions.
• Bias for Action: Prioritizes customer outcomes while protecting working capital.
• Detail Orientation: High standards for data quality documentation and auditability.

This position is not eligible for employer based sponsorship.

Disclosure as required by applicablelaw the annual salary range for this position is $78200 - $99700. The actual compensation may vary based on geographic location work experience education and skill level. The salary range is CONMEDs good faith belief at the time of this posting.

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This job posting is anticipated to close on September 30 2026. We may however extend this time period in which case the posting will remain available on . Please submit your application as soon as possible as we will be reviewing applications on a rolling basis as we receive them.

Benefits:

CONMED offers a wide array of benefits to fit your unique needs. Visit our Benefits Page for more information.

• Competitive compensation
• Excellent healthcare including medical dental vision and prescription coverage
• Short & long term disability plus life insurance -- cost paid fully by CONMED
• Retirement Savings Plan (401K) -- CONMED matches your contributions dollar for dollar with the potential for up to 7% per pay period
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan -- allows stock purchases at discounted price
• Tuition assistance for undergraduate and graduate level courses

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