Supply Planner

Work Schedule

Environmental Conditions

Job Description

Location: Pittsburgh PA - Relocation Assistance not available for this position
Schedule: MondayFriday 8:00 AM5:00 PM (4 days onsite / 1 day remote)
Work Authorization: Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States without current or future sponsorship.
Pre-Employment Requirements: The successful candidate must complete a background check and drug screening as a condition of employment in accordance with applicable laws and company policies.

Make an Impact at Thermo Fisher Scientific

At Thermo Fisher Scientific youll do meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Every day our colleagues bring our Mission to life by helping our customers make the world healthier cleaner and safer.

As a Supply Planner on our Pittsburgh team youll play an important role in ensuring products are available where and when our customers need them. Youll turn demand signals into actionable supply plans solve shortages and inventory challenges collaborate across the organization and identify opportunities to make our planning processes even better.

This is a great opportunity for an early-career supply chain professional who enjoys working with data solving problems taking ownership and seeing the direct impact of their decisions.

What Youll Do

Own Day-to-Day Supply Planning

• Build and execute replenishment recommendations to support product availability and customer service.
• Monitor shortages backorders and allocations coordinating actions through resolution.
• Manage key planning parameters including lead times order quantities pack requirements safety stock and reorder points.
• Identify supply risks early and recommend practical actions to address them.
• Maintain clear action plans and provide timely updates to supply planning partners and stakeholders.
• Support root-cause analysis and corrective actions for recurring supply issues.
• Assist with purchase order review and execution readiness as planning processes evolve.
• Identify opportunities to simplify processes improve standard work and strengthen planning controls.

Optimize Inventory & Product Flow

• Monitor inventory health using metrics such as turns days of supply excess obsolete and stranded inventory.
• Support inventory balancing and repositioning across distribution centers to improve service and product availability.
• Incorporate supplier capacity and operational constraints into planning decisions.
• Balance customer service inventory and cost considerations when recommending actions.

Collaborate Across the Business

Youll partner with teams across Demand Planning Customer Supply Chain Operations Finance Distribution & Logistics Procurement and Systems Planning to keep supply execution on track. Youll communicate risks and constraints clearly maintain visibility to commitments and due dates and help teams move from issue identification to resolution.

What Youll Bring

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Supply Chain Operations Business Engineering or a related field.
• 1 years of experience in supply planning replenishment inventory management procurement or a related supply chain role. (Including relevant internship experience)
• Understanding of inventory planning concepts and end-to-end supply chain processes.
• Experience working with ERP or supply planning systems (Logility preferred).
• Strong Excel skills including formulas and PivotTables.
• Ability to analyze data identify trends and translate findings into actions.

Preferred Qualifications

Wed be especially interested in candidates who bring one or more of the following:

• Experience with SQL Power BI or similar analytical tools.
• Experience in a high-volume distribution manufacturing or regulated environment including life sciences.
• APICS CPIM/CSCP Lean or Six Sigma certification.
• Experience improving processes or contributing to cross-functional initiatives.
• Experience taking ownership of projects or cross-functional workstreams.

What Will Help You Succeed

Youll thrive in this role if you:

• Enjoy solving problems and working with data.
• Take ownership and follow through on commitments.
• Can prioritize effectively when multiple issues require attention.
• Communicate clearly with both technical and non-technical partners.
• Are comfortable making recommendations when working with competing constraints.
• Pay close attention to data quality and detail without losing sight of the bigger picture.
• Look for root causes rather than simply treating symptoms.
• Enjoy improving processes and finding more efficient ways to work.
• Can adapt quickly in a fast-paced evolving supply chain environment.
• Understand how to balance product availability inventory cost and customer needs.

Why Thermo Fisher Scientific

At Thermo Fisher Scientific your work contributes to something bigger. Our teams provide the products technologies and services that help our customers advance scientific research protect the environment improve food safety and develop life-changing therapies.

Youll join a global organization with opportunities to learn grow build your supply chain expertise and make a measurable impactwhile working alongside colleagues united by our Mission to enable our customers to make the world healthier cleaner and safer.