Position Summary and Objectives

The Demand Planner is responsible for developing and executing Demand Plan and inventory plans that will enable the company to meet sales and service objectives through collaboration with other members of the supply chain, sales, marketing, and customer support teams.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities

• Align the unconstrained demand forecast with the BU, commercial and product management teams.
• Drive Forecasting metrics
• Ensure SKU unit/case demand alignment is translated to Operations
• Align the demand plan with the site planning team to assure the right net demand to be loaded to the site (Global level for the sites within region) : Forecast less inventory = demand plan
• Send the Demand Plan to the Site Production Planning Team to develop the constrained supply plan = Feasible Supply Plan 12 – 18 months out
• Communicate constraints and allocations to the BU, customer and sales teams (SOP needed)
• Drive gap allocation processes together with other regions and the site planning team (lead by the analytics team) for short term and long-term strategic planning
• Manage the manual allocation process for day-to-day execution
• Drive the product segmentation and alignment with commercial to decide on the right supply chain setup
• Conduct the SIOP demand review meetings, bridge regional plan to regional financial plan
• Plan ramp up and ramp down scenarios for new product introductions and product discontinuations

Minimum Qualifications and Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Supply Chain Management, Industrial Engineering, or related field is required. Master of Business Administration (MBA) or other advanced degree preferred.
• Minimum of 2 years previous MRP planning experience.
• Demonstrated expertise in ERP/MRP Planning systems, including all relevant planning parameters such as inventory controls, replenishment, warehouse management and procurement functionality in ERP and best-of-breed software solutions is strongly preferred, with specific emphasis on SAP ECC, EWM and APO
• High proficiency with Microsoft Office software (Excel, Word, Access, Outlook).
• Strong knowledge or planning/ purchasing systems.
• Solid understanding of concepts of inventory flow throughout the supply chain.
• Strong understanding of concepts of inventory management and distribution planning.
• Strong customer service focus.
• Ability to develop and provide reports to satisfy ongoing inquires on inventory, capacity and product availability.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills to effectively communicate critical information.
• Good problem solving and reasoning skills to effectively deal with problems varying in complexity relative to job level.
• Embodies our Thermo Fisher values of Integrity, Involvement, Intensity and Innovation.

Preferred Qualifications and Requirements

• APICS certification.
• Relevant experience in the Life Science or Medical Device industry
• Six Sigma Green / Black Belt Certification