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Stryker

Manufactures orthopedic and surgical medical devices

Senior Supply Planner

Supply Chain ManagementConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeCork, Ireland

About the Job

Requirements

  • A degree-level qualification in Business, Engineering, or Supply Chain Management.
  • An APICS-accredited or professional supply chain accreditation.
  • At least 3 years of experience in a production, supply, or demand planning role, with demonstrated planning knowledge and experience.
  • Experience with IT planning systems, including SAP as a minimum requirement or equivalent enterprise resource planning systems.
  • Experience maintaining master data on enterprise resource planning platforms and using heuristics for an exception-based planning approach.
  • Project management experience running problem-solving and root-cause analysis projects using lean ways of working, including Six Sigma.
  • Experience with integrated business planning and sales and operations planning principles, with working knowledge of the process.
  • At least English; a second language is preferred depending on global location.

Responsibilities

  • Create a Master Resource Plan from the latest demand signal, identifying finished products to produce or purchase and ensuring sufficient raw materials and components to support the supply plan up to a 24-month horizon.
  • Create capacity plans based on the latest demand signal, identify potential bottlenecks and supply risks, develop and recommend mitigation proposals, and ensure the plant or third party can meet future demand. Identify significant underutilization that could affect supply costs.
  • Develop supply plans across a complex portfolio and, as franchise maturity develops, across multiple sites if required.
  • Contribute expertise to capability building as part of cross-functional teams and help create optimal solutions.
  • Set appropriate inventory levels in the supply plan based on demand volatility and supply chain lead times; develop a safety stock strategy that supports product availability while optimizing cash investment.
  • Financially evaluate the supply plan, balancing product availability, supply costs, and investment, in conjunction with financial partners to meet operational budgets and targets.
  • Track supply plan execution with production scheduling and buying, operationalize the plan, monitor performance deviations, mitigate back orders, and proactively communicate future supply risks.
  • Ensure products are phased in and planned correctly, coordinate the timing and communication of exiting products within the plant or third party, and communicate portfolio status from a supply planning perspective.
  • Confirm supply planning capability against demand requirements through daily and weekly execution and a robust monthly executive supply process.
  • Maintain core supply planning system master data so attention can focus on supply issues.
  • Monitor Supply Plan Attainment, Safety Stock Health, Capacity Utilization, Back Order, and Lead Time KPIs.
  • Identify root causes of performance issues and take action to mitigate and correct them.

Desired Qualifications

  • A second language, depending on global location.

About the Company

Stryker

Manufactures orthopedic and surgical medical devices

Stryker makes medical devices for hospitals, surgical centers and emergency responders, spanning joint implants, surgical instruments and patient transport equipment. Its Mako platform assists surgeons with joint replacement, while its neurotechnology products support brain and spine procedures and stroke treatment. Clinicians use its equipment during surgery and emergency care, and the company earns money by selling implants, disposable products and capital equipment through direct sales teams and distributors. The business also supplies training and technical support for healthcare providers using its devices. Stryker was founded in 1941 and is headquartered in Portage, Michigan.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Portage, MI
Founded
1941

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