Senior Demand Planner

About the position

The Senior Demand Planner at STERIS is responsible for developing monthly demand and supply plans for products, ensuring that customer demand is met through effective inventory management and collaboration with manufacturing and sourcing teams. This role involves leading the sales and operations planning (S&OP) process, optimizing inventory levels, and participating in new product implementations while driving process improvements and maintaining key performance indicators (KPIs).

Responsibilities

• Leads cross functional SOP process to develop shipment forecast and facility level monthly build plan to achieve revenue forecast.
• Manages finished goods inventory levels and associated parameters, negotiating MOQ & lead times with sites as required.
• Optimizes inventory across the network for finished goods held in multiple DCs/operating locations, creating ISOs to support.
• Participates in new product implementation with phase-in/phase-out planning to minimize obsolete material.
• Reviews aged or slow moving materials for disposition, primarily through sales opportunities.
• Creates and publishes KPIs including site metrics, lead time, on time, inventories.
• Key contributor to owning and driving process improvements within the S&OP process, collaborating with sales and market to drive joint accountability of forecast accuracy.
• Maintains and develops standard work as needed, trains team members, and serves as a point of escalation when required.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree plus 5 years of supply chain experience in planning/demand forecasting, or a High School Diploma plus 13 years of supply chain experience in planning/demand forecasting.
• Advanced skills in Microsoft Excel are required.
• Experience in a lean manufacturing environment is preferred.
• MBA or advanced degree is preferred.
• Certification in a related field (APICS) is preferred.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience in a lean manufacturing environment.
• MBA or advanced degree.
• Certification in related field (APICS).

Benefits

• Market Competitive Pay
• Extensive Paid Time Off (PTO) and 9 added Holidays
• Excellent Healthcare, Dental and vision benefits
• Long/Short Term Disability coverage
• 401(k) with a company match
• Maternity & Paternity Leave
• Additional add-on benefits/discounts for programs such as Pet Insurance
• Tuition Reimbursement and continued education programs
• Excellent opportunities for advancement in a stable long-term career