Steris Corporation - Mentor, OH
posted 3 months ago
At STERIS, we help our Customers create a healthier and safer world by providing innovative healthcare and life science product and service solutions around the globe. The Senior Demand Planner develops monthly demand and supply plans for STERIS service products for our capital equipment globally. In this role, you will manage all activities related to consensus forecast review, statistical trend data analysis, and monitoring of consumption in support of fulfilling customer demand. This position will be accountable for Finished Goods (FG) supply planning (make and buy) working closely with manufacturing and sourcing with regards to rough cut capacity planning and FG sourcing projections. Key performance indicators include forecast accuracy, finished inventory turns, and customer service level. The Senior Demand Planner will lead the monthly demand planning process by collaborating with sales, finance, marketing, and IT systems to update demand plans. You will analyze monthly statistical forecasts and make changes/recommendations for inclusion into the demand plan. Conducting monthly demand consensus and supply planning meetings will be part of your responsibilities, where you will resolve demand/supply issues and elevate unresolved issues to the appropriate decision maker(s). Communication of results to internal groups including sales, marketing, finance, and operations is essential. You will also develop monthly build plans for assigned manufacturing facilities as well as monthly requirements for purchased finished goods, manage inventory levels and associated parameters (e.g., safety stock), and participate in new product implementation with phase-in/phase-out planning that provides a smooth transition and minimizes obsolete material. Additionally, you will be a key contributor to driving process improvements within the Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) process.