Sr. Supply Chain Demand Planner

BD - Tempe, AZ

Full-time - Mid Level

Tempe, AZ

5,001-10,000 employees

Miscellaneous Manufacturing

About the position

This senior demand planner role will have primary responsibility for Supply Chain activities within the assigned Platforms and Product Lines to achieve business objectives, customer service goals, and optimize inventory. The role will be responsible for forecasting, inputs to SIOP and IBP for the given product portfolios in alignment with market and financial requirements with the highest goal of increasing forecast accuracy. The successful candidate will have an in-depth knowledge of forecasting strategy, demonstrate initiative, and possess strong communication skills. We are the makers of possible. BD is one of the largest global medical technology companies in the world. Advancing the world of health™ is our Purpose, and it's no small feat. It takes the imagination and passion of all of us—from design and engineering to the manufacturing and marketing of our billions of MedTech products per year—to look at the impossible and find transformative solutions that turn dreams into possibilities. We believe that the human element, across our global teams, is what allows us to continually evolve. Join us and discover an environment in which you'll be supported to learn, grow, and become your best self. Become a maker of possible with us. Essential responsibilities include utilizing analytical, marketing, and sales data to effectively forecast global product requirements across a high mix portfolio. The candidate will lead the monthly demand SIOP reviews with cross-functional business teams, lead process improvement solutions to increase demand forecast accuracy and bias, and monitor demand in real-time to highlight variances from the forecast to proactively identify potential service issues and mitigate future customer impact. The role also involves leading the demand planning aspects for new product launches, calculating stocking strategy requirements for new product launches, and being responsible for product phase-out planning, including actions to minimize inventory scrap. Additionally, the candidate will partner with global supply planners to understand impacts to supply plans and proactively mitigate risk to customer service, inventory levels, and cost.

Responsibilities

• Utilize analytical, marketing and sales data to effectively forecast global product requirements across a high mix portfolio.
• Lead the monthly demand SIOP reviews with the cross-functional business teams.
• Lead process improvement solutions to increase demand forecast accuracy and bias.
• Monitor demand real-time highlighting variances from the forecast to proactively identify potential service issues and mitigate future customer impact.
• Lead the demand planning aspects for new product launches within assigned platform.
• Calculate stocking strategy requirements (ISS) for new product launches.
• Responsible for product phase-out planning, including actions to minimize inventory scrap.
• Partner with global supply planners to understand impacts to supply plans and proactively mitigate risk to customer service, inventory levels and cost.
• Responsible for SIOP and forecast accuracy reporting, including IBP report out.
• Partner with global supply planners to develop global inventory allocation strategies as needed, which may include production prioritization and global Regulatory build strategies.
• Provide input and approval for safety stock targets for assigned product portfolio.
• Partner with inventory manager to understand impact of global demand changes on inventory as needed.
• Provide input for SKU rationalization, RECODE, and other lifecycle management initiatives.
• Query databases for information required for decision-making.
• Provide insight and analyses to Business Unit leadership as needed in addition to supporting annual Business Planning process.
• Prepare Executive Level presentations as required.
• Ensure personal and company compliance with all Federal, State, local and company regulations, policies and procedures for Health, Safety and Environmental compliance.

Requirements

• Must have strong experience and knowledge of demand/supply/production planning, forecasting techniques, inventory management, capacity leveling and logistics.
• Multi-year experience with planning systems, ERP systems experience required.
• Exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills to resolve conflicts impacting the business strategy.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills including written, verbal, listening, and presentation.
• Strong interpersonal skills and proven record of strong teaming skills.
• Proven ability to successfully manage multiple projects simultaneously and effectively engage with multiple levels of management and cross-functional organizations (Marketing, Sales, Manufacturing, Engineering, Purchasing, Finance, Quality, etc.).
• Advanced Excel skills to manipulate and analyze data.
• Demonstrated customer-centric focus and experience dealing with global markets a plus.
• Detail-oriented individual with a strong ability to multi-task.
• Demonstrated ability to be effective in a dynamic and energetic matrix organization with continuously changing program constraints.

Nice-to-haves

• Kinaxis/Rapid Response experience
• SAP Demand Planning
• Forecasting certification
• Advanced knowledge of data visualization tools (Power BI, QlikView, Tableau, etc.)
• Knowledge and awareness of Lean techniques and Six Sigma, experience

Benefits

• A career at BD means being part of a team that values your opinions and contributions and that encourages you to bring your authentic self to work.
• Support for learning, growth, and career development opportunities.
• A culture in which you can learn, grow, and thrive.