Senior Global Planner Jobs

Do you want to join us in helping to fight the world’s most threatening diseases and enabling access to care for more people around the world? At Siemens Healthineers, we pioneer breakthroughs in healthcare. For everyone. Everywhere.

We offer you a flexible and dynamic environment with opportunities to go beyond your comfort zone in order to grow personally and professionally. Sound interesting? Then come and join our global team as a Sr. Global Planner.

Our global team: We are a team of 66,000 highly dedicated employees across more than 70 countries passionately pushing the boundaries of what’s possible in healthcare to help improve people’s lives around the world. As a leader in the industry, we aspire to create better outcomes and experiences for patients no matter where they live or what health issues they are facing. Our portfolio, spanning from in-vitro and in-vivo diagnostics to image-guided therapy and innovative cancer care, is crucial for clinical decision-making and treatment pathways.

Our culture: We are part of an incredible community of scientists, clinicians, developers, researchers, professionals, and skilled specialists pushing the boundaries of what’s possible, to improve people’s lives around the world. We embrace a culture of inclusivity in which the power and potential of every individual can be unleashed. We spark ideas that lead to positive impact and continued success. Check our Careers Site at https://www.siemens-healthineers.com/en-us/careers.

This is a role well suited to an ambitious professional, looking for the next step in their career. As a Sr. Global Planner, you will be responsible for leading the Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) process to effectively balance demand and supply to deliver targeted customer service and inventory performance. This role will be focused on a specific subset of the business and partner directly with those business leaders.

Key Responsibilities

• Own, enforce and improve the Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) process within the scope of the Global Point of Care business; direct accountability for finished goods inventory in the distribution centers and matrixed accountability for raw materials and work-in-process inventory in the plants, focusing on a targeted set of business targets.
• Collaborate with Business and Regional Sales and Marketing to support global demand forecasting of both baseline statistical volume and unique event-based volume changes, and continuously improve forecast accuracy
• Execute with discipline and continuously improve daily, weekly and monthly standard work in Planning to ensure proper controls, rigorous analytics and effective decision support reporting
• Champion the Healthineers Performance System as a means to drive continuous improvement, employee engagement and organizational learning; core methods will include Hoshin Kanri, Value Stream Mapping, Structured Problem Solving, Visual Management, Coaching and Healthy Dialogue
• Collaborate with Distribution and Logistics to ensure proper planning parameters are applied, execution is monitored, and new requirements are effectively designed into our supply chain flow
• This position directly impacts customer service and business cash flow related to forecast and replenishment accuracy/inaccuracy.
• Promote a quality culture throughout Planning and Operations, enforcing high quality standards in the management of information flow within and between Siemens sites and business entities as it relates to demand, supply and inventory
• Influence & Collaborate with Plant Materials Management to support the capacity planning of operational resources (materials/tools/equipment/people) to ensure alignment with demand, proper contingency and surge, and suitable depth of cross-trained talent
• Collaborate with IT to ensure global visibility and smart reporting of inventory, volume and key performance metrics; escalate issues and opportunities for improvement where appropriate
• Uses supply chain planning know how and experience to successfully solve complex problems such as extreme increases or decreases in demand and/or supply, coaches peer planners
• Serve as an ambassador for the S&OP process, coaching cross-functional teamwork, problem solving and joint risk decisions
• Partner with the leadership team to understand strategic and annual business objectives in order to translate them into specific and actionable service level and inventory targets by product and region globally.
• Influence & collaborate with members of POC leadership team and key stakeholders in Sourcing, Manufacturing, Distribution/Logistics, Finance and IT to ensure alignment of goals and targets, efficient communication and escalation channels, and accountability for actions and performance
• Represents/Leads activities related to bringing Healthineers process changes into POC and shares POC best practices with Healthineers and/or Siemens
• Contribute to the continuously improving education platform that provides best practice training in Global Supply Chain Planning
• Contribute to the balanced scorecard that spans Safety, Quality, Delivery, Inventory and Performance (SQDIP)
• Has broad knowledge of products within POC; outside of products responsible for and is able to take the lead at a moment’s notice and make decisions for POC business
• Set monthly net requirement with factories and suppliers, place PO’s daily/weekly to move finished goods to Distribution Centers paying close attention to inventory and service levels.

Operational Responsibilities

• Ensure excellence in product quality, on time delivery, target setting and strategies for realistic new business objectives providing guidance to subordinate teams, where appropriate
• Establish and monitor key performance metrics, notably leading indicators
• Promote learning from the past to strengthen and enable proactive planning
• Stimulate innovation and creative problem solving by welcoming outside-in perspectives; regularly develop ad hoc analyses to address new / evolving business issues and proactively shares with the wider team

Required Skills

• Excellent communication skills with advanced written and presentation skills to different stakeholder groups
• Confident and effective communicator with strong interpersonal and matrix team-management skills, driven to achieve goals and exceed expectations
• Risk Mitigation orientation, capable of leading scenario planning that yields upside, nominal and downside options; able to develop/adapt planning models as business strategies change
• Trusted / valued by leadership team and functional leads as having comprehensive supply chain knowledge and professional judgement
• Excellent skills in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Qlikview, Qlik Sense, BI tools & planning software
• Performance measured on achieving key metrics and targets
• Team player
• Forecast Accuracy
• Honest broker who can hold matrix stakeholders accountable to commitments and resolve conflicts based on facts
• Innovative thinker who blends strategy, operations, technology, and analytics to produce outstanding business results
• Financially astute, analytically rigorous, capable of developing frameworks to assess new situations
• Proactive knowledge sharing beyond Planning team / POC
• Line item Fill Rate (end user).
• Change management and Problem Solving Skills.
• Able to stay calm under extreme pressure, enabling the greater team to function productively
• Distribution center inventory forecast vs target
• Willing to self-teach databases, SQL, Macros, Power BI
• New Product Set up in SAP and planning system
• Understands the physics of manufacturing and distribution, as well as the dynamics of global demand planning in various market types

Required Education And Experience

• Willing to travel up to 20%
• Prior experience working for a company whose products and processes are FDA regulated is preferred.
• Power BI experience a plus
• SAP MRP, ERP planning software experience preferred
• 3+ years SAP experience; regular user
• Bachelor’s degree in an analytical major. Master’s in supply chain or MBA preferred.
• Strong knowledge of Healthineers products, distribution network and Supply Chain fundamentals beneficial
• Background and experience in Integrated Business Planning by Oliver Wight preferred
• Experience using Kinaxis Rapid Response preferred
• 5-8 years of progressive experience in Planning finished goods & DRP; some hands-on experience in Sourcing, Manufacturing and/or Distribution is preferred
• 8-10 years of general business experience
• APICS Certification(s) preferred
• Mastery in Excel

The pay range for this position $98,184 - $135,003 annually; however, base pay offered may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The annual incentive target is (10%) of base pay. Siemens Healthineers offers a variety of health and wellness benefits including paid time off and holiday pay. Details regarding our benefits can be found here: https://benefitsatshs.com/index.html

This information is provided per the required state Equal Pay Act. Base pay information is based on market location. Applicants should apply via Siemens Healthineers external or internal careers site.

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At Siemens Healthineers, we value those who dedicate their energy and passion to a greater cause. Our people make us unique as an employer in the med-tech industry. What unites and motivates our global team is the inspiration of our common purpose: To innovate for healthcare, building on our remarkable legacy of pioneering ideas that translate into even better healthcare products and services. We recognize that taking ownership of our work allows both us and the company to grow. We offer you a flexible and dynamic environment and the space to move beyond your comfort zone to grow both personally and professionally.

If you want to join us in transforming the way healthcare is delivered, visit our career site at https://usa.healthcare.siemens.com/careers.

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