Position Summary:
The role’s purpose is to be accountable for the overall supply plan quality within the Finished Goods Operations (FGO) supply chain, for our Medical businesses. FGO includes external Original Equipment Manufacturing (OEM) / Contract Manufacturing (CM) product suppliers. The role is also responsible for measuring the performance of the execution of the supply plan in meeting the demand requirements. The role will interface with the commercial business, procurement and sourcing partners, finance partners, and other related planning teams and will be the primary communicator for both short and long-term impacts on the FGO supply chain. This role has a people management accountability for the full FGO supply planning team.
Key Areas of Responsibility:
Ensuring that the supply plan has been financially evaluated in conjunction with Finance and that the implications are understood by the leadership team within Procurement and the franchise regarding operational targets and budgets.To deploy and monitor the performance of the core supply processes within the FGO such capacity planning, demand and supply execution and FG safety stocks.To input into the overall Franchise Executive Supply review by communicating the capability to meet the latest demand signal and the implications if any of doing so.To own and drive continuous improvement on the core processes within supply planning based on defined standards by business model for the franchise and process excellence.To ensure that the commercial and operations leadership are being provided with the right insights around capital investment and opportunities for cost and cash improvement.To ensure that procurement call offs are in line with what was requested in the Supply plan and any deviation is measured and monitored to drive a balanced scorecard approach on KPIs.To be the knowledge centre in supporting pro-active communication of supply risks and mitigation of backorder issues.Ensure that KPIs are tracked, communicated and corrective actions taken when deviating and reported back to leadership in time.Support cross-franchise best practice programs by participating, sharing and adapting best practice learnings back into the specific franchise as part of simplifying how we operate within Global Quality and Operations (GQO) and Stryker.KPIs for the role – Supply Plan Attainment, Safety Stock Heath, Capacity Utilization, Back order and Lead time levels.Oversight for overall FGO supply planning across all Business Units including new product launch planning and product transfers.Professional Requirements Required:
Degree level in Business/Finance/Supply Chain management.APICS accredited or other professional supply chain accreditation preferred.S&OP/IBP formally accredited is preferred.Fluent English is required. Polish, German and/or another European language is a plus.Background Experience Required:
Minimum of 10 years in business / planning related roles.People management experience.Demonstrated track record in driving operational performance via providing direction and change management skills.IT Planning system knowledge hands on within SAP platforms.Project management able to demonstrate experience in running projects specifically around problem solving and root causing based on lean way of working (six sigma).Demonstrate knowledge of S&OP and IBP processes and the role of supply planning within the overall process.Travel Percentage: 10%