Sr. Demand and Supply Planner

Company Description

At Intuitive, we are united behind our mission: we believe that minimally invasive care is life-enhancing care. Through ingenuity and intelligent technology, we expand the potential of physicians to heal without constraints.
As a pioneer and market leader in robotic-assisted surgery, we strive to foster an inclusive and diverse team, committed to making a difference. For more than 25 years, we have worked with hospitals and care teams around the world to help solve some of healthcare's hardest challenges and advance what is possible.
Intuitive has been built by the efforts of great people from diverse backgrounds. We believe great ideas can come from anywhere. We strive to foster an inclusive culture built around diversity of thought and mutual respect. We lead with inclusion and empower our team members to do their best work as their most authentic selves.
Passionate people who want to make a difference drive our culture. Our team members are grounded in integrity, have a strong capacity to learn, the energy to get things done, and bring diverse, real world experiences to help us think in new ways. We actively invest in our team members to support their long-term growth so they can continue to advance our mission and achieve their highest potential.
Join a team committed to taking big leaps forward for a global community of healthcare professionals and their patients. Together, let's advance the world of minimally invasive care.

Job Description

Primary Function of Position

We are looking for team members with statistical skill sets, manufacturing/supply chain experience, to participate and steer in the SIOP planning process.  The SIOP planning function is an excellent way to broaden your experience, skills and network of colleagues, while leveraging knowledge on large data sets to compute demand and supply plans to meet customer demand and maintain inventory targets.  We measure this through various metrics such as Forecast accuracy/inventory health/Sales Plan v Actual and Build Plan vs Actual, On-Time in Full (OTIF) etc.

Key Responsibilities include:

• Drive/participate in cross-functional team meetings/ SIOP process to develop best in class demand plan and optimum supply plan
• Facilitate and drive partnership with Marketing, Sales Operations, Finance team members to develop monthly/quarterly forecasts over mid-term and long-term.
• Partner with NPI/ Engineering/ Marketing teams to understand product lifecycle/ buffer strategy, develop robust plans to enable new product launch and product end of life (EOL) planning.
• Review and make improvements to statistical forecasting models, to drive best- in-class demand forecast accuracy
• Review data output, historical shipments/ consumption for any modifications required based on product segmentation.
• Understand/ manage safety stock/ inventory targets for various regions/ plants
• Partner with manufacturing, planning, regulatory and facilities teams to understand and drive buffer strategies to enable building moves and plan for regulatory restrictions.
• Deep knowledge of Capacity Models (lines/shifts, line efficiencies, head count and material lead-times/constraints)
• Develop capacity and material constrained build plan through cross functional partnership with various partners (Manufacturing, Industrial Engineering, Supply Chain)
• Scenario planning for different Demand and Supply scenarios, understand & articulate the different options and impact
• Represent their product families and present relevant data/ charts in the cross-functional SIOP meetings
• Load plan to enable Manufacturing and Supply Chain execution
• Monitor and report performance to plan, e.g. Forecast versus actuals, Build vs. Actual Backflush, and drive corrective actions/ mitigation plans
• Help other planning activities such as Long Range Planning, Excess & Obsolete examination and reduction etc.
• Drive improvements to Key Performance Indicators such as Forecast accuracy, First Pass Fill Rate, Backorder, Finished Goods Inventory Attainment through root-cause examination and cross-functional partnership
• Subject matter experience in order to participate and drive projects to improve operational efficiency/ profitability goals. Work with IT and CoE to drive process changes and enhance system features.
• Troubleshoot and help resolve MPS/MRP issues for demand propagation; Participate in key projects, testing and go-live.
• Professional knowledge of SAP MRP parameters like Requirements plan, Procurement Plan settings, Alternate Part Planning etc. Understands how these parameters impacts planning.
• Basic knowledge of SAP PP-DS planning module is preferred
• Improve processes and simplify/automate wherever possible.
• Assist in training others as needed.

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