Lead Demand Planner
Irvine, CA - USA
Job Summary
What you will do -
- Act as the primary liaison between multiple sites and cross-functional teams to gather and consolidate demand inputs regulatory approval timelines sales orders financial forecasts market trends and historical sales data.
- Own the end-to-end demand forecasting process translating financial projections through SKU and IPN-level forecasts to support supply planning decisions.
- Lead Executive Demand Reviews (EDR) and KPI reporting in alignment with the Stryker IBP process and assessment.
- Develop maintain and continuously improve an accurate rolling 24-month demand plan.
- Collaborate with Commercial Supply Planning and cross-functional stakeholders to review and present NPI M&A and PLM roadmaps for product launches and exits within the next 12-18 months.
- Communicate demand forecasts risks opportunities and actionable insights to stakeholders and executive leadership providing recommendations that support business and supply planning decisions.
- Own forecasting model development DemandTrack implementation and process improvements while ensuring data integrity across systems and planning processes.
- Monitor forecast accuracy and demand planning performance metrics identifying trends and driving corrective actions as needed.
- Facilitate ad hoc analyses projects and reporting as assigned.
- Coach and mentor team members on planning processes best practices and continuous improvement opportunities.
Required -
- Bachelors degree in Supply Chain or Business related
- 4 years of experience
- Strong in excel - being able to analyze data and calculations in excel
- Powerpoint - story telling with data
- ERP - need to understand
- SQL and PowerBI
Preferred -
- Software for forecasting
- ASCM certification
- Medical device background
$89400 - $148900 USD Annual
Travel Percentage: 10%Stryker Corporation is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race ethnicity color religion sex gender identity sexual orientation national origin disability or protected veteran status. Stryker is an EO employer M/F/Veteran/Disability.Stryker Corporation will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about discussed or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge (b) in furtherance of an investigation proceeding hearing or action including an investigation conducted by the employer or (c) consistent with the contractors legal duty to furnish information.About Company
Stryker is a global leader in medical technologies and, together with its customers, is driven to make healthcare better. The company offers innovative products and services in MedSurg, Neurotechnology, Orthopaedics and Spine that help improve patient and healthcare outcomes. Alongsid ... View more