Senior Demand Planner

At STERIS, we help our Customers create a healthier and safer world by providing innovative healthcare and life science product and service solutions around the globe.

Position Summary

The Senior Demand Planner develops monthly demand and supply plans for STERIS service products for our capital equipment globally. In this role you will manage all activities related to consensus forecast review, statistical trend data analysis, and monitoring of consumption in support of fulfilling customer demand. In addition, this position will be accountable for Finished Goods (FG) supply planning (make and buy) working closely with manufacturing and sourcing with regards to rough cut capacity planning and FG sourcing projections. Key performance indicators include forecast accuracy, finished inventory turns and customer service level.

This is a hybrid role with the requirement of working onsite 3 days/week at one of our following facilities: Mentor, OH (USA); Plymouth, MN (USA); Monterrey, Mexico; or Quebec, Canada. Visa sponsorship is not available. Candidates must reside within the country.

What You'll do as a Senior Demand Planner

• Lead monthly demand planning process by collaborating with sales, finance, marketing and IT systems to update demand plans.
• Analyze monthly statistical forecast and make changes/recommendations for inclusion into the demand plan.
• Conduct monthly demand consensus and supply planning meetings; resolve demand/supply issues and elevate unresolved issues the appropriate decision maker(s).
• Communicate results to internal groups including sales, marketing, finance, and operations.
• Develop monthly build plans for assigned manufacturing facilities as well as monthly requirements for purchased finished goods.
• Manage (finished goods) inventory levels and associated parameters (e.g., safety stock).
• Participate in new product implementation with phase-in/phase-out planning that provides a smooth transition and minimizes obsolete material.
• Key contributor to driving process improvements within the Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) process.

The Experience, Skills, and Abilities Needed

Required

• Bacheor's Degree.
• Minimum of 5 years of supply chain experience.
• Experience in demand forecasting.
• Strong excel analytical experience (v look up, pivot tables, working with complex data).
• English language fluency (speaking, reading, and writing).

Preferred

• Bachelor's Degree in Statistical or Supply Chain related disciplines, preferred.
• MBA, preferred.
• APICS Certification, preferred.

Other

• Excellent technical/computer skills.
• Demonstrated knowledge and experience in lean and continuous improvement.
• Excellent interpersonal, communication, organization, problem solving, business acumen, and time management skills.

What STERIS Offers

We value our employees and are committed to providing a comprehensive benefits package that support your health, well-being, and financial future.

Here is just a brief overview of what we offer:

• Market Competitive Pay.
• Extensive Paid Time Off (PTO) and 9 added Holidays.
• Excellent Healthcare, Dental and vision benefits.
• Long/Short Term Disability coverage.
• 401(k) with a company match.
• Maternity & Paternity Leave.
• Additional add-on benefits/discounts for programs such as Pet Insurance.
• Tuition Reimbursement and continued educations programs.
• Excellent opportunities for advancement in a stable long-term career.

STERIS does not accept unsolicited resumes/CV's from individual recruiters or third-party recruiting agencies in response to job postings.

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Pay range for this opportunity is $80,000 - $100,000. This position is eligible for bonus participation.

Minimum pay rates offered will comply with county/city minimums, if higher than range listed. Pay rates are based on a number of factors, including but not limited to local labor market costs, years of relevant experience, education, professional certifications, foreign language fluency, etc.

STERIS offers a comprehensive and competitive benefits portfolio. Click here for a complete list of benefits: STERIS Benefits

Open until position is filled.

STERIS is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity and the use of affirmative action programs to ensure that persons are recruited, hired, trained, transferred and promoted in all job groups regardless of race, color, religion, age, disability, national origin, citizenship status, military or veteran status, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, and any other category protected by federal, state or local law. We are not only committed to this policy by our status as a federal government contractor, but also we are strongly bound by the principle of equal employment opportunity.