Demand Planner

Work Schedule

Standard (Mon-Fri)

Environmental Conditions

Office

Job Description

At Thermo Fisher Scientific, you’ll join a hard-working team that shares your passion for exploration and discovery. With revenues of $25 billion and the largest investment in R&D in the industry, we give our people the resources and opportunities to make meaningful contributions to the world.

Location: This role could be based at our Rochester, NY facility, Pittsburg PA facility, or Monterrey, MX

How will you make an impact? A Demand Planner II develops the 24-month demand plan for key Lab Plastics product portfolio with cross-functional input and alignment, for translation into the site plan, to achieve efficient line rate, inventory management and customer satisfaction. Will work with Business Unit Product Management, Commercial and Finance Teams, including Regional Demand teams to ensure directional alignment with Regional / Global demand trends. 

What you will do

• Drive the pre-demand review process to ensure cross-functional teams are performing to roles and responsibilities to achieve consensus demand plan 24 months out.
• Ensure accurate handoff of the demand plan to the site planning team to ensure the right net demand to be loaded to the site, and be the liaison to Site Supply Chain managers.
• Drive Forecast Accuracy and BIAS improvement using Statistical modeling and Segmentation strategies. Committed to continuous improvement and driving demand planning best in class standards, knowledge sharing with team members
• Ability to work in the details and also distill sophisticated analysis and data into story-telling summaries for senior leadership Liaison with Center of Excellence and SC Transformation teams to drive Demand Transformation initiatives process / systems / tools Own and facilitate SIOP demand review meetings, gain leadership signoff on 24 month demand plan
• Drive greater SIOP and Financial planning integration as part of Demand evolution Align standard processes & key workstreams with regional Demand planners in China and APAC to ensure standardization across teams
• Perform roll-up of regional demand plans to global plan and ensure alignment with Global Product Management
• Involved in developing, modifying standard operations procedure that affect demand planning
• Drive NPI and promotion planning processes to ensure high level of accuracy and insight to supply chain.

How you will get here

• Bachelor’s Degree (required)in Supply Chain Management, Industrial Engineering, or related field is required. Master of Business Administration (MBA) or other advanced degree preferred.
• 3-5 years proven experience required.
• Strong leadership and communication skills
• Experience and success using Lean business practices.
• Experience in Demand Planning advanced systems such as Forecast Pro, SAP APO, Demantra, Kinaxis Rapid Response
• Experience in the Life Science or Medical Device industry is preferred. 

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:

Forecast Pro, Rapid Response, and PowerBI experience is a plus.

APICS certification-preferred

CSCMP or comparable certification -preferred

Validated strong oral and written communication skills at different levels of the organization

A strong balance of analytical skills and action orientation to drive sustaining results with intensity, at times demonstrating the confidence, conviction and collaboration to innovate new strategies and methodologies.

We offer competitive salary, an annual incentive bonus plan, 401K with company match up to 6%, tuition reimbursement and a range of other employee benefits! We foster an exciting company culture that encourages innovation, forward-thinking, and an outstanding career and development prospects. Come be a part of the team.