Role and Responsibilities
This position will play a critical role for managing the planning process and ensuring optimal inventory and OTD level for Falcon OpCos by following Danaher quality standards and best practices.
Job Requirements Include:
- Assemble and analyze all data pertinent to creating the sales forecast (historical sales,
market trends etc.) - Conduct current and future forecasting analysis.
- Utilize best methods in creating forecasts and respective inventory targets.
- Coordinates and recommends adjustments to forecast and inventory targets based on changes
in demand and market trends. - Ensures adequate supply of products to service customer needs.
- Optimize working inventory by assessing demand activity.
- Manage inventory targets (including safety stock levels) that are approved by management.
- Work closely with the US distribution centers and other European locations to fulfill internal
replenishments, in accordance to determined customer dating. - Develop inventory management plans to support projects.
- ETA update and Daily OTD analysis and stock out reviews.
- Short shelf-life items analysis and working on sub-inventories.
- Follow up on in-transits.
- Conducts analysis on low supply hold, excess and slow-moving items, and potential scraps.
- Identify potential product shortages, develop and execute recovery, advise interested parties of
status and recovery plans. - Maintain and update master files (items, vendors, etc.)
- Constant interaction with sales and assessment of demand requirements
- Provide reports and requested information to management as needed.
Qualifications and Education Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in supply chain management, Logistics, Business Administration, or a related field.
- Proven experience (3 years) in warehouse operations, customer order planning, or supply chain management, preferably within the medical device industry.
- Proficiency in utilizing the Oracle system for order planning and management.
REQUIRED BEHAVIOURAL COMPETENCIES
- Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent experience
- Three plus years of planning experience
- Business background with a robust understanding of supply chain, planning, forecasting
- Strong knowledge of finished goods planning process within the medical Industry.
- Experience using ERP systems preferably Oracle
- Extensive spreadsheet analysis and strong mathematical abilities
- Knowledge of key inventory performance metrics, turns, margin contributions, etc.
- Good understanding of replenishment processes
- Good understanding of dealing with the complexities of multiple items and multiple locations and different transport modes.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Excellent analytical skills
- Team player with a proven ability to coordinate efforts amongst all stakeholders
- Proven ability to effectively manage a process with good attention to details.
- Quality and process driven individual.
Join our winning team today. Together, we’ll accelerate the real-life impact of tomorrow’s science and technology. We partner with customers across the globe to help them solve their most complex challenges, architecting solutions that bring the power of science to life.
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