Global Planning Director 100%

Staar Surgical AG; Nidau; On-site; CHF 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

40h work week

25 days vacation

Health insurance contribution

Training and development plans

Free parking

Job summary

STAAR Surgical AG seeks a Global Planning Director to lead end-to-end supply chain planning and S&OP processes across the network. You will manage RCCP, MPS and MRP, optimize inventory and collaborate with internal sites Nidau and Monrovia and external suppliers to ensure reliable material flow.

You will drive inventory policy standards, develop the team and ensure compliance with cGMP and STAAR policies. Strong English communication is essential; German/French are pluses.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent minimum.
• Several years of leadership in supply chain/planning roles with improvements in service and inventory.
• Expertise in supply chain planning design, deployment and modelling.
• Experience deploying ERP solutions (Oracle or SAP/APO) and best-in-class planning tools.
• Strong planning process redesign, team leadership, analytical and decisive approach.

Responsibilities

• Develop and deploy a global S&OP process and inventory plan.
• Forecast demand vs. supply resources and resolve shortfalls/surpluses.
• Lead demand planning and RCCP, MPS and MRP using forecasts across regions.
• Collaborate with Nidau, Monrovia sites and external suppliers to ensure material supply.
• Ensure inventory targets and service levels; monitor and adjust MPS.

Skills

Leadership

S&OP

Supply Chain Planning

ERP Deployment

Team Leadership

Analytical Thinking

Cross-functional Collaboration

English Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Tools

Oracle

SAP APO

ERP Systems

Job description

To support our company’s continued growth and expansion, we are recruiting a professional for the position as

Global Planning Director 100%

Job Description

• Develop and deploy a global S&OP process
• Demonstrate a good understanding of manufacturing capacity, capabilities & processes, know how to run simulations on forecasted demand against supply resources while creating a time phased inventory plan by item to drive an optimal inventory level. Accurately project & correct supply shortfalls and surpluses on a daily/weekly or monthly basis and arbitrate and decide for supply conflicts or short falls.
• Drive globally the demand planning process, included in the S&OP. Review and adjust based forecast demand and add events as appropriate.
• Generation, maintenance, and ongoing management of a rough-cut capacity plan (RCCP), a master production schedule (MPS) and a materials requirement plan (MRP) based on the demand forecasts from the respective business groups (regions).
• Review and resolve capacity constraints based on the net requirements plan (NRP), in collaboration with the manufacturing leads for the internal manufacturing sites Nidau and Monrovia and with the external suppliers to ensure reliable supply of materials.
• Ensure that the MPS and detailed scheduling ensures the right inventory levels and mix to obtain high levels of customer service while achieving inventory targets and policies set forth by the business. Monitors the scheduled execution across the network and adjusts MPS accordingly.
• The responsibility includes the optimization of the inventory as an outcome of the E2E planning process. Develop and deploy inventory policies and standards across the relevant inventory nodes.
• Overlook and drive the supplier planning process, creating and replenishing the STAAR Surgical RM and FG (accessory related) units.
• Ensure maintenance of the planning related master data elements.
• The position is responsible for the improvement, rationalization and standardization of the planning process across the global supply chain while deploying those in a consistent way globally.
• Recruit, develop, organize staff and train departmental personnel to ensure a high level of efficiency, professionalism and compliance with cGMP regulations; local, state and national laws; and STAAR Surgical Company policies.

Your profile

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent as a minimum
• Several years of leadership experience in supply chain or planning roles, demonstrated success to improve the most critical planning metrics (service through product availability, inventory optimization)
• Established expertise in Supply Chain planning design, deployment and modelling
• Experience in deploying Oracle or SAP/APO, or other ERP solutions with additional best-in-class advanced planning solutions
• Demonstrated experience in planning process (re)-design and deployment pragmatic, team leadership, analytical thinking, hands‑on approach, decisiveness, organizational sensitivity, initiative, resilience.
• Ability to drive collaboration across SC functions as well with other critical business functions to lead to an integrated S&OP/Business Planning process.
• Guide, motivate and develop the team, by taking appropriate decisions
• Excellent communication skills in English with German/French a plus

The right decision: working at STAAR Surgical

STAAR Surgical offers you the ideal environment to develop your career and to progress professionally and personally, within a multicultural and international company. We also offer the following benefits:

• 40 working hours a week
• Modern working spaces
• Minimum 25 days of vacation
• Modern cafeteria spaces
• Monthly contribution to health insurance costs
• Training and development plans
• Free parking spaces as well as very good connections to public transportation
• Regular social company events such as summer party/winter party