Global S&OP Lead: Align Demand, Supply & Finance

Demant; Vallauris; Remote; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Oticon/ITSA Medical in Vallauris, France, is seeking a Global S&OP Lead to own the end-to-end planning process across demand, supply, inventory, and finance. You will lead the monthly S&OP cycle and align Sales, Marketing, Operations, Procurement, and Finance to deliver a single, consensus-based plan.

In this role, you will translate market signals into executable, cost-efficient plans, manage risk with options and financial impact, and coach a cross-functional team to drive continuous

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Industrial Engineering, Business Administration, Operations Management, Economics or related field.
• 6–10 years in supply chain, demand/supply planning, or S&OP.
• Proven track record of running and improving an S&OP process in a complex, multi-site or multi-country environment.
• Strong understanding of end-to-end supply chain, manufacturing, inventory management and financial concepts (P&L, working capital, margins).
• Excel; experience with BI tools (Power BI, Tableau, Qlik).
• Professional proficiency in English mandatory.

Responsibilities

• Design, run and continuously improve the monthly S&OP cycle (Product, Demand, Supply, Pre-S&OP, Executive S&OP).
• Maintain the S&OP calendar, governance model, agendas, inputs and outputs.
• Facilitate cross-functional meetings; document, assign and track decisions, trade-offs and actions.
• Escalate unresolved conflicts and risks to the Executive S&OP with options, financial impact and recommendations.
• Translate commercial ambitions and market signals into executable, cost-effective operational plans.
• Oversee demand planning, forecast alignment, and integration of promotions, launches, phase-outs, pricing, customers and seasonality.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Analytical thinking

Problem solving

Stakeholder management

Agility

Education

Bachelor's degree (Master's preferred)

Tools

SAP IBP

SAP APO

Kinaxis

o9 Solutions

Anaplan

Blue Yonder

OMP

Oracle

Excel

Power BI

Tableau

Qlik

Job description

Oticon/ITSA Medical in Vallauris, France, is seeking a Global S&OP Lead to own the end-to-end planning process across demand, supply, inventory, and finance. You will lead the monthly S&OP cycle and align Sales, Marketing, Operations, Procurement, and Finance to deliver a single, consensus-based plan.

In this role, you will translate market signals into executable, cost-efficient plans, manage risk with options and financial impact, and coach a cross-functional team to drive continuous