Global Supply Planning Specialist

Pod Talent; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global medical devices business is seeking a Global Supply Planning Specialist to enhance product availability and inventory targets. This pivotal hybrid role involves collaboration with global teams to ensure seamless production and effective supply chain management across internal and external networks.

Qualifications

• Strong supply planning experience, ideally in regulated industries.
• Experience with global production sites and third-party manufacturing.
• Highly analytical and adaptable to change.

Responsibilities

• Manage global supply to meet customer service levels and inventory targets.
• Collaborate to align production, inventory, and supply signals.
• Lead scenario planning and support senior leadership with insights.

Skills

Global Supply Planning

Analytical Skills

Presentation Skills

Cross-functional Collaboration

Solutions-focused

Education

Experience in regulated industry (medical devices or pharma)

Tools

SAP IBP

Advanced Excel

Job description

Role: Global Supply Planning Specialist

Location: Hybrid – (1 day a week working from the office in London or Cheshire)

Salary: £60,000 - £70,000

We are excited to be partnering with a global medical devices business, who are currently looking for a senior supply planning expert to join their team and play a pivotal role in supporting the global quality and operations function, through optimising product availability and achieving inventory targets, whilst also driving improvements to key business metrics.

In this role, you will be working closely with global cross-functional teams, to ensure seamless production and delivery of products, to help meet customer demands.

This is a highly visible role requiring strong global supply planning experience, ideally within a regulated industry, and the ability to engage confidently with senior stakeholders across production, commercial, and marketing teams.

About the role:

• Manage global supply to meet customer service levels while achieving inventory and cost targets
• Collaborate with cross-functional partners to align production, inventory, and supply signals
• Lead scenario planning and “what-if” simulations to support decision-making
• Prepare insights and recommendations for the S&OP process and senior leadership
• Support new product launches and lifecycle management across internal and external manufacturing networks
• Contribute to continuous improvement, challenging the status quo and supporting system/process enhancements

About you:

• Strong supply planning experience in a manufacturing environment, ideally in a regulated industry (e.g., medical devices or pharma)
• Experience working with global production sites and third-party manufacturing partners
• Comfortable influencing across commercial and marketing teams, with confident presentation skills
• Highly analytical with advanced Excel skills and experience in SAP IBP
• Proactive, solutions-focused, and adaptable to change