Global Supply Planning Specialist

Pod Talent; London; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global medical devices company is seeking a Senior Supply Planning Expert to enhance product availability and drive improvements in key business metrics. This pivotal role involves collaborating with global teams to optimize production and inventory management, ensuring top-tier customer service while supporting new product launches and continuous improvement initiatives.

Qualifications

• Experience in supply planning within a regulated industry (e.g., medical devices).
• Working experience with global production and third-party manufacturing.
• Proven analytical skills with advanced Excel proficiency.

Responsibilities

• Manage global supply to meet inventory and cost targets.
• Collaborate with partners to align production and supply signals.
• Lead scenario planning to aid decision-making.

Skills

Supply Planning

Analytical Skills

Presentation Skills

Excel

Tools

SAP IBP

Job description

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

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

Head of Practice - End to End Supply Chain