Supply Planner

Stryker Corporation; Limerick; Hybrid; Confidential; Full time

Job summary

Stryker Corporation in Limerick is recruiting a Hybrid Initial 12 Month FTC Supply Planner. The role interfaces with production scheduling, procurement and customer service to create an integrated supply plan aligned to demand signals.

You will help develop a Master Resource Plan and capacity plans, ensure adequate inventory, and track plan execution while communicating risks and opportunities to leadership.

Qualifications

• Level 8 Degree in Business/Engineering/Supply Chain management.
• Minimum of 2 years in production, supply or demand planning.
• Excellent knowledge of MS Excel.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to analyze large data sets.
• Experience in a manufacturing environment would be beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Support the creation of a Master Resource Plan covering what needs to be produced or purchased for a 24-month horizon.
• Develop capacity plans to identify bottlenecks and propose mitigations to meet future demand.
• Assist in scoping to limited products/segments and be coached into full supply planning.
• Work with Supply Planning manager to set appropriate inventory levels (safety stocks).
• Track the execution of the supply plan with scheduling and buying to address back orders.
• Communicate product portfolio status from a supply planning perspective to stakeholders.
• Maintain core master-data in the supply planning system to focus on real issues.
• Monitor KPIs: plan attainment, safety stock health, capacity utilization, back orders, lead time.

Skills

Planning experience

Attention to detail

Data analysis

Manufacturing exposure

Education

Level 8 Degree in Business/Engineering/Supply Chain management

Tools

MS Excel

Job description

Job Overview

Hybrid Initial 12 Month FTC Supply Planner - Limerick Hybrid or Onsite (3 day onsite requirement)

Who we want

• Detail-oriented process improvers. Critical thinkers who naturally see opportunities to develop and optimize work processes – finding ways to simplify, standardize and automate.
• Collaborative partners. People who build and leverage cross-functional relationships to bring together ideas, data and insights to drive continuous improvement in functions.
• Strategic thinkers. People who enjoy analyzing data or trends for the purposes of planning, forecasting, advising, budgeting, reporting, or sales opportunities.

Role Summary

The role will interface with production scheduling, procurement, and customer service to ensure an integrated approach to supply planning within the franchise and take the lead in responding to the demand requirements from the business and ensuring that there is supply plan in place to communicate what needs to be produced and purchased to the manufacturing and supply base within the franchise.

Main Duties & Responsibilities

• Support the creation of a Master Resource Plan based on the latest demand signal to cover what needs to be produced or purchased as a finished product and to ensure that within the process there is sufficient raw materials and components to support the required supply plan up to a 24-month time horizon.
• Support the creation of capacity plans based on the latest demand signal to identify where there are potential bottlenecks or risks to supply and to develop and recommend appropriate proposals to mitigate and to ensure that the plant or 3rd party can meet the future demand. Also identify where there is significant underutilization which could impact the costs of supply.
• Responsibility will be initially scoped to limited number of products /segments of the portfolio and during development phase the individual would be closely monitored and coached into supply planning.
• Work under the supervision of the Supply Planning manager in Setting of the correct levels of inventory (safety stocks) within the supply plan by understanding the demand volatility and supply chain lead times.
• Tracking of the execution of the supply plan with production scheduling and buying ensuring that the plan is fully operationalized and tracked for performance deviation including mitigation on back orders and pro-active communication of future supply risks.
• Ensuring within the supply plan that products are being phased in and planned correctly as well as ensuring communication and timing of exiting products within the plant or 3rd party.
• Communicating with the business in regard to the status of the product portfolio from a supply planning perspective.
• Support the Supply Planning Manager in providing effective communication and confirmation back from supply planning to the demand plan in confirming capability to meet the requirements via the daily and weekly execution process but also via a robust monthly executive supply process.
• All Supply Planning system core master-data is maintained to enable focus on real supply issues.
• KPIs for the role will be Supply Plan Attainment, Safety Stock Health, Capacity Utilization, Back order and Lead time.
• Responsible for root causing performance issues and providing recommendation to Supply Planning Manager /leader on how to mitigate and sustain.

Education & Skills Required

• Level 8 Degree in Business/Engineering/Supply Chain management
• Minimum of 2 years in either a production, supply or demand planning role where knowledge is demonstrated and experience gained in planning
• Excellent knowledge of MS Excel
• Strong attention to detail, able to analyze and make sense of large amounts of data that can be presented back to operations.
• Experience in a manufacturing environment would be beneficial

Pay Ranges

Ireland Pay Ranges: Ireland: €47,000 - €77,000 EUR Annual

Compensation Details

At Stryker, we believe transparency helps candidates make confident decisions about their next career step. Compensation is an important part of that process and we want to be clear about how pay is determined. The compensation information posted for this role may be presented as a salary range or a fixed amount depending on the role. In addition to base salary, this role may be eligible for incentive compensation (such as bonus and/or commissions where applicable), along with Stryker’s comprehensive benefits package. If you’d like to learn more about the salary or the benefits associated with this role, your recruiter will be happy to walk you through the details as you progress through the hiring process.

Travel Percentage

Travel Percentage: 10%

Company Overview

Stryker is one of the world’s leading medical technology companies and, together with its customers, is driven to make healthcare better. We offer innovative products and services in Orthopaedics, Medical and Surgical, and Neurotechnology and Spine that help improve patient and hospital outcomes. We are proud to be named one of the World’s Best Workplaces! For more information, visit: www.stryker.com

Workplace Flexibility

• Remote – Role allows you to work the majority to 100% of time from an alternate workplace. These roles could have travel expectations, and you must work within the country of the job requisition location.
• Field-based – You can expect to regularly work a majority to 100% of time at customer facilities and has a set territory or expectation to travel within a set boundary. Almost all sales roles would likely be qualified as field-based.
• Onsite – Role is 100% located at a Stryker facility. Some ad hoc flexibility may be available depending on role, level, and job requirements. Manufacturing roles and any role that requires physical presence at the office would qualify under this category.
• Hybrid – You can expect to regularly work in both an alternate workplace and a Stryker facility. Roles that are partially remote or co-located would qualify as hybrid, and the expectation to be onsite would be defined and agreed upon by your manager/supervisor.