Senior Demand Planner - S&OP Forecasting Leader

Baxter Healthcare; Województwo mazowieckie; Hybrid; PLN 158,000 - 194,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fixed-term contract (3 months)

Competitive salary

Annual bonuses

Private medical care

Life Insurance

Multisport card

Bax4U cafeteria/lunch cards

PPE program

Educational support: language courses

Financial certifications (ACCA, CIMA)

Holidays co-financing

2 extra days off per year

Birthday day off

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Bax Flex - hybrid model

Warsaw Powiśle office

Job summary

Baxter Healthcare in Poland seeks a Senior Demand Planner to lead demand forecasting and S&OP processes for a regional portfolio. You will drive alignment with Commercial, Sales, Marketing, Finance, Manufacturing, and Supply Chain to ensure accurate forecasts for new product launches and portfolio changes.

The role requires strong analytical and forecasting skills, experience with cross-functional planning, and familiarity with Rapid Response and Tableau.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required; Master's degree and APICS certification preferred.
• 4+ years of experience in supply chain planning, including demand planning, S&OP, process improvement, training, and coaching.
• Advanced forecasting, mathematical, and statistical expertise, with understanding of financial and operational impacts.
• Strong analytical, organizational, decision-making, and presentation skills.
• Proficiency with demand planning software and Microsoft Office applications.

Responsibilities

• Lead the monthly cross-functional demand planning and S&OP/SIOP cycle.
• Facilitate consensus reviews with Commercial teams and contribute to global demand planning reviews.
• Manage and forecast a complex product portfolio using advanced analytics and statistical models.
• Analyze sales trends, demand drivers, forecast accuracy, risks, and improvement opportunities.
• Develop demand forecasts across multiple products, markets, and planning horizons.
• Update forecasts with supply constraints and monitor forecast accuracy, bias, KPIs, and process performance.
• Partner with Sales, Marketing, Finance, and Supply Chain teams to ensure forecasts reflect market dynamics, portfolio changes, and new product launches.
• Lead demand review meetings and provide volume forecasts to Supply Planning to support inventory strategies, product introductions, and phase-outs.
• Drive process improvements, enhance planning effectiveness, and deliver training and coaching.
• Utilize demand planning systems and forecasting tools to support decision-making.

Skills

Demand planning

Forecasting

S&OP/SIOP

Stakeholder management

Analytical skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Tableau

Rapid Response

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

APICS certification

Tools

Rapid Response

Tableau

Microsoft Office

Demand planning software

Job description

Baxter Healthcare in Poland seeks a Senior Demand Planner to lead demand forecasting and S&OP processes for a regional portfolio. You will drive alignment with Commercial, Sales, Marketing, Finance, Manufacturing, and Supply Chain to ensure accurate forecasts for new product launches and portfolio changes.

The role requires strong analytical and forecasting skills, experience with cross-functional planning, and familiarity with Rapid Response and Tableau.