Senior Supply Planner

Stryker Corporation; Skawina; Hybrid; PLN 113,000 - 187,000; Full time

Job summary

Stryker Corporation in Poland (Skawina) is seeking a supply planning professional to develop monthly supplier forecasts, balance demand and production, and optimize inventory.

You will coordinate capacity planning, define safety stock, monitor KPIs, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive supply chain performance. Hybrid work model with a focus on meaningful impact and inventory optimization.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering, Supply Chain, or a related field.
• Minimum 4 years of experience in supply planning, demand planning, or production planning.
• Experience working with ERP or planning systems such as SAP or equivalent.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel.
• Fluency in English; German language skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop monthly supplier forecasts and ensure material availability aligned with demand and production requirements.
• Execute the site supply planning model by implementing planning processes, tools, and performance reporting.
• Analyze demand signals and translate them into material and production plans using planning systems.
• Create capacity plans to identify bottlenecks, mitigate supply risks, and optimize resource utilization.
• Define and maintain safety stock levels based on demand variability and supply lead times.
• Track and ensure execution of supply plans, proactively addressing back orders and supply risks.
• Coordinate product lifecycle planning, including introductions and phase-outs, with cross-functional teams.
• Monitor and drive supply chain KPIs (e.g., plan attainment, inventory targets, utilization), identify root causes of deviations, and recommend corrective actions.

Skills

Advanced Excel

English fluency

German language skills

Experience in supply planning

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering, Supply Chain, or a related field

Tools

SAP

Power BI

Job description

Work Flexibility: Hybrid Join Stryker and play a critical role in shaping a robust, forward-looking supply plan that ensures the right materials are available at the right time. This role sits at the center of supply chain orchestration to deliver operational excellence. It’s an exciting opportunity to drive planning strategy, optimize inventory, and directly influence business performance.

What you will do

• Develop monthly supplier forecasts and ensure material availability aligned with demand and production requirements
• Execute the site supply planning model by implementing planning processes, tools, and performance reporting
• Analyze demand signals and translate them into material and production plans using planning systems
• Create capacity plans to identify bottlenecks, mitigate supply risks, and optimize resource utilization
• Define and maintain safety stock levels based on demand variability and supply lead times
• Track and ensure execution of supply plans, proactively addressing back orders and supply risks
• Coordinate product lifecycle planning, including introductions and phase-outs, with cross-functional teams
• Monitor and drive supply chain KPIs (e.g., plan attainment, inventory targets, utilization), identify root causes of deviations, and recommend corrective actions

What you will need

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering, Supply Chain, or a related field
• Minimum 4 years of experience in supply planning, demand planning, or production planning
• Experience working with ERP or planning systems such as SAP or equivalent
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel
• Fluency in English; German language skills

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in regulated industries (e.g., medical, pharmaceutical, or similar)
• Experience with integrated business planning or sales and operations planning processes
• Proficiency in PowerPoint and data visualization tools such as Power BI

Poland Pay Ranges: Poland, Skawina: zł112.500 - zł187.400 PLN Annual

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.

Travel Percentage: 20%

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

Work 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.