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Karl Storz Endoscopy; Auburn (MA); Híbrido; USD 66.000 - 85.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

KARL STORZ Endoscopy in Auburn, MA is hiring an Inventory Planner to manage finished goods and balance service levels with inventory costs. You will coordinate across Demand Planning, Marketing, Product Management, Logistics, Quality, and Customer Service to translate demand into actionable supply plans.

The role observes a hybrid schedule with a base salary range of $65,700 to $85,400, plus opportunities to optimize supplier performance and reduce waste while maintaining strong customer service.

Formación

• Bachelor's degree required with 2–4 years of relevant experience or 8 years in lieu of degree.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with attention to detail.
• Excellent written and verbal communication; able to collaborate across functions.
• Experience with demand and supply planning and data-driven decision making.

Responsabilidades

• Manage supply planning and inventory for an assigned portfolio of finished goods, maintaining stock coverage and customer service levels.
• Collaborate with Demand Planning, Marketing and Product Management to develop and execute demand and supply plans.
• Create and manage purchase orders, considering lead times, quantities, pricing, discounts, and supplier capabilities.
• Monitor supplier commitments and expedite or adjust deliveries as demand and inventory change.
• Coordinate with Transportation, Warehouse, Quality, Customer Service, and Accounts Payable to resolve shipment, receipt, product, order, and invoice issues.
• Monitor inventory and supplier performance metrics including fill rates, days of coverage, backorders, and inventory turns.
• Identify continuous improvement opportunities to increase efficiency and reduce waste.

Conocimientos

Analytical skills

Organizational skills

Problem solving

Communication skills

Cross-functional teamwork

Educación

Bachelor's degree in related field

8 years of related experience in lieu of degree

Herramientas

Excel

MRP systems

SAP

Descripción del empleo

About KARL STORZ

From the operating room to surgery centers-and everywhere in between-KARL STORZ North America is a global leader in medical technology and advanced visualization solutions. We design specialty innovations, smart instruments and devices, integrated ecosystems, and intelligent imaging-to build a more connected, software-enabled operating room.

As an independent, family-owned MedTech company, we ambitiously think in generations instead of quarters to improve patients' lives around the world.

About the Role

As an Inventory Planner, you'll play an important role in ensuring KARL STORZ has the right products, in the right place, at the right time. You'll manage a portfolio of finished goods and oversee supply planning activities that balance product availability, customer service, inventory levels, and cost.

Working across Demand Planning, Marketing, Product Management, Logistics, Quality, Customer Service, and our supplier network, you'll turn demand requirements into actionable supply plans while helping identify opportunities to improve service and reduce waste.

This position will be based in our Auburn, MA location and observes a hybrid work schedule. The base salary of this position is $65,700 - $85,400.

What You'll Do

• Manage supply planning and inventory for an assigned portfolio of finished goods, maintaining appropriate stock coverage and customer service levels.


• Collaborate with Demand Planning, Marketing and Product Management to develop and execute demand and supply plans.


• Create and manage purchase orders, considering lead times, order quantities, pricing, volume discounts, and supplier capabilities.


• Monitor supplier commitments and proactively expedite or adjust deliveries as demand and inventory needs change.


• Partner with Transportation, Warehouse, Quality, Customer Service, and Accounts Payable to resolve shipment, receiving, product, order, and invoice issues.


• Monitor key inventory and supplier performance measures including fill rates, days of coverage, backorders, excess and obsolete inventory, inventory turns, and supplier performance.


• Identify continuous improvement opportunities that increase efficiency, improve service levels and reduce waste.

What You Bring

• Bachelor's degree in a related field and 2-4 years of relevant experience with direct or transferable skills, or 8 years of directly related experience in lieu of a degree.


• Strong analytical, organizational, mathematical, and problem-solving skills.


• Strong computer and systems skills with the ability to work effectively with data.


• Ability to manage multiple priorities and adapt quickly as business and supply requirements change.


• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to collaborate across functions and with suppliers.


• Results-oriented, self-motivated approach with strong time-management skills.

What Will Make You Successful

• Ability to balance customer service needs with inventory and financial objectives.


• Strong cross-functional communication and relationship-building skills.


• Sound judgment and a proactive approach to identifying and resolving supply, inventory and supplier issues.


• Ability to translate demand and inventory data into timely purchasing and supply decisions.


• Flexibility and composure when priorities, demand patterns, and supply conditions change.

Nice to Have

• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills.


• Experience working with Material Requirements Planning (MRP) systems.


• SAP experience.

Travel: Up to 10%.

Why KARL STORZ?

Join KARL STORZ and be part of a team creating medical innovations that truly make a difference. Beyond technology, you'll be part of a culture that values talent as its greatest asset, empowering you to contribute to a mission that improves patient care worldwide.