Senior Demand Planner – Life Sciences Forecasting & Supply Planning

Humacyte Global Inc; Durham (NC); Sur place; USD 90 000 - 130 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Stock options

401k plan

Medical, Vision and Dental plans

Disability insurance

Life insurance

PTO 23 days

Holidays and parental leave

Résumé du poste

Humacyte Inc., a Nasdaq: HUMA biotech company, seeks a Senior Demand Planner to apply advanced analytics and forecasting methods to optimize raw materials and finished goods planning across multiple horizons.

You will communicate expectations to suppliers, collaborate with Manufacturing and Product Development, drive S&OP and KPI reporting, and help ensure inventory, capacity, and purchases align with strategic objectives while supporting fast-paced operations.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years of related job experience.
• 5+ years of experience in demand planning and forecasting role preferred
• 2 to 3 years of experience in Healthcare / Life Sciences organization preferred
• Demonstrated proficiency in statistics, forecasting, and forecasting methods with an understanding of their financial and operational impacts is required
• Knowledge of Microsoft Dynamics ERP or other software related to demand planning is preferred
• Foundation in analytics & statistics
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Positive, roll-up-the-sleeves attitude and optimistic outlook
• Strong ability to work in a fast-paced team environment with fluctuating priorities and collaborate within cross functional teams
• Excellent organizational and time management skills with ability to set own priorities in a timely manner
• High degree of flexibility and adaptability
• Self-motivated and organized critical thinker with solid interpersonal and business communication skills
• Represents the organization in a positive and highly professional manner

Responsabilités

• Creates statistical forecasts by data analysis and using input from internal and external customers, validates data, reviews statistical forecast models, and applies error analysis techniques to improve forecasting for both raw materials and finished goods.
• Develops finished goods and raw materials forecast in monthly/yearly buckets for the horizon needed to achieve company objectives.
• Measures forecast accuracy for key vendors and finds best forecasting method to achieve desired level of accuracy.
• Achieves consensus for operational demand forecasts by facilitating a collaborative planning process with all stakeholders (S&OP). Prepares relevant material to facilitate research and discussion.
• Independently prepares and communicates Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to management. These KPIs include but not limited to capacity, purchases and inventory forecast.
• Work with supply chain operations and supply planning to forecast warehouse capacity and ensure gaps are addressed ahead of time to minimize overutilization of warehouse spaces.
• Drive monthly collaborative planning forecasting meetings with key suppliers to share Humacyte forecast and address any gaps as needed to prevent production interruptions due to material shortages.
• Drive monthly collaborative demand meetings with internal customers to drive discussions around future usage and new product introductions
• Continuously identify and develop areas for improvement related to the forecasting process.
• Collaborates in the development of Great Plains Enterprise Resource Planning System (Microsoft Dynamics) process and SOPs as related to demand planning
• Provide input to supply planning organization in developing inventory strategies on existing items, new products, and phase outs.
• Develop SOP’s for Demand Planning processes as required
• Other duties, as assigned.

Connaissances

Forecasting

Statistics

S&OP

KPI reporting

Cross-functional collaboration

Vendor communication

Microsoft Dynamics

Data analysis

Outils

Microsoft Dynamics ERP

Description du poste

Humacyte Inc., a Nasdaq: HUMA biotech company, seeks a Senior Demand Planner to apply advanced analytics and forecasting methods to optimize raw materials and finished goods planning across multiple horizons.

You will communicate expectations to suppliers, collaborate with Manufacturing and Product Development, drive S&OP and KPI reporting, and help ensure inventory, capacity, and purchases align with strategic objectives while supporting fast-paced operations.