Senior Supply Planner

Stryker; Irvine (CA); On-site; USD 77,000 - 117,000; Full time

Job summary

Stryker in Irvine, CA is seeking a supply planning professional to create 24‑month build plans and production schedules that align with demand signals and ensure product availability.

You will partner with manufacturing, procurement, quality, and finance to optimize planning, inventory targets, and service levels within a growing manufacturing environment, driving continuous improvement and data‑driven decisions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Management, Supply Chain Management or related.
• 2+ years of planning and/or manufacturing/production planning or relevant experience.
• Excel proficiency (including lookups and conditional logic).

Responsibilities

• Create supply plans and 24-month build plans based on demand signals.
• Develop and maintain production schedules with site leadership.
• Create capacity plans to identify bottlenecks and supply risks.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to ensure alignment and execution.
• Support improvements of planning processes, tools, and systems.
• Set inventory targets and safety stock strategies to optimize service levels.
• Ensure plans are financially evaluated against budgets and performance.
• Track plan execution with procurement to address disruptions.
• Communicate risks and mitigation strategies to stakeholders.
• Maintain planning system master data; optimize ERP parameters (NetSuite preferred).
• Identify opportunities to improve visibility and capacity utilization.
• Analyze performance gaps and drive continuous improvement.

Skills

Planning experience

Excel skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business, Management, Supply Chain Management or related

Tools

NetSuite

Oracle

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Onsite Monday through Friday

What you will do –

• Responsible for the creation of supply plans and 24-month build plans based on the latest demand signals to ensure production requirements are met while maintaining appropriate inventory levels and product availability.
• Develop and maintain production schedules that support manufacturing operations, partnering closely with production supervisors and site leadership to ensure execution against plan.
• Responsible for the creation of capacity plans based on the latest demand signals to identify potential bottlenecks or supply risks and develop mitigation plans that ensure continuity of supply and support future business growth.
• Partner cross-functionally with manufacturing, procurement, quality, engineering, finance, customer service, and Integrated Business Planning (IBP) teams to ensure alignment and effective supply chain execution.
• Support the development, standardization, and continuous improvement of supply planning processes, tools, and systems within a growing manufacturing environment.
• Responsible for setting appropriate inventory targets and safety stock strategies by evaluating demand variability, supply chain lead times, and business requirements to optimize service levels and inventory investment.
• Ensure supply plans are financially evaluated and balanced against operational performance, customer service expectations, inventory objectives, and budget requirements through collaboration with finance partners.
• Track execution of supply plans with production scheduling and procurement teams to ensure plans are operationalized, performance issues are identified, and mitigation actions are implemented to address supply disruptions and backorders.
• Communicate supply risks, constraints, capacity challenges, and mitigation strategies to stakeholders and leadership teams while influencing decisions across cross-functional groups.
• Maintain planning system master data and support ongoing optimization of ERP planning parameters to enable accurate planning and decision-making. NetSuite experience is preferred.
• Identify opportunities to improve planning visibility, capacity utilization, inventory performance, and overall supply chain execution through process improvements and data-driven decision making.
• KPIs for the role will include Supply Plan Attainment, Supply Plan Mix Attainment, Safety Stock Health, Capacity Utilization, and Backorder Performance.
• Responsible for analyzing performance gaps, identifying root causes, implementing corrective actions, and driving continuous improvement initiatives to achieve operational objectives.

Required –

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Management, Supply Chain Management or related
• 2+ years of planning and/ormanufacturing/productionplanning or relevant experience
• Excel (understanding x look ups/if then, ect)

Preferred –

• APICS certification
• Strong ERP systems and computer software experience (NetSuite, Oracle or similar experience)
• Expert in MS Excel
• Project Management and Lean Six Sigma experience
• Understanding of Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) and Integrate Business Planning (IBP)

$76,500 - $117,100 USD Annual