Strategic Supply Planner: 24-Month S&OP Focus

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

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.