VantiveDemand & Supply Planner
Vantive is a vital organ therapy company on a mission to extend lives and expand possibilities for patients and care teams everywhere. For 70 years, our team has driven meaningful innovations in kidney care. As we build on our legacy, we are deepening our commitment to elevating the dialysis experience through digital solutions and advanced services, while looking beyond kidney care and investing in transforming vital organ therapies. Greater flexibility and efficiency in therapy administration for care teams, and longer, fuller lives for patients— that is what Vantive aspires to deliver.
We believe Vantive will not only build our leadership in the kidney care space, it will also offer meaningful work to those who join us. At Vantive, you will become part of a community of people who are focused, courageous and don’t settle for the mediocre. Each of us is driven to help improve patients’ lives worldwide. Join us in advancing our mission to extend lives and expand possibilities.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Demand Planning: Develop and maintain accurate demand forecast based on historical data, market trends, and sales input.
- Supply Planning: Translate demand forecast into actionable supply plans, balancing inventory, production, and distribution requirement.
- Inventory Management: Monitor inventory levels and replenishment requirement to maintain service levels, minimise stockouts, and reduce excess stock.
- SIOP/IBP Participation: Actively support SIOP/IBP processes, providing data-driven insights and recommendations.
- Exception Management: Identify and resolve supply-demand gaps, production delays, or logistics issues, escalating unresolved items to the Cluster Planning Lead.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with Sales, Marketing, Customer Service, Quality, and Regulatory teams to incorporate market signals into planning data base.
- Systems & Data Management: Ensure planning systems and ERP data are accurate, up-to-date, and reliable for decision-making.
- Performance Monitoring: Track key planning KPIs such as forecast accuracy, OTIF, backorders, and inventory turns, providing insights for continuous improvement.
- Continuous Improvement: Support initiatives to enhance forecast accuracy, supply efficiency, and overall planning process effectiveness.
EHS & GMP Responsibilities (Individual Contributor)
- Pro-actively contribute to zero harm workplace for all employees
- Comply with legal and corporate EHS requirements, safe work practices and EHS policies and procedures at all times
- Report all hazards, near misses and incidents as soon as practicable and participate in identifying actions to prevent harm from occurring to our people and/or our environment
- Employees at every level are responsible for quality (GMP) and regulatory performance in the department to ensure quality program is met
- Ensure compliance with government regulations, legal documents and safety and ethical standards, obtaining legal compliance training.
EHS Responsibilities (People Leader)
- Drive culture of zero harm workplace for all employees
- Ensure compliance with legal and corporate EHS requirements, safe work practices and EHS policies and procedures at all times
- Ensure all hazards, near misses and incidents are reported and investigated to identify root causes and ensure actions implemented to prevent harm from occurring to our people and/or our environment
- Ensure all employees trained to perform their roles safely and any regulatory-based training is completed as required
Qualifications, Experience & Skills
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree required; Master’s degree preferred
- APICS certification is a plus
Experience
- Minimum of 5-7+ years’ experience in supply chain planning.
- Extensive knowledge and experience in demand and supply planning processes, techniques and methodologies.
- Deep knowledge and well-established relationships across organisation: sales, marketing, product development, finance and manufacturing, related segments, e.g., product lines, business unit, region, etc.
- Hands-on experience with modelling, forecasting, analysis and simulation tools.
- Worked in a team-based environment.
- Business domain experience in the supported process and technology (Rapid Response and Tableau) areas.
- Experienced with other software packages including Windows, and Microsoft Office.
Skills/Technical
- Advanced mathematical and/or statistical abilities.
- Advanced analytical, organizational, decision making, and presentation skills.
- Well-organised and high level of attention to detail.
- Extensive knowledgeable of import/export regulations.
- Proficient in Rapid Response or other relevant planning systems.
- Proven stakeholder management skills (including influencing, communication negotiating and conflict management).
- Collaborative but able to challenge and influence external insights/inputs and stakeholders.
- Well-organised, clear presenter
Reasonable Accommodation
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