Title: Manager - Reagent Demand and Supply
Location: US-California-San Jose
Job Number: SUP000CF
The Demand and Supply Manager for San Jose and Cayey reagents in San Jose is responsible / accountable for the overall demand and supply management process for the assigned business areas. This position works closely with Marketing, Sales, Finance, Manufacturing, Procurement, and Regional/Global Supply Chain Partners to achieve targeted forecast and service performance levels Worldwide. Also works closely with Corporate Organizations (Logistics, Transportation, Strategic Procurement, and others) to ensure effective execution of identified plans. Global Demand Management responsibilities include the creation of domestic and roll up of international unit sales demand forecasts across the entire network including OEM products. This position owns both the monthly Demand Consensus and Review components of Sales and Operation Planning Process for all San Jose and Cayey reagent product lines. Accountable for global forecast accuracy and ensures alignment of forecast with global and regional business strategies. All Demand Planners for these product lines report into this position.
Global Supply Management responsibilities include direct supervision of the creation of long and short term supply and capacity plans to support worldwide demand and inventory requirements. This position also owns the monthly site focused Supply Consensus and Review components of the Sales & Operations Planning process for all San Jose and Cayey reagent product lines. Accountable for global inventory levels and ensures alignment of planning strategies with global and regional business strategies. All Supply Planners for the San Jose and Cayey reagent work centers report into this position. The position is also responsible for communicating significant current/potential supply performance problems (schedule unfeasibility or non-compliance, material or capacity imbalances, etc.) to upper management and the compliance to schedule metric.
WW Demand Management
* Works with all worldwide business regions to aggregate statistical forecasts & reviews total worldwide demand by business team / geographic region
* Responsible for developing necessary skill competencies across worldwide business regions, including SAP/APO/SEM, and legacy system efficiencies
* Accountable for overall global forecast accuracy
* Owner of Demand Review part of S&OP process for San Jose and Cayey productsUS Demand Planning
* Works directly with the business and customer sources of demands (including distribution partners) to create statistical forecasts at levels representative of market segments and product families that can be forecasted with levels of confidence and accuracy
* Develop detailed forecasts by SKU, based on family level consensus forecastsWW Supply Management
* Manages the process of converting unconstrained Demand into capacity-constrained, feasible Supply Plans over an established rolling horizon period and agreed-upon frequency
* Maintains alignment of inventory levels to achieve targeted service levels, backorder incidence/duration and inventory turns. Identifies and pursues inventory reduction opportunities.
* Directs the periodic review and disposition of slow moving and unproductive inventories (Excess & Obsolete, Unscheduled, Expired, cancelled/residual Test & Holds etc.)
* Leadership of Demand / Supply Review(s) and co-facilitator of Management Business Review in the S&OP Process
* Leads the Sales and Operations Planning Process for the San Jose and Cayey reagent product lines
* Is the process owner for the Demand Review, Supply Review and the Integrated Reconciliation activities for these same product lines
* Acts as the co-facilitator with his/her Instruments/LSRR partner for the Management Business Review
* Works directly with key stakeholders (Marketing, Sales, Finance, Operations, etc.) and sponsors monthly Demand and Supply Consensus meetings
* Ensures business exceptions from these meetings are defined and escalated for decision making through the Demand and Supply Reviews, and further to the MBR as appropriate
* Responsible for extracting necessary information for executive reviews
* Responsible for developing and maintaining appropriate product hierarchies
* Lead Liaison to all areas of Planning (Production, Material and Procurement
* Lead Production Planners on a day-to-day basis to ensure integrity of the conversion of Supply requirements into discreet production plans supported by scheduled work-orders. Communicates tactical direction, priorities and issues/risks to key stakeholders
* Ensure appropriate level of raw material and work-in-process inventory levels to avoid material shortages and support manufacturing schedule adherence
* Coordinates as needed with Procurement Function for resolution of critical supplier performance problems (delivery, quality), or consolidations/additions to the supplier base
* Review and disposition raw material excess and obsolete inventoryTeam responsibilities include
* Actively participate and contribute as member of BDB-West Supply Chain Organization
* Leads cross functional and global business teams focused on optimizing Planning / Supply Chain processes and business objectives
* Drive Continuous Improvement through WW Supply Chain processes
* Creates an environment that promotes positive communication
* Exhibit a passion for improvement and professionalismManagement Responsibilities
* Develops and maintains metrics to track, analyze, and improve performance and business contribution including the four corporate customer Metrics (Finished Goods Inventory Turns, Line Fill, Service to Sales and Forecast Accuracy)
* As applicable, carries out Human Resource management responsibilities such as new hires, job assignments, termination recommendations, transfers, promotions, salary actions, and performance reviews on time; exercises responsibility for employee training, development, and motivating supervised employees; ensures adherence to all applicable HR Policies
* Keeps abreast of US and non-US regulations affecting own area of management and complies with those regulations; initiates changes to practices and procedures to support compliance requirements; communicates the need to compliance to members of own functional area; brings regulatory compliance questions/issues to attention of next level management; includes compliance to all applicable ISO and FDA requirements
* Accountable for all SAP System Parametric Settings and Master Data for assigned area(s) in the SCM 6.0, Business Intelligence Module for Business to S&OP information extraction and corresponding ECC 6 MRP work centers
* Responsible for the budgeting and tracking of both San Jose and Cayey reagent Supply/Demand Planning cost centers
* Maintains and is accountable for departmental operational scorecard(s) which is directly linked to process and business objectives
* Responsible for developing and driving key Supply Chain Strategy related projects; supports and leads key operational objectives as defined by business and supply chain leadership; this includes Executive Steering Committee project prioritizations, sales and marketing opportunities, financial projections and global supply chain initiatives
* Performs other related duties and assignments as required
Qualifications:
REQUIREMENTS
* A minimum of a Bachelors degree
* A minimum of 3 years experience in supply chain planning
* A minimum of 3 years experience with ERP systemsASSETS
* Ideal candidate will have a degree in Business Administration, Supply-Chain, Operations Mgt., Finance or Engineering. MBA or other advanced degree strongly preferred
* APICS certification desired
* Prior experience leading, managing, and developing people
* Extremely strong analysis and problem solving skills
* Advanced PC application skills including Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint
* Demonstrated ability to work effectively with others to include communication, presentation, analysis, negotiation, etc.
Job: Supply Chain Planning