Supply Chain Planner - Growth Emerging Markets

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Diversity - Innovation - Caring - Global Collaboration - Winning Spirit - High Performance

At Boston Scientific, we’ll give you the opportunity to harness all that’s within you by working in teams of diverse and high-performing employees, tackling some of the most important health industry challenges. With access to the latest tools, information and training, we’ll help you in advancing your skills and career. Here, you’ll be supported in progressing – whatever your ambitions.

Supply Chain Planner – Growth Emerging Markets

At Boston Scientific, you will find a collaborative culture driven by a passion for innovation that keeps us connected on the most essential level. With determination, imagination and a deep caring for human life, we’re solving some of the most important healthcare industry challenges. Together, we’re one global team committed to making a difference in people’s lives around the world. This is a place where you can find a career with meaningful purpose—improving lives through your life’s work.

About the role:

The Supply Chain Planner is responsible for Growth Emerging Markets planning and inventory management activities required to meet customer and market needs as measured by KPI’s for service level, backorder, forecast accuracy and DIOH objectives.

Responsibility covers a wide geographical area with a broad scope of divisional responsibility.

He/she will plan, monitor, and maintain data to ensure Planning system integrity. He/she will possess the skills and aptitude required to plan multiple product lines. The Supply chain Planner will demonstrate a high level of analytical and execution skills in addition to strong communication and collaboration capabilities.

You will be part of Growth Emerging Markets Supply Chain Planning team, work in a professional environment with a culture of continuous improvement and personal development.

Your responsibilities include:

• Coordinate and lead the monthly SI&OP process with partners (Local/Regional/Divisional business partners & Finance, Global and Regional Supply Chain Planners, Local Customer Care):
• Offer and Demand Management: Coordinate Product Forecasting process including  New Products and related transitions  / Understand National Tender deliverables and integrate into forecast.
• Integration & Reconciliation meeting: ensure correct actions to close gaps to financial plan.
• Executive Review: escalate open actions to Divisional / regional leadership.
• Maintain ERP & Advanced Planning System: data cleansing, manage statistical models, master data, profiles.
• Determine and execute inventory strategy as well as annual projection (balance sheet/charges).
• Manage KPI performance: Forecast accuracy, Forecast Bias, Backorder, Service Level & Inventory.
• Overlook & Monitor inventory management for GEM 4 Distribution Centers, with our regional hub in Dubai and 3 Tier 2 DCs located in Saudi Arabia, Turkey and South Africa.

Daily Operations

• Inventory management; replenishment, scarce supply & availability, shelf life management.
• Analysis of demand month to date and take corrective actions.
• Order fulfilment management with Customer Care and upstream Planning.
• Weekly/monthly KPI reporting and ad hoc performance & Product Availability communication to the Business.

   Who we are looking for:

• Minimum of 7 years of experience within a supply chain / planning environment, medical devices experience is a plus.
• Minimum bachelor’s degree in business or supply chain or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Excellent English verbal and written communication skills.
• APICS certification – CPIM or CSCP or equivalent program is a plus.
• Strong analytical problem-solving skills and able to make efficient decisions.
• Continuous improvement attitude.
• Self-motivated independent worker and self-starter.
• Good communication skills with the ability to successfully interact and influence at regional level with on hand stakeholders management experience.
• Experience working with SAP, Rapid Response, or other planning systems.
• PC skills utilizing such software programs as Excel and PowerPoint.
• Customer centric mindset.
• Willing to accept a 24-month fixed-term employment contract. 

Requisition ID: 631820

Boston Scientific transforms lives through innovative medical technologies that improve the health of patients around the world. As a global medical technology leader for more than 45 years, we advance science for life by providing a broad range of high-performance solutions that address unmet patient needs and reduce the cost of healthcare. Our portfolio of devices and therapies helps physicians diagnose and treat complex cardiovascular, respiratory, digestive, oncological, neurological and urological diseases and conditions. Learn more at www.bostonscientific.com and follow us on LinkedIn.