Senior Supply Planner

 As a member of our Supply Chain team, you will make a daily impact on the lives of others. Apply today and you will get a chance to work with high-functioning, driven people who all have the same mission of making healthcare better. Plus, we have an award-winning culture and were recently named one of the World's Best Workplace by Fortune! 

Senior Supply Planner - Permanent

Location: Model Farm Road, Cork.

(Hybrid = Min 3 days onsite)

Position Summary

Develop and implement production plans to maximize the use of the organization's resources and meet established production specifications and schedules; volume, cost, and wastage targets; and quality standards . Monitor production activity and analyze production data so that the flow of materials is timed meet production requirements. Adjust schedules to accommodate backlogs, design changes, and material or labor shortages. Prepare work orders for production or purchase requests based on production schedules. Evaluate production specifications and plant capacity data to determine manufacturing processes and calculate machine and operator loads.

What you will do

• Manage strategic and tactical purchasing responsibilities for assigned portfolio to maintain a high level of customer service

• Work directly with suppliers to gain an understanding of their internal planning system and how their processes affect/interact with Stryker's material and capacity requirements.

• Develop a supply plan across a complex portfolio and multiple sites if required as franchise maturity develops. Engage in capability building with suppliers as part of cross functional teams and add expertise in creating the optimal solutions

• Generate and communicate receipts, inventory, PPV projections and any relevant KPIs to key stakeholders

• Identify gaps in existing business processes and drive improvement activities to close them

• Serve as subject matter expert in purchasing functions. Train and mentor other team members as needed to ensure customer needs are met

• Work cross-functionally with the following teams and global SPOC’s to support Stryker initiatives: Sourcing, AO, Engineering, Customer Service, and Operations

• Work with buying partner to maintain item master data, i.e. lead times, minimum order qty/order multiple, safety stock levels, delivery dates etc to ensure system data accuracy

• Expedite or de-expedite product as required ensuring material availability, whilst meeting agreed inventory targets. Escalate supply constraints as needed and with appropriate lead time

• Work closely with Production Planners to allow generation of a valid production plan.

• Participate and provide input to supplier score card reviews to achieve agreed upon OTD (on time delivery), cost saving and responsiveness targets

• Perform additional duties as assigned.

What you need

• Degree level in Business/Engineering/Supply Chain management

• Languages; fluent in English

• 4 years experience in Supply Planning

• Systems experience: SAP/Oracle & Power BI

• Excellent knowledge & computer skills in MS Excel, PowerPoint & Word.

• New product or Continuous Improvement experience highly desired but not essential

• Excellent communication, both written and verbal, interpersonal and presentation skills.

• Results, goals and measurement metrics oriented.

• Ability to influence others through presentation of facts, analysis, and conclusions or solutions in a manner that demonstrates command of the content.

• Works with a sense of urgency and attention to detail at all times.

• The ability to work on your own or as part of a team.

• Initiates, sponsors and implements change. Works cooperatively with others to produce innovative solutions.

• Solves problems by gathering data and using logic to arrive at decisions or solutions that achieve the desired outcome.

• Flexible to work needs.

• Conversant with company policies/ procedures/ regulatory and FDA standards.

About Stryker
Stryker is a global leader in medical technologies and, together with its customers, is driven to make healthcare better. The company offers innovative products and services in MedSurg, Neurotechnology, Orthopaedics and Spine that help improve patient and healthcare outcomes. Alongside its customers around the world, Stryker impacts more than 130 million patients annually. More information is available at stryker.com.