Head of Supply Planning - S&OP

Company: Thermo Fisher Scientific
Location: Cambridge
Posted on: February 19, 2021

Job Description:

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Cambridge, MA - Remote - Will require onsite 1-2 days per week How will you make an impact?
Help lead the Supply Planning Transformation and run the S&OP Supply Planning cadence to develop the division's "One Consensus" cross-functionally aligned 18 month business plan. What will you do?
--- E2E Supply Planning Processes and corresponding cadences
--- Business Intelligent/Analytic Tools: Develop Insightful, Articulate, Robust, Quantitative E2E Demand & Supply Planning Models to align cross functional stakeholders from Executive Level to Analyst/Supervisor level, understand status, progress, obstacles and drive improved decision-making including (but not exclusively): (a) Demand Planning Models (ie. Demand Volume/$, Growth, Variance, Consensus, What-If Scenarios), (b) Supply Planning Models (Supply Volumes, Capacity Analysis, PSI, Schedule Adherence, What-If Scenarios), (c) Inventory Analytics (Inventory Levels, Inventory Distribution Curve, What-If Scenarios, (d) Ability build KPI Dashboards that reflect Divisional and Functional Performance.
--- Organizational alignment with the SI&OP Infrastructure by: (a) Driving Change Management Effort to help transition the Organizational from the "Old Way" to the "New Way" of planning, (b) Lead Training Efforts to ensure key cross-functional stakeholders are able to adopt the new tools
--- Strategic Alignment between the SI&OP and the Division and Demand, Supply, Financial, IT and Human Resources Functions Long-, Mid- & Short-Term Strategic Plans
--- Enterprise System Transformations across the standard phases from Initiate Program, Mobilize, Collect Requirements, Design, Build, Test, Train and Cut-Over Plan.
--- Support Cross-Functional Supply Planning/SI&OP Cadence:
--- Create and oversees the 18-24 Month Supply Plans with close attention to Volumes, Growth, Variances and impact on Capacity, Labor, Budget, Inventory, and Service Levels.
--- Work closely with Finite Schedulers to ensure the Master Production Schedules and Finite Schedules are well integrated and aligned.
--- Monitor supply plans across the "Frozen", "Slushy", and "Liquid" periods of the Planning Time Horizon, and flags risks, works with the stakeholders to resolve issues, and drives cross-functional operational and systemic improvement/recovery plans to completion.
--- Leverage Analytic Tools and System capabilities to flag and articulate key planning issues and drive insightful planning discussions across the 24-month horizon
--- Facilitate Pre-S&OP and more formal S&OP Meetings to align the Supply Planning Teams to one consensus plan.
--- Drive KPI improvements with cross-functional teams on such metrics including: Capacity/Demand Ratio, Inventory Turns, Inventory MOH Distribution, Production Schedule Adherence, On-Time In Full, Budget Adherence
--- Promote collaboration, alignment and problem solving; flagging key priorities, obstacles, impact and countermeasures, and following up by monitoring progress
--- Engaging with diverse stakeholders both in small 1:1 meetings and larger cross-functional meetings with varying Objectives, Priorities, Expectations, Skills, Backgrounds, Personalities and Mindset.
--- Balanced Sensibility - Driving ambitious improvements while demonstrating required interpersonal skills to properly engage with the stakeholders and help them engage with SI&OP.
--- Develop and deliver effective SI&OP presentations to align cross-functional teams and drive aligned business plans to improve Supply Planning, increase Service Levels, optimize inventory levels, and achieve our Financial Targets. How will you get here?
Education
--- BS in Supply Chain, Statistics, Operations Research, Business, Engineering or similar field - required. MBA - preferred. Experience
--- Supply Chain Functional Experience (10 Years)
--- Managerial Experience (3-4 Years) engaging with Operational and Tactical Planning
--- SI&OP Experience 3-4 Years Knowledge, Skills, Abilities
--- Supply Chain Functional Experience (10 Years)
--- Transformational Experience in Complex/ Turn-around environments
--- Managerial Experience (3-4 Years) engaging with Operational and Tactical Planning
--- SI&OP Experience 3-4 Years
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. is the world leader in serving science, with annual revenue exceeding $25 billion. Our Mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. Whether our customers are accelerating life sciences research, solving complex analytical challenges, improving patient diagnostics and therapies or increasing productivity in their laboratories, we are here to support them. Our global team of more than 75,000 colleagues delivers an unrivaled combination of innovative technologies, purchasing convenience and pharmaceutical services through our industry-leading brands, including Thermo Scientific, Applied Biosystems, Invitrogen, Fisher Scientific, Unity Lab Services and Patheon. For more information, please visit www.thermofisher.com. To access this job later or share with a friend, please enter Name and Email Address below. Your Name Get notified for similar jobs Sign up and receive similar job alerts to your email Enter Email address Get customized job recommendations based on your career area of interest. How would you rate your experience popup Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. is the world leader in serving science, with annual revenue exceeding $25 billion. Our Mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. Whether our customers are accelerating life sciences research, solving complex analytical challenges, improving patient diagnostics and therapies or increasing productivity in their laboratories, we are here to support them. Our global team of more than 75,000 colleagues delivers an unrivaled combination of innovative technologies, purchasing convenience and pharmaceutical services through our industry-leading brands, including Thermo Scientific, Applied Biosystems, Invitrogen, Fisher Scientific, Unity Lab Services and Patheon. For more information, please visit www.thermofisher.com . Thermo Fisher Scientific is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, creed, religion, color, national or ethnic origin, citizenship, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, genetic information, veteran status, age or disability status.

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