Senior Supply Chain Planner

Senior Supply Chain Planner| Shannon

Leading Medical Device Company
Excellent career progression opportunities along with a generous package.

Oradeo Recruitment is presently seeking interest a Supply Chain Planner to join the client’s team in Shannon. As a Supply Chain Planner, he/she is part of the Central Planning team.

Role and Responsibilities:

Distribution planning between Node 1 Distribution centers (EMEA & US) for designated range of products
Primarily responsible for driving sustainable improvements in the Service Levels of assigned business segments
Project manage strategic initiatives for the central planning team
Prioritization and Communication upstream and downstream into the supply chain
Create a lean, agile and cost-efficient supply plan which meets the service requirements required for the business segments from internal and external customers as well as supports business opportunities.
Collaborate and coordinates NPI projects for designated portfolio
Key Point of Escalation for any service related issues pertaining to designated portfolio
Identify and communicate risk related to NPI, transfers, discontinuation or base business
Collaborate and communicate with Distribution, Procurement, Global Customer Service, Supply and Production Planning, and other internal & external stakeholders
Support the implementation of Lean Supply Chain Tools and concepts Support for Operational Excellence assessments, and identify operational gaps within the Supply Chain
Serve as Subject Matter Expert (SME) in the areas of Lean Supply Chain, Pull Replenishment, JIT and Batch Sizing, while providing on-site training to partner supplier associates.
Be one point of contact for the region for your business as well as Operations and Supply Chain Leadership Team on all supply chain related matters.
Perform project management activities, monitor and report progress against stated objectives and goals
Has got a good knowledge of the product portfolio and regional markets (internal and external customer), requirements and is able to translate requirements from the business into supply chain and operational process requirements.
Responsible for the alignment and coordination of all inbound supply and outbound distribution flows into the different MRP areas of the Node 1 DCs. Leads and coordinates cross-departmental supply chain performance improvement initiatives.
Provides input for his/her business segments into the overall monthly and weekly Supply Chain Performance Reporting.
Organizes and chairs a weekly Supply Chain Meeting by region with designated team members from Customer Service, Inventory Management and Supply Chain Coordination as well as Supply Planning, extended with business partners on a need by basis.
Able to perform in depth supply chain analysis, identifying supply chain issues, determine root causes and initiate and lead short, mid and long term improvement projects focused on optimizing service next to driving cost optimization efforts.
Initiate and standardize improvements and developments within the Supply process from an S&OP perspective. Identify and implement best-practices.
Support Operational Excellence assessments, identify initial gaps and create specific supplier improvement action plans.
This is not an exhaustive list of duties or functions and may not necessarily comprise all of the “essential functions” for purposes of the ADA

Necessary skills and requirements:

BSc/MSc level in Supply Chain/Business/Engineering.
Supply Chain/Operations certification, like APICS CPIM/CSCP/ Lean Six Sigma Green Belt certification is a pre.
Experience with medical devices preferred
Excellent and dynamic oral and written communications skills and proven ability to lead productive meetings. Including resolving differences in a positive manner
Comfortable to work in a cross-functional and matrix environment and effectively manage within diverse and global cultures;
Able to leverage a vast network of contacts in different areas of expertise inside and outside of the company;
ERP (SAP & JDE modules PP/MM) and APS (SAP-IBP) systems knowledge and experience with strong understanding of MRP/ERP fundamentals and processes;
Excellent knowledge of MS applications;
Ability to communicate at all levels of the business and operations
Has extensive knowledge of Lean supply chain management tools and concepts.
Demonstrated ownership of ability to lead multiple projects with broad scope and complexity. Working collaboratively, teaming, and effective workshop facilitation

For more information about this or other opportunities, contact Tara Ryan at Oradeo Recruitment confidentially on +353 1 687 7188 or apply in confidence.

About Oradeo – Oradeo Recruitment are specialists in the life sciences & pharmaceutical, construction & engineering sector. We are a leading service provider in Ireland, UK and Europe for professional recruitment services and the provision of managed labour in Construction & Civil Engineering, Data centres, Mechanical & Electrical, Life Sciences & Pharmaceutical, and Renewable Energies sectors