Sr. Global Supply Chain Planner, Forecasting & Inventory

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Arden Hills, MN, US, 55112

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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.

• Collaborates with divisional, regional, and clinical counterparts to plan for and maintain appropriate levels of finished good inventories & forecast performance. Drives business execution of new programs and initiatives that include forecast & inventory coordination for key events, segmentation assignment and management and new product launches. Monitors key sales and operations planning performance indicators, cost to serve performance data, and coordinates cross functional work teams to increase effectiveness of supply chain initiatives.
  
  Helps to drive end to end thinking and agility across value streams with the end customer in mind.
• Computer and Systems Knowledge:
  Possesses knowledge of Microsoft suite, with proficiency in Excel. Utilizes in-depth conceptual, practical and functional knowledge of SAP ERP and Kinaxis Rapid Response planning systems. Leverages knowledge in own function and other related functions to recommend new and/or improved processes, impacting various teams across BSC.
• Data Analytics:
  Possesses the ability to conduct advanced analytics on complex problems and large datasets. Proficient in the use of advanced analytics tools and creates complex models. Translates analytical results into understandable business outcomes and creates compelling cases for decision makers. Leads team in analytic-driven projects as it relates to divisional forecasts and inventory.
• Inventory Management:
  Centralized divisional ownership of inventory design and control for the team.
• Inventory design refers to leveraging the segmentation methodology for our business along with leveraging our MEIO (multi-echelon inventory optimization) system in Rapid Response, which works together to set the optimized inventory for our business to support desired service levels.
• Control refers to monitoring and adjusting based on actuals vs. the set design. It also includes exception reporting where the inventory design is changed to be mis-aligned to the desired plan as well as actual inventory performance vs. design & vs. the financial inventory plan. Includes partnering with product specific planners on the best decisions to support the business.
• Manage Forecast Inputs / Improve Forecast Accuracy.
• Works with all business stakeholders to set the forecast to meet global demand for complex supply chains and/or business critical products.
• Initiate, oversee activities and explains difficult or sensitive information to influence and improve forecast accuracy and reduce forecast bias. Receives minimal guidance.
• Owns demand management portion of the SI&OP process for the US Region, including facilitation of the meetings with the following teams in attendance:
  Finance, marketing, field inventory management, global supply chain demand planners
• This person is the global functional expert at forecasting for the entire IC planning team (including all focus areas – Coronary Therapies, Structural Heart, and Watchman). Functional expertise includes the use of statistical forecasting models and potentially AI solutions in the future.
• Manage product lifecycle events effectively (launches, transitions and EOLife/EOService):
  Independently collaborate with end to end supply chain partners to develop and maintain product lifecycle SI&OP templates, driving business decisions. Identifies and leads collaboration on changes to inventory strategy as needed. Drive decision making on issues through SI&OP process. Lead supply chain on more complex and critical…