Global Supply Chain Planner III

Global Supply Chain Planner III

About the Role:

At Boston Scientific, the Global Supply Chain Planner III collaborates with divisional and regional counterparts to plan for and maintain appropriate levelsof finished-goods inventory (owns enterprise-wide SI&OP process). Drives business execution of new programs and initiatives that include promotional activities, forecast and coordination for key events, 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:
  Solid knowledge of Microsoft suite, with proficiency in Excel. Solid knowledge of SAP ERP and Kinaxis Rapid Response planning systems. Utilizes conceptual knowledge within the planning system to solve problems that impact daily planning.
• Data Analytics:
  Ability to conduct solid analytics on business problems and datasets. Produces, retrieves, and interprets reports using standard QCOMPARE systems and tools. Applies understanding of supply chain-related metrics to accomplish own work.
• Inventory Management:
  Daily monitoring of inventory levels for products in their initiate portfolio. Recommends inputs to inventory targets and maintain in system, applying understanding of business drivers and solid knowledge of own job function. Manages inventory to plan, identifies and leads opportunities for improvement and in short supply situations, allocates product with moderate level of guidance and using prescribed guidelines or policies.
  
  Communicates supply updates to marketing and regional planners, with factual sometimes complex and potentially dynamic information in straightforward situations.
• Manage Forecast Inputs / Improve Forecast Accuracy:
  Works directly with marketing, sales operations, and regional planners to set the forecast to meet global demand for stable portfolios, less complex supply chains. Organizes every presents data to influence and reduce forecast bias through moderate level of guidance and direction from more senior roles.
• SI&OP process:
  Facilitates portions of cross-functional SI&OP Demand Planning and Net Requirements meetings. Independently collaborates with global peers to ensure credible net requirements for standard and more complex situations are captured for products in portfolio. Independently works with supply sites/SFMDs for Supply Management on identifying and presenting standard and complex issues or decisions needing escalation to Integration & Reconciliation. Supports projects or aanalysis resulting from SI&OP process.
• Manage product lifecycle events effectively (launches, transitions and EOLife/EOService):
  Independently prepares product lifecycle SI&OP templates, ensures sufficient inventory per event plan and communicates upon product lifecycle tracking materials to cross functional SI&OP team. Recommends changes to inventory strategy as needed. Escalates issuesertos through SI&OP process. Represents supply chain on more complex
  
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• Master Data Maintenance:
  Ensures
  -owned fields are complete and accurate for products in portfolio. Remain current on training for SOP’s and Work Instructions regarding ERP and planning system master data. May be knowledgeable about master data fields managed in other functions to provide input when asked.
• Project Management:
  Develops and documents project plans. Gains an understanding of dependencies and sequence of events. Executes required monthly/scheduled tasks with some oversight, and applies understanding of business drivers and how own team integrates with others to accomplish own work. May lead a project team of small to moderate scope with moderate guidance. Escalates issues to management and uses prescribed guidelines or policies for analyzing situations and resolving problems to deliver continuous business results.
• Leadership:
  No supervisory responsibility; may provide informal guidance to new team members.
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