Product Line Planner

Position: Demand Planner III - Product Line Planner
Location: US - Morrisville, NC

Schedule: Monday - Friday, 1st Shift

Job Description 

What will you do?  

• Review forecast generated and provide input on changes required.

• Develop and analyze 12-18 month supply plan and present to site leadership. 

• Develop a near-term (0-6 months) production supply plan for the site using Excel, SAP, and IBP. 

• Complete supply planning elements and initiate data into ERP system collaborate with demand planners. 

• Provide demand input into the S&OP process to allow for visibility of risks and opportunities. 

• Collect information and collaborate with other functions such as Sales, Finance, and Operations to identify events that will alter demand and incorporate into the forecast. 

• Prepare for and lead Supply review meetings 

• Generate scenarios considering products, past event data, customer/market analysis, cannibalization, substitution, and other relevant parameters. 

• Prepares agenda, presents materials, and facilitates monthly resource requirement planning and sales and operations planning meetings. 

• Scenario planning / capacity analysis for long-term planning and various projects and initiatives across the plant.  

• Provide detailed capacity charts for business review meetings. 

• Ability to develop, analyze and provide reports to satisfy ongoing inquiries on capacity and product availability maintain accuracy of planning data. 

• Enable plan to deliver/improve service & inventory targets by delivering/improving forecast measures. 

• Lead efforts in maintenance of business intelligence tool, leading all aspects of build-out of global retailed reporting, dashboards, and visualizations. 

Requirements

Education: Bachelors degree in Business, Supply Chain Managment, Economics, or similar field. Masters degree preferred.

Experience:

• 5+ years Supply Chain experience in a manufacturing or service environment 
• Demonstrated expertise in ERP/MRP Planning systems, including all relevant planning parameters such as inventory controls, replenishment, warehouse management and procurement functionality in ERP and best-of-breed software solutions is strongly preferred, with specific emphasis on SAP 
• Experience in the pharmaceutical industry is preferred. 
• Experience process improvement / operational excellence training is preferred. 

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities 

• Solid understanding of planning and purchasing systems, preferably SAP and Servigistics 
• Excellent analytical, communication, and problem-solving skills

• Good problem solving and reasoning skills to effectively take care of problems varying in complexity relative to job level 
• Teammate with proven track record to collaborate cross-functionally and drive data-based decisions 
• Strong customer service focus 
• Exercises, judgment and independence in identifying next steps 
• High proficiency with Microsoft Office software (Excel, Word, Access, Outlook) 
• Embodies our Thermo Fisher values of Integrity, Involvement, Intensity and Innovation