Director, Global Planning and SIOP

ZOLL Medical Corporation•Chelmsford, MA

1d•$120,000 - $150,000•Hybrid

About The Position

The Director, Global Planning and SIOP ensures accurate and timely demand forecasting and supply planning in partnership with cross-functional teams to support business growth and financial objectives. The role develops global strategies, improves efficiencies, and establishes consistent methodologies that align processes across customers. The director owns global demand and supply chain planning, including the Resuscitation division’s Sales, Inventory, and Operations Planning (SIOP) process, and is accountable for finished goods inventory across distribution centers and factories. The position works with business leaders to translate strategic and annual objectives into service-level and inventory targets, leads forecasting and planning activities, supports capacity planning, and partners with internal and external manufacturers to meet business needs. It also advances global planning systems and reporting in partnership with IT, aligns planning processes with international organizations, and coaches and develops the planning team.

Requirements

Bachelor of Science in Supply Chain Planning or a related field.
At least 10 years of progressively responsible experience in Planning.
Some hands-on experience leading Sourcing, Manufacturing, and/or Distribution.
Proven leadership skills and deep experience driving supply and planning functions to support company growth.
Strong understanding of the industry and experience managing a global supply network.
Extensive ERP and EDM systems experience and knowledge.
Track record of building and managing forecasting and planning systems and procedures.
Strong leadership abilities and fair, energetic, approachable, and friendly team interactions.
Strong negotiation and influencing skills in a highly cross-functional environment.
Effective communication and interpersonal skills, including matrix team-management capabilities, and a drive to achieve goals and exceed expectations.
Analytical problem-solving skills and a practical, common-sense approach.
Risk mitigation orientation and ability to lead scenario planning that produces upside, nominal, and downside options.
Ability to travel occasionally.

Nice To Haves

MBA.
Prior experience working for a company with FDA-regulated products and processes.
Certification through APICS, NAPM, or another supply chain program.

Responsibilities

Own global demand planning and supply chain planning processes, from monthly planning through strategic planning, and champion planning as a competency across the organization.
Own, enforce, and improve the Resuscitation division’s SIOP process, with direct accountability for finished goods inventory in distribution centers and factories.
Partner with business leadership to translate strategic and annual objectives into actionable service-level and inventory targets by product and region.
Ensure processes consistently meet fill-rate expectations.
Lead forecasting, annual planning, and strategic planning; analyze business drivers and improve the forecasting process.
Manage inventory levels across the network, align the annual inventory plan with Finance, and ensure supply chain practices meet end-of-period requirements.
Coordinate the quarterly inventory reserves process with Operations Finance.
Work with internal and external manufacturers globally to anticipate needs and ensure sufficient capacity.
Collaborate with site leadership on capacity planning for materials, tools, equipment, and people, including contingency, surge capacity, and cross-training depth.
Partner with IT to enable global visibility and reporting of inventory, volume, and performance metrics, and develop and execute the supply chain technology roadmap.
Ensure standardized best practices are followed across shared planning resources.
Collaborate with Sourcing, Manufacturing, Technical Service, Finance, and IT stakeholders to align goals and targets, communication and escalation channels, and accountability.
Work with Distribution and Logistics to apply planning parameters, monitor execution, and incorporate new requirements into supply chain flows.
Partner with cross-functional teams to forecast new products and coordinate with manufacturing partners to support product launches.
Coach and develop the planning team.
Work with international regional organizations to translate planning processes around the world.
Collaborate with Technical Service depot leadership on planning parameters, execution monitoring, and incorporating global material requirements into supply chain flows.