Lead Demand Planner

Stryker • Irvine, CA

11d • Hybrid

About The Position

This role acts as the primary liaison between multiple sites and cross-functional teams to gather and consolidate demand inputs, regulatory approval timelines, sales orders, financial forecasts, market trends, and historical sales data. The Lead Demand Planner will own the end-to-end demand forecasting process, translating financial projections through SKU and IPN-level forecasts to support supply planning decisions. This position will lead Executive Demand Reviews (EDR) and KPI reporting in alignment with the Stryker IBP process and assessment. The role involves developing, maintaining, and continuously improving an accurate rolling 24-month demand plan. Collaboration with Commercial, Supply Planning, and cross-functional stakeholders is key for reviewing and presenting NPI, M&A, and PLM roadmaps for product launches and exits within the next 12-18 months. The Lead Demand Planner will communicate demand forecasts, risks, opportunities, and actionable insights to stakeholders and executive leadership, providing recommendations that support business and supply planning decisions. This role owns forecasting model development, DemandTrack implementation, and process improvements while ensuring data integrity across systems and planning processes. Monitoring forecast accuracy and demand planning performance metrics, identifying trends, and driving corrective actions are essential. The position also facilitates ad hoc analyses, projects, and reporting as assigned, and coaches and mentors team members on planning processes, best practices, and continuous improvement opportunities.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain or Business related
• 4+ years of experience
• Strong in excel - being able to analyze data and calculations in excel
• Powerpoint - story telling with data
• ERP - need to understand SQL and PowerBI

Nice To Haves

• Software for forecasting
• ASCM certification
• Medical device background

Responsibilities

• Act as the primary liaison between multiple sites and cross-functional teams to gather and consolidate demand inputs, regulatory approval timelines, sales orders, financial forecasts, market trends, and historical sales data.
• Own the end-to-end demand forecasting process, translating financial projections through SKU and IPN-level forecasts to support supply planning decisions.
• Lead Executive Demand Reviews (EDR) and KPI reporting in alignment with the Stryker IBP process and assessment.
• Develop, maintain, and continuously improve an accurate rolling 24-month demand plan.
• Collaborate with Commercial, Supply Planning, and cross-functional stakeholders to review and present NPI, M&A, and PLM roadmaps for product launches and exits within the next 12-18 months.
• Communicate demand forecasts, risks, opportunities, and actionable insights to stakeholders and executive leadership, providing recommendations that support business and supply planning decisions.
• Own forecasting model development, DemandTrack implementation, and process improvements while ensuring data integrity across systems and planning processes.
• Monitor forecast accuracy and demand planning performance metrics, identifying trends and driving corrective actions as needed.
• Facilitate ad hoc analyses, projects, and reporting as assigned.
• Coach and mentor team members on planning processes, best practices, and continuous improvement opportunities.

Benefits

• Stryker Corporation is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.
• Stryker is an EO employer – M/F/Veteran/Disability.
• Stryker Corporation will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior