Principal Demand Planner

The Cooper Companies•Livingston, NJ

3d•$115,000 - $150,000•Onsite

About The Position

The Principal Demand Planner is responsible for all US demand planning activities for the Cooper Surgical business unit. The US business is comprised of 2 major business segments, 2,500 active products, and annual revenue exceeding $500M. The Principal Demand Planner is accountable for developing a high-quality, unconstrained consensus demand plan. The scope of this role is to manage processes and inputs which allow continual refinement of the demand forecast. This person will also be a contributor to our monthly Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) and Sales and Operations Execution (S&OE) processes. In this role, you will be the trusted authority of the company's demand signals across a rolling 24-month time horizon, ensuring plan alignment while eliminating bias across a broad spectrum of stakeholders and data inputs. This role is a key enabler to an effective S&OP process, which delivers customer satisfaction at an optimized cost. Ensures the appropriate process structure, inputs, outputs, reviews, and cadence of demand planning globally to deliver company demand plans on a monthly cycle Achieves assigned KPI's which may include forecast accuracy, forecast bias, and line fill performance. Capable of prioritizing work within the portfolio to maximize the impact of efforts with an end goal of reducing cost and/or improving customer satisfaction. Drives engagement and participation of consensus demand review and other S&OP meetings, including consolidation and distribution of presentation materials, key decisions, demand plan publish, meeting notes/action items Aligns product management and supply chain stakeholders to ensure successful new product introduction and phase-out of discontinued products Drives Financial partnership to ensure quality financial forecasts, including avg. selling price, mix and margin to ensure monthly financial realization

Requirements

Excellent written and verbal communication skills, as well as the ability to effectively communicate with technical and non-technical audiences
Strong business acumen and problem-solving capabilities, with direct, applied experience in supply chain
Ability to build strong working relationships with commercial and marketing teams
Understanding of end-to-end planning and supply chain management
Proven ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously
5 years+ of relevant supply chain management experience. Specific experience in demand planning or in business forecasting area required, ideally in the Medical Device, Biotechnology, or Pharma industries
2 years+ of experience leading team(s)
Advanced planning tool experience and/or implementation (e.g. O9/ Kinaxis Rapid Response/ APO)
Strong attention to detail, excellent analytical and Excel skills. Ability to create and manage complex models
Minimum: Bachelor's degree in business, supply chain management or relevant field

Nice To Haves

Master's degree in business or supply chain management
APICS or similar professional accreditation

Responsibilities

Develop a high-quality, unconstrained consensus demand plan
Manage processes and inputs which allow continual refinement of the demand forecast
Contributor to our monthly Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) and Sales and Operations Execution (S&OE) processes
Trusted authority of the company's demand signals across a rolling 24-month time horizon, ensuring plan alignment while eliminating bias across a broad spectrum of stakeholders and data inputs
Key enabler to an effective S&OP process, which delivers customer satisfaction at an optimized cost
Ensures the appropriate process structure, inputs, outputs, reviews, and cadence of demand planning globally to deliver company demand plans on a monthly cycle
Achieves assigned KPI's which may include forecast accuracy, forecast bias, and line fill performance.
Capable of prioritizing work within the portfolio to maximize the impact of efforts with an end goal of reducing cost and/or improving customer satisfaction.
Drives engagement and participation of consensus demand review and other S&OP meetings, including consolidation and distribution of presentation materials, key decisions, demand plan publish, meeting notes/action items
Aligns product management and supply chain stakeholders to ensure successful new product introduction and phase-out of discontinued products
Drives Financial partnership to ensure quality financial forecasts, including avg. selling price, mix and margin to ensure monthly financial realization