Senior Supply Planner

Stryker • Irvine, CA

10d • $76,500 - $117,100 • Onsite

About The Position

The Senior Supply Planner is responsible for creating supply plans and 24-month build plans based on the latest demand signals to ensure production requirements are met while maintaining appropriate inventory levels and product availability. This role involves developing and maintaining production schedules, creating capacity plans to identify bottlenecks, and partnering cross-functionally with various teams to ensure effective supply chain execution. The position also supports the continuous improvement of supply planning processes and systems, sets inventory targets, and ensures supply plans are financially evaluated. Key responsibilities include tracking plan execution, communicating supply risks, maintaining planning system master data, and analyzing performance gaps to drive continuous improvement.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Management, Supply Chain Management or related
• 2+ years of planning and/or manufacturing/production planning or relevant experience
• Excel (understanding x look ups/if then, ect)

Nice To Haves

• APICS certification
• Strong ERP systems and computer software experience (NetSuite, Oracle or similar experience)
• Expert in MS Excel
• Project Management and Lean Six Sigma experience
• Understanding of Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) and Integrate Business Planning (IBP)

Responsibilities

• Creation of supply plans and 24-month build plans based on the latest demand signals to ensure production requirements are met while maintaining appropriate inventory levels and product availability.
• Development and maintenance of production schedules that support manufacturing operations, partnering closely with production supervisors and site leadership to ensure execution against plan.
• Creation of capacity plans based on the latest demand signals to identify potential bottlenecks or supply risks and develop mitigation plans that ensure continuity of supply and support future business growth.
• Cross-functional partnership with manufacturing, procurement, quality, engineering, finance, customer service, and Integrated Business Planning (IBP) teams to ensure alignment and effective supply chain execution.
• Support the development, standardization, and continuous improvement of supply planning processes, tools, and systems within a growing manufacturing environment.
• Setting appropriate inventory targets and safety stock strategies by evaluating demand variability, supply chain lead times, and business requirements to optimize service levels and inventory investment.
• Ensuring supply plans are financially evaluated and balanced against operational performance, customer service expectations, inventory objectives, and budget requirements through collaboration with finance partners.
• Tracking execution of supply plans with production scheduling and procurement teams to ensure plans are operationalized, performance issues are identified, and mitigation actions are implemented to address supply disruptions and backorders.
• Communicating supply risks, constraints, capacity challenges, and mitigation strategies to stakeholders and leadership teams while influencing decisions across cross-functional groups.
• Maintaining planning system master data and supporting ongoing optimization of ERP planning parameters to enable accurate planning and decision-making.
• Identifying opportunities to improve planning visibility, capacity utilization, inventory performance, and overall supply chain execution through process improvements and data-driven decision making.
• Analyzing performance gaps, identifying root causes, implementing corrective actions, and driving continuous improvement initiatives to achieve operational objectives.

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