Sr Mgr, Global Planning

Siemens Healthineers•Greendale, WI

About The Position

Join us in pioneering breakthroughs in healthcare. For everyone. Everywhere. Sustainably. Our inspiring and caring environment forms a global community that celebrates diversity and individuality. We encourage you to step beyond your comfort zone, offering resources and flexibility to foster your professional and personal growth, all while valuing your unique contributions. The Sr. Manager, Global Product Planning is responsible for leading global product planning activities to ensure optimized demand, supply, and inventory outcomes across the product lifecycle. This role provides strategic and operational leadership for global product planning processes, drives cross‑functional alignment with Manufacturing, Fulfillment Planning, Procurement, Engineering, and Commercial teams, and ensures consistent execution across regions and factories. The position plays a critical role in enabling service excellence, inventory optimization, and scalable growth in a complex, global supply chain environment.

Requirements

Strong analytical skills, including the ability to interpret complex data, evaluate trade‑offs, and support strategic and operational decisions
Bachelor’s degree required in Supply Chain Management, Operations Management, or Business Administration (or related field)
SAP experience required
5+ years of people leadership experience, leading cross‑functional and/or geographically distributed teams

Nice To Haves

Apex certification preferred

Responsibilities

Own and lead end‑to‑end global product planning strategy across assigned product families, covering demand alignment, supply positioning, and inventory targets
Translate business priorities, portfolio strategy, and market signals into executable global product plans
Establish clear planning governance, decision rights, and escalation paths across regions and factories
Partner closely with Manufacturing, Fulfillment Planning, Production Planning & Control, Procurement, Engineering, and Commercial organizations to ensure aligned execution
Serve as the primary global planning interface for product‑related trade-off decisions (service, cost, inventory, capacity)
Lead global alignment forums and drive consensus on constraints, priorities, and mitigation plans
Define and manage global inventory strategies by product family, balancing service level targets, working capital, and risk
Oversee supply positioning, allocation logic, and replenishment strategies across regions
Proactively identify supply risks, demand volatility, and lifecycle impacts; lead mitigation and recovery actions
Drive standardization and continuous improvement of global product planning processes, tools, and KPIs
Ensure consistent application of planning policies, assumptions, and methodologies across the organization
Support integration with enterprise planning systems (e.g., IBP, ERP) and data governance initiatives
Lead, coach, and develop a team of global product planners, fostering accountability and high performance
Build planning capability through clear role definition, skills development, and succession planning
Promote collaboration, transparency, and a problem‑solving culture across geographically dispersed teams
Own key planning KPIs (service level, inventory health, forecast adherence, supply readiness) for assigned product areas
Provide clear executive‑level insights, risks, and recommendations to senior leadership
Ensure data‑driven decision‑making through robust analysis and scenario planning