Supplier Planner

Zimmer, Inc.•Warsaw, IN

4d•$65,000 - $80,000

About The Position

The Supplier Planner establishes a dedicated planning capability for Zimmer Biomet’s most critical external suppliers. The role develops feasible, constrained demand plans across a 3–24 month tactical planning horizon, levels demand by supplier machine or capacity, and surfaces constraints early. The Supplier Planner works with suppliers and internal planning, operations, and procurement stakeholders to assess capacity, lead times, and risks; align supplier plans with end-to-end network and master supply planning; and support the handoff to execution. The role also supports supplier-level product lifecycle transitions, including new product introductions and phase-outs. Minimal travel is required.

Requirements

Degree in supply chain, operations, engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
3–5 years of experience in supply planning, materials planning, or supplier management in a multi-node manufacturing environment.
Experience with SAP IBP or an equivalent advanced planning system, including planning parameters and master data.
Strong analytical skills and comfort working with capacity models and constraints.
Experience with constrained demand planning and supplier capacity assessment or leveling, ideally at machine or capacity-group level.
Ability to facilitate supplier S&OP or capacity reviews, align demand and supply, monitor purchase-order status and supplier confirmations without owning purchase-order execution, and coordinate across planning, operations, and procurement.
Ability to identify supplier risks, conduct structured root-cause analysis, escalate issues, and work with suppliers on sustainable corrective actions.
Strong communication, meeting facilitation, interpersonal, and influencing skills for collaboration with internal stakeholders and external suppliers.

Nice To Haves

Understanding of bills of material and ability to translate finished-goods plans into component and raw-material requirements.
Familiarity with upstream materials and processes such as castings, forgings, and machining.
Experience in MedTech or another regulated manufacturing industry.
Experience with collaborative supplier planning, including joint capacity reviews or supplier S&OP.

Responsibilities

Build monthly constrained demand plans for critical suppliers and level requirements by machine or capacity group.
Lead monthly supplier S&OP reviews to assess capacity, lead times, and constraints, and align supplier plans with demand from end-to-end network and master supply planning.
Translate finished-goods plans into component and raw-material requirements using bills of material, and level demand to reduce supplier capacity bottlenecks.
Track supplier confirmations against the constrained plan, monitor deviations across the tactical horizon, and identify risks, root causes, and mitigation options for escalation.
Maintain supplier capacity and lead-time planning parameters and related master data in SAP IBP or the applicable planning system.
Coordinate with end-to-end network planners, operations and material planners, and procurement to reflect upstream constraints in the integrated plan and support the handoff to execution.
Support supplier-level product lifecycle transitions, including new product introduction and phase-out activities.