At Zimmer Biomet, we believe in pushing the boundaries of innovation and driving our mission forward. As a global medical technology leader for nearly 100 years, a patient’s mobility is enhanced by a Zimmer Biomet product or technology every 8 seconds.
As a Zimmer Biomet team member, you will share in our commitment to providing mobility and renewed life to people around the world. To support our talent team, we focus on development opportunities, robust employee resource groups (ERGs), a flexible working environment, location specific competitive total rewards, wellness incentives and a culture of recognition and performance awards. We are committed to creating an environment where every team member feels included, respected, empowered and recognised.
Job Summary
The demand planner coordinates all steps within the demand planning process from demand collection to the approved demand plan for a designated Market. They are responsible for integrating data from Product Marketing, Development, and Sales to create and improve the Demand planning process. Through monthly planning sessions, this position will monitor and advise recommended action plans to ensure accurate forecasting.
Principal Duties and Responsibilities:
Operations
Analyze historic and current demand trends, and generate and evaluate the market baselines- Execute and strategically create the future fulfillment plans
- Enable ZB to achieve high quality demand plans by increasing forecast accuracy for specific products within their specific countries
- Serve as the subject matter expert for all the demand plans of designated market
- Work with IT to ensure and verify data quality
- Prepare monthly management reports identifying any relevant problems and recommending solutions that will improve future demand plans
- Confirm that business assumptions used to generate demand plans are reviewed, updated, and documented
- Cleanse the demand history from one-off effects (HIE and others) and other effects that have the potential to reduce the data quality for later statistical projection steps
- Plan for and participate in demand review meetings
- Perform segmentation for product customer combinations based on the demand history for ABC (Volume and the historical demand for XYZ (Variability)
- Interact with all organizations of the company including marketing, sales, finance, and manufacturing to ensure smooth demand planning process
Expected Areas of Competence (i.e., knowledge, skills and abilities)
- Experience with forecasting software, SAP Microsoft Excel and all other Microsoft office products
- Ability to use statistics and mathematics to create accurate demand plans
- Ability to quickly and accurately generate action requirements based on Planning system outputs
- Ability to communicate across all levels of an organization
- Excellent written and verbal skills
Education/Experience Requirements
- BS or BA in Supply Chain, Logistics, Operations, Industrial Engineering, Systems Engineering, Mathematics, or other related field
- Min 5 years’ experience working in demand planning/forecasting or Sales projections
- Supply Chain experience with good understanding of processes in sales, marketing, and finance
- Experience with SAP, APO, ERP, IBP, BW, Tableau, Kinaxis a plus
Travel Expectations
10 – 15%
EOE/M/F/Vet/Disability