Lead Strategic Product Supply Planner (m/w/d)

Fresenius Medical Care is the world’s leading provider of products and services by offering innovative products and treatment concepts of the highest quality. We continuously want to improve the quality of life for our dialysis patients, worldwide and every day. Our Global plants manufacture our best-in-class medical devices and other products.

Role Overview :

For a given global product line, the Strategic Product Supply Planner is globally responsible for developing and executing MT-LT supply plans to ensure the efficient flow of products from suppliers to customers. This role focuses on strategic planning, process optimization, and balancing supply with demand to meet business objectives (service, cost & cash).

In this position, you will report into the VP Global Supply Chain planning.

Key Responsibilities:

Integrated Business Planning (IBP):

- IBP Product Review: Orchestrate IBP product reviews to align product strategies with supply chain capabilities.
- IBP Supply Review: Conduct IBP supply reviews, including site balancing, to ensure optimal production and distribution strategies.

Lifecycle Management:

- SC New Product Launch (NPL): Plan and manage the SC introduction of new products, ensuring sufficient inventory and alignment with market demand in full coordination with Verticals.
- End of Life (EoL): Oversee the phase-out process of products, managing inventory and minimizing obsolescence

Strategic Planning and Process Leadership:

- Global Scope: Manage MT-LT supply planning for a global product line, ensuring consistency and alignment across regions.
- Supply Planning: Develop and refine long-term supply plans for Finished Goods, key Semi-Finished good & key Raw Materials. Standardize & improve planning process across your network of sites. Monitor the supply outlook & capacity utilization within our system landscape integrating production capacity constraints.
- Process Optimization: Lead and manage the supply planning process, ensuring alignment with overall business strategy and continuous improvement achieving the best product cost (COP).
- Implement inventory policy with production plants to secure product availability, optimize total FME inventory, reduce Excess & Obsolescence (E&O)
- Multi-Level Planning: Oversee multi-level planning processes, including key raw materials and production site balancing, to ensure efficient resource utilization and supply chain resilience.
- Actively participate in the strategic “Make or Buy” decision & drive key Raw materials supply visibility securing both availability & optimized purchasing price (PPV).

Performance Monitoring and Risk Management/Resiliency:

- Performance Monitoring: Analyze and report on key performance indicators related to supply planning and inventory management.
- Risk Management / Resiliency: Proactively identify and mitigate risks related to supply and demand imbalances.

Collaboration and Stakeholder Management:

- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with Verticals, procurement, manufacturing operations, and demand to integrate supply planning with business objectives.
- Key Stakeholders: Engage with product line verticals and groups of sites to ensure alignment and effective communication.
- Matrixial Leadership: Provide leadership for ensuring SCP consistency for treatment therapy across different product lines and regions.

Change Management and Project Leadership:

Change Management: Implement strategies to overcome resistance to change, including:

- Clear Communication: Ensure transparent and consistent communication about changes.
- Stakeholder Engagement: Involve key stakeholders early to gain support and address concerns.
- Quick Wins: Demonstrate early successes to build momentum.
- Training and Support: Provide training and resources to help employees adapt. − Change Champions: Empower change champions to advocate for changes.
- Phased Rollout: Implement changes in phases to allow for adjustments.
- Celebrate Milestones: Recognize and celebrate achievements.
- Proactive Concern Addressing: Listen to and address employee concerns proactively.

Transversal Project Management: Lead and manage transversal projects such as

- SC analytics roll out & adoption
- SAP rollouts (IBP, S4H), ensuring seamless integration and alignment with business processes.

Qualifications:

Your personality is characterized by a high level of drive, positive mindset and energy. You are a strategic Supply chain leader, and you have excellent change management skills. You have an analytical mindset and sharp eye for details. You are pragmatic, process oriented and a true team player. You are not afraid to hold people accountable for agreed results.

- Bachelor’s degree in supply chain management,
- Strong analytical skills and proficiency in supply planning software (will be a plus).
- Proven experience in strategic process ownership and continuous improvement.
- Excellent communication and collaboration abilities.
- Strong Business acumen
- Ability to scout and implement innovative solutions in supply planning.
- Experience in managing transversal projects, including SAP rollouts.
- Experience in community management and engagement.
- Expertise in multi-level planning and production site balancing (will be a plus). • High language proficiency in English (spoken & written).
- Willingness to travel Globally (10%)