Global Product Planner

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The Position

A healthier future. It’s what drives us to innovate. To continuously advance science and ensure everyone has access to the healthcare they need today and for generations to come. Creating a world where we all have more time with the people we love. That’s what makes us Roche.

Are you ready to take your career to the next level with a dynamic and global role? As a Global Product Planner, you will be at the forefront of supply chain management, driving operational excellence and ensuring product availability across our Indianapolis and Mannheim, Germany hubs. You will develop and manage supply plans utilizing both affiliate and statistical forecasts to create accurate and efficient supply chains. By proactively addressing supply and demand planning issues, you will maintain seamless operations and ensure the accuracy and continuous optimization of MRP master data. Leading bottleneck management, allocation, reserve management, and scrap mitigation across the network will be vital components of your role.

In this position, you will be the primary point of contact for product supply-related communications with suppliers, regions, business areas, and affiliates. You will guarantee the timely supply of finished goods to regional and local warehouses, aligning with service level agreements (SLAs), and strive to meet customer service objectives at the lowest possible total costs, including distribution, inventory, and write-offs.

We are looking for someone with specialized and comprehensive knowledge in supply chain management or a related business area. Your analytical and problem-solving skills will be engaged in varied and complex duties involving research, analysis, and solution development. You will provide expert guidance to department leadership in setting strategic direction and utilize originality and ingenuity in your daily responsibilities and decision-making processes. Applying a wide range of principles, practices, and procedures to navigate more complex and challenging assignments will be crucial. Additionally, your commitment to maintaining and continuously improving the planning objectives and goals through daily actions will be key.

This is your opportunity to make a significant impact in a highly professional and strategic role. Join us and contribute to our mission of delivering exceptional service and operational efficiency. Apply now to be part of a global team committed to excellence!

The Opportunity

• Supply Planning/ Bottleneck Management: Develops supply plan based on affiliate forecasts and GSC strategic guidance.  Delivers supply plans to Manufacturing and supplier partners.  Works with external suppliers to ensure agreed plans are met.  In case of exception, works with partners to resolve situations with the least disruption to customers.  Monitors cycle time, critical batches and the optimization of planning parameter settings to avoid destruction costs or stock outs.  Monitors schedule adherence and discusses if below target during Supply Review meetings (S&OP).  Monitors system alerts for potential / actual supply issues throughout the global network.   Makes recommendations to provide timely resolution with minimum impact to customers: Works with IBL/IPM to define regional/country product allocations in case of bottleneck; Keeps Regions / Affiliates / BAs informed as to potential and actual product bottlenecks.

• Supports Life Cycle Management for complex and strategically critical product launches, conversion and phase outs.  Controls launch dates to ensure product availability in due time.  Controls timely clearance of discontinued products to minimize scrap costs.

• Parameter Ownership: Responsible for ongoing optimization and accuracy of master data settings for planning and supply relevant to direct delivery and replenishment processes throughout global and local systems per guidelines established by the GSC governance. 

• Inventory & Customer Service Management: Manages affiliate inventories, replenishment plans for globally managed products.  Responsible for direct delivery support out of regional warehouses.  Replenishes Affiliate inventory levels to ensure end-customer service meets targets.  Manages service levels at the lowest possible cost (inventory level, distribution cost, write-offs).

• Reporting: Develops or gathers data and reports needed to optimize and support planning processes such as Annual Planning or S&OP.

• Project Participation And Sub-Project Management:  Sub-project management for defined task packages with budget responsibility.  May independently analyze moderately complex problems, develop concepts, describe the requirements of the department and support the implementation of solutions.

• Coordination of projects / activities which cross global planners: Order- related coordination and control of necessary logistics activities to guarantee required product availability (e.g. tenders).

• Independent execution of process and system analyses. Initiation and implementation of improvement measures, including the reporting system, execution of complicated system tests, consulting and training of the system users and the presentation of best practices. Analysis of particularly complex data sets.

Who you are

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business or related field

• 5 years of experience in logistics, marketing, production, inventory control or purchasing functions with an international focus

• Highly proficient in materials management and supply chain data analysis.  Tools to support include SAP Demand Planning (APO DP), Production Planning (APO PP)/Data Services (DS), R/3 and/or Business Information Warehouse (BW)

• Excellent problem solving & negotiation skills to impact the status quo and influence decisions to achieve business decisions

• Strong expertise in stakeholder management and excellent communication skills

• Project Management skills

Relocation benefits are not available for this posting

The expected salary range for this position based on the primary location of Indianapolis, IN is $78,600 - $146,000.  Actual pay will be determined based on experience, qualifications, geographic location, and other job-related factors permitted by law.  A discretionary annual bonus may be available based on individual and Company performance.  This position also qualifies for the benefits detailed at the link provided below. Benefits

Who we are

A healthier future drives us to innovate. Together, more than 100’000 employees across the globe are dedicated to advance science, ensuring everyone has access to healthcare today and for generations to come. Our efforts result in more than 26 million people treated with our medicines and over 30 billion tests conducted using our Diagnostics products. We empower each other to explore new possibilities, foster creativity, and keep our ambitions high, so we can deliver life-changing healthcare solutions that make a global impact.

Let’s build a healthier future, together.

As a global leader in healthcare, Roche Diagnostics offers a broad portfolio of products, tools and services that help in the prevention, diagnosis and management of diseases like HPV, HIV, hepatitis and diabetes as well as other medical conditions, such as fertility and blood coagulation. These products and services are used by researchers, physicians, patients, hospitals and laboratories worldwide to help improve people's lives.

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