Manager Supply Planning

At Cepheid, we are passionate about improving health care through fast, accurate diagnostic testing. Our mission drives us, every moment of every day, as we develop scalable, groundbreaking solutions to solve the world’s most complex health challenges. Our associates are involved in every stage of molecular diagnostics, from ideation to development and delivery of testing advancements that improve patient outcomes across a range of settings. As a member of our team, you can make an immediate, measurable impact on a global scale, within an environment that fosters career growth and development.

Cepheid is proud to work alongside a community of six fellow Danaher Diagnostics companies. Together, we’re working at the pace of change on diagnostic tools that address the world’s biggest health challenges, driven by knowing that behind every test there is a patient waiting.

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The Bothell Supply Planning Manager is responsible for driving On Time Delivery and Inventory Policy Deployment across the global supply chain through the deployment of the Danaher Business System.  

This position is part of the Global Supply Chain Management Team and will be located in Bothell, WA. At Cepheid, our vision is to be the leading provider of seamlessly connected diagnostic solutions.

In this role, you will have the opportunity to:

• Lead Plant and People capabilities through lean conversion of E2E Planning systems and processes of global specialized chemistries in support of global Policy Deployment.
• Serve as a change facilitator to drive targeted improvement across the Supply Chain team(s) aligned with the objectives in Quality, Delivery, Inventory, and Cost.
• Own balanced factory optimization schedules to ensure customer demands and factory utilization targets are achieved while balancing capacity and inventory constraints.
• Develop best practices and rollout Supply Planning Leader Standard Work for Detailed Line/Machine Scheduling with Capacity constraints and scenario analysis.
• Lead thoughtful deployment of DBS tools within Supply Chain Operations, build Action Plans through impact analysis and ensure sustainment.
• Facilitate kaizen events within the Supply Chain team(s) by installing a multifaceted funnel process tied to PD and DM execution and sustainment of kaizens.
• Implement and rollout of BI tools and dashboards to develop performance and exception management decision making across the supply chain.

The essential requirements of the job include:

• Proactively adapt departmental plans, priorities, and associate resources to achieve formal targets and expectations of best-in-class service (99% Customer OTD) and inventory / working capital objectives.
• Oversee master schedules for production and new product, ensuring comprehensive compliance with materials requirements for manufacturing and shelf-life requirements.  Incorporate in forecasts and master production schedules.
• Develop rough-cut capacity plans to analyze and negotiate resource requirements through monthly Visual PSI and Factory Loading Meetings.
• Implement process improvements to decrease overall costs and improve inventory management and supply chain efficiencies.
• Engage with engineering plans and production constrains to establish production schedules, labor loading, and capacity requirements.

• Bachelor of Science Degree in Science or Engineering and 5 years of supply chain and/or manufacturing experience with leadership responsibilities.

Travel, Motor Vehicle Record & Physical Environment Requirements:  

• Ability to Travel as need 10 - 20%

It would be a plus if you possess previous experience in:

• Hands-on Gemba experience with driving kaizen facilitation and leadership lean tools. (Visual Daily Management, Value Stream Mapping, SMED, Dynamic Kanban, Lean Conversion, Standard Work, 5S, TPM, SMED, etc.)
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills; experience working with large data sets, driving to root cause, and communicating the critical few countermeasures.
• Strong interpersonal and communications as well as group facilitation skills, including public speaking and moderating

Cepheid, a Danaher operating company, offers a broad array of comprehensive, competitive benefit programs that add value to our lives. Whether it’s a health care program or paid time off, our programs contribute to life beyond the job. Check out our benefits at danaherbenefitsinfo.com.

The salary range OR the hourly range for this role is $107,000 to150,000. This is the range that we in good faith believe is the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting. This range may be modified in the future.

This job is also eligible for bonus/incentive pay.

We offer comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.

Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole discretion, consistent with the law.

Given the essential job duties of this position, the employee is required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 (including applicable boosters) as a condition of employment, subject to reasonable accommodation and applicable law.

Join our winning team today. Together, we’ll accelerate the real-life impact of tomorrow’s science and technology. We partner with customers across the globe to help them solve their most complex challenges, architecting solutions that bring the power of science to life.

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