Kit Planning Manager

Job description

What you will do:

• Provide leadership and management to the kit planning team.
• Coach, develop and hire new talent within the team.
• Be responsible for overall team motivation, setting objectives, performance reviews and development for the organization in their region.
• Develop and implement the appropriate kit sourcing, build and inventory strategy.
• Act as the single go-to person for related divisions at EU level for kit and consignment inquiries.
• Hold budget accountability for European kit investment and inventory, including managing free stock for kit build in Venlo.
• Provide direct input, advice and guidance to the European Sales divisions on the best options for sourcing the kits and assets requested by the divisions.
• Lead initiatives to shorten time to market for new kit deployment.
• Lead initiatives together with divisions at a European level to balance inventory across the region and optimize service and cost.
• Lead and initiate discussions and present recommendations for asset and inventory optimization to divisional leadership teams.
• Work closely with divisions on forecast, kit planning and inventory balancing.
• Balance EU assets, analyse the STC fleet holistically for Europe and own the European STC fleet in Venlo.
• Take leadership in creating new metrics to drive inventory and cost optimizations, for example STC vs LTC strategy in the countries.
• Manage slow-moving kits and balance local vs central inventory.
• Own the process from forecast for new kits through inventory planning, netting and purchasing.
• Provide guidance and advisory to the divisions for the most cost-effective decisions on CERs.
• Focus on procedural changes and new or more effective ways to accomplish tasks, achieve team goals and perform team functions, standardized across Europe.
• Play an active role in the European Operations team to implement a world-class asset and inventory management strategy, including identifying appropriate benchmarks and sharing best practices.
• Take full ownership of or participate in projects to further improve European asset and inventory management capabilities, resulting in increased customer satisfaction, greater efficiency, lower costs and optimized inventory levels.
• Build, liaise, maintain relationships and collaborate with colleagues across functions such as Operations and Finance, divisions such as Sales and Marketing, and leadership.
• Provide evidence and reporting of budget spent to the divisions.
• Provide feedback and detailed ROI reports to decision makers.
• Ensure key performance indicators related to assets and inventory are monitored and achieved.
• Track and analyse STC and Demo fleet performance, including turns and returns.

What You Need:

• University degree, or equivalent relevant experience.
• Fluent in both spoken and written English.
• IT knowledge, for example Microsoft Office with strong skills in Excel, PowerBI and Oracle.
• Preferred: Lean (green) belt.
• Preferred: Project management certification.
• 8+ years of experience within Supply Chain Planning or Asset Management.
• At least 2 years of people management experience.
• Experience creating a strategy for an organization in an international environment and translating the strategy into a proactive execution plan.
• Experience with continuous improvement and change management.
• Ability to drive SOP alignment and standardization.
• Influence skills to work with senior leaders and drive agenda and strategy.
• Relationship-building experience across divisions.
• Ability to demonstrate a high level of problem-solving skills, especially for complex problems.

Desirable:

• Experience in an international environment.
• Experience creating reports using data modelling software.

Stryker is a global leader in medical technologies and, together with its customers, is driven to make healthcare better. The company offers innovative products and services in MedSurg, Neurotechnology and Orthopaedics that help improve patient and healthcare outcomes. Alongside its customers around the world, Stryker impacts more than 150 million patients annually.