Supply Chain Management Senior Specialist

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Supply Chain Management Senior Specialist

(temporary 6 months contract - maternity cover)

In your new role as a Supply Planner, you will contribute to Stryker’s profile or image of success by professionally managing Europe's Inventory (free and consignment stock) resulting in Optimal Service Levels, at the lowest Total Cost of Ownership.

Opportunities & benefits that the role offers

• This person will get great exposure to our orthopedic divisions.
• Opportunity to work on fulfilling projects with colleagues within the department and cross-functionally.
• Help shape the future of the Supply Planning team to ensure a best-in-class service is provided to internal and external customers.
• Work in Europe’s 6th best “Great Place to Work”.
• Attractive flexibility in working arrangements.

Is this you?

You have ExperienceYou have at least 2 years’ experience as a Demand or Supply planner in an international environment, knowledge of logistics & supply chain solutions and ideally experience with continuous/process improvement.

You speak Fluent EnglishA key part of this role will be to work with international stakeholders across the world. Knowing one or more additional languages is a plus.

You love a Challenge A self-starter who enjoys problem solving and creating innovative solutions. You can organize and direct diverse activities in a changing environment, often under time pressure.

You Know what you are DoingYou have experience with multiple operating systems, to include the Oracle e-Business Suite or other ERP systems.

You Build RelationshipsYou are a team player that works closely with your team members to achieve shared goals. Next to that, you build and maintains successful relationships with key internal and external stakeholders and customers.

You do the Right Thing You have a high level of integrity, responsibility, discipline, and attention to detail. You understand the importance of keeping tabs of what is always going on in your goals/projects.

You are a Strategic Thinker You enjoy analyzing data or trends from multiple sources and formats and create a comprehensive scientific review, including in depth statistical analyses, risk management cross-check and descriptive analyses, following complex and rigorous methodologies.

What will you do at Stryker?

• Responsible for the purchases of saleable goods at all Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) suppliers:
  • Ordering, following up and customer care communication related to the dedicated product portfolios.
  • Providing overview and following up of all outstanding PO's & aging reports.
  • Following up on invoice issues and invoice holds.
  • Drive supplier evaluation by gathering all performance related data.
• The Supply Planner will facilitate necessary communication with business leader and supply sites. The individual will work with manufacturing and operations partners (Sales and Marketing) to reconcile inventory levels. The forecast for safety stock settings must be provided by the demand planner. Investment decisions could be made based on a conclusion between Supply Chain and the Medical business leaders.
• Ensure on time delivery of high-quality purchasing of the Division by SKU and product line. Must assemble and analyze all data pertinent to creating the supply forecast: historical data, manufacturing and purchasing batch sizes, seasonality, working calendars, and inventory levels.
• Use Supply Chain Planning tools and technologies and suggest improvements to improve the current supply chain planning process.

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.