Supply Chain Planner & Analyst

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Job Description

The Supply Chain Planner& Analyst is responsible for supporting demand and supply activities across BD-Canada in collaboration with Marketing, Sales, Finance, and Transportation. The Supply Chain Planner manages the demand plan (forecast) and supply for designated business segments and participates in key processes such as Demand to Supply (DTS), Business to S&OP (BTS), and Source to Pay (STP) for inventory purchases.

This role applies continuous improvement principles to meet key performance indicators, update Supply Chain Management (SCM) with long-term demand planning aligned to business growth, and drive cost-to-service efficiencies. Supply chain planning occurs in a real-time environment, requiring confidence with timely decisions and execution to respond to change daily.

• Lead and/or work with components of the Integrated Business Process (IBP) process, which include consensus forecasting, financial planning and product life cycle management.
• Understand the requirements of major internal and external customers and determine how BD's supply chain offering will align with the needs and requirements of assigned BD business units.
• Ensure the supply chain operates to meet the needs of all of BD's customers on a consistent basis. Key performance measures of this include forecast accuracy, backorder, on time shipment, line fill and DIOH.
• Accountable for maintaining minimum on hand inventory to meet required service levels, in addition to driving reduction of excess & obsolete inventories and providing solutions to decrease write-offs as well as inventory management towards reduction of overstock.
• Responsible for ongoing analysis, maintenance, and upgrades of SAP/SCM (Supply Chain Management) supply planning. This will open opportunities for business process improvements in Source-to-Pay and Demand-to-Supply (e.g., purchasing by exception and consensus forecasting) for planning/purchasing, which the supply chain planner should initiate and sustain.
• Provide recommendations for the development and implementation of supply chain network and master data changes, which can enhance service and reduce costs. Managing the supply chain will include analysis to make recommendations for changes to the network and sourcing. Act as a business partner to Marketing/Sales.
• Work in a team environment to optimize the tools and processes that BD is developing in the supply chain.
• Responsible for following, updating and creating shared Supply Chain related SOPs as needed within an evolving environment.
• Regional representative to adopt and apply processes from Integrated Supply Chain (ISC) such as the Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) process, the Sales and Execution Planning (S&OE) process towards operational excellence.

• University Degree.
• Minimum of 2+ years of professional supply chain experience working in a matrix environment.

• Must be able to communicate confidently and effectively in English, verbally and in writing.
• Strong understanding of business processes, including supply chain, forecasting, purchasing, inventory management, and transportation activities.
• Demonstrates planning skills; able to recommend and implement sustainable supply chain solutions to drive operational excellence and performance improvements.
• Self-motivated, detail-oriented, and curious, with strong analytical skills and the ability to work both independently and collaboratively.
• Shows initiative with the ability to anticipate needs, make recommendations, and take appropriate action.
• Excellent organizational skills and ability to prioritize workload to meet deadlines.
• Proven experience in continuous process improvement.
• Strong reconciliation and problem-solving skills, able to evaluate options and implement effective solutions.
• Skilled at interacting with multiple functions, regions, and stakeholders.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Outlook, Teams, PowerPoint) with advanced Excel skills (Pivot Tables, VLOOKUP).
• General knowledge of MRP planning systems or aptitude to learn technical applications quickly.
• Strong communication, negotiation, and influencing skills, with the confidence to clearly articulate insights, risks, and recommendations to cross-functional stakeholders, make rapid decisions, and lead without formal authority.

• Experience working with CPGs, medical device, pharmaceutical and/or retail industries preferred.
• APICS certification (CPIM/CSCP or equivalent) preferred.
• ERP knowledge with JDE or Kinaxis strongly preferred.
• Solution-oriented and project management skills are highly desired.
• Proficient with Power BI strongly preferred.
• Excel macros to support analysis and reporting is an asset.
• Bilingual in French an asset.