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Supply Planning - Senior Manager

The role's purpose is to be accountable for the overall supply plan quality signal within our Springhill Instruments site in Cork. The role is also responsible for measuring the performance of the execution of the supply plan in meeting the demand requirements. The role will interface with Production site lead, Production Line leads, Engineering leads, Financial site lead, IBP leads and Commercial partners/leaders to ensure that the site is providing a high quality integrated supply plan for the scope defined within the franchise. This role has a people management accountability for Associate Managers, Mangers, Supply Planners and Supply Analyst roles within an individual site.

• Detail-oriented process improvers. Critical thinkers who naturally see opportunities to develop and optimize work processes - finding ways to simplify, standardize and automate.
• Meticulous documenters. Detail-oriented people who enjoy maintaining meticulous documentation of reports, metrics, proposals, and presentations.
• Self-directed initiators. People who take ownership of their work and need no prompting to drive productivity, change, and outcomes.
• Leaders who excel in setting direction and communicating to their direct team, as well as other parts of the business both upstream and downstream.

• Ensuring that the supply plan has been financially evaluated in conjunction with finance and that the implications are understood by the leadership team within the plant and the franchise with regard to operational targets and budgets
• To deploy and monitor the performance of the core supply processes within the plant /3PL such as Master resource planning, Capacity Planning, Demand and Supply execution and Safety stocks.
• To input into the overall Franchise Executive Supply review by communicating the capability of the plant/3PL to meet the latest demand signal and the implications if any of doing so.
• To own and drive continuous improvement on the core processes within supply planning based on defined standards by business model for the franchise and process excellence.
• To ensure that the manufacturing leadership are being provided with the right insight in regard to planning future capital investment with regard to capacity planning and also opportunities for cost and cash improvement.
• To ensure that production and procurement call offs are in line with what was requested in the Supply plan and any deviation is measured and monitored to drive a balanced scorecard approach on KPIs
• To be the knowledge center in supporting pro-active communication of supply risks and mitigation of back order issues within span of control to include both production in house and 3rd party purchasing.
• Ensure that KPIs are tracked, communicated and corrective actions taken when deviating and reported back to leadership in time.
• Management of people resource within the specific plant to ensure that they are developed, coached and capable of performing the role designated including performance management.
• Support cross-franchise best practice programs by actively participating, sharing and adapting best practice learnings back into the specific franchise as part of simplifying how we operate within GQO and Stryker
• KPIs for the role - Supply Plan Attainment, Safety Stock Heath, Capacity Utilization, Back order and Lead time levels and plant operational cost targets

• Bachelor's degree in Business/Engineering/Supply Chain Management or related field required
• Minimum of 10 years in a content role of either supply chain/manufacturing/engineering disciplines. Previous Supply Planning experience preferred.
• People management experience, leading a group or team.
• Demonstrate knowledge of supply planning software tools and systems to support driving best practice supply planning. SAP/IBP experience is preferred.