S&OP Manager

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Baxter's products and therapies are found in almost every hospital worldwide, in clinics and in the home. For over 85 years, we have pioneered significant medical innovations that transform healthcare.

Together, we create a place where we are happy, successful and inspire each other. This is where you can do your best work.

Join us at the intersection of saving and sustaining lives- where your purpose accelerates our mission.

The S&OP Manager collaborates with a cross functional team including Operations, Quality, Finance, Commercial Sales and Marketing to develop and execute the monthly S&OP processes and the meetings for a Global Business Unit (GBU). This position leads the dialogue each month for their respective customers and products with key regional or GBU counterparts in sales and marketing.

Core function includes strategic and tactical decision-making related to balancing demand and supply; aligns volume and mix with capacity and capability; and integrates financial and operating plans with strategic objectives to deliver improved operating and financial results.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Manage the aggregation of the demand plan process with a region and business, producing a rolling 18-24 month estimate of unconstrained future demand in units and where possible in currency
• Work closely with marketing on planning/executing the launch and ramp-up for new products as well planning/managing other product-life-cycle phases
• Assist in the documentation of assumptions incorporated in the demand and supply plan and validate past assumptions
• Track performance metrics and analysis to identify both opportunities and potential issues within S&OP processes and reporting as well as those across departments; provide insights and recommendations to help improve results
• Work closely with supply planning and logistics to evaluate the demand/production plan against inventory, capacity and external factors and to create mitigation actions if needed
• Facilitate prioritizing demand and/or allocating supply to a region when the demand exceeds supply
• Coordinate and facilitate the monthly S&OP meetings for a region and business to achieve the demand plan consensus including strategic, product, sales, and marketing activities as well as supply plan balance and constraints/gaps
• Facilitate closing gaps between the demand and supply plans and the annual financial plan and long-range plan (LRP). Suggest/prepare alternatives to resolve issues
• Identify significant business risks and escalate to the appropriate leadership teams
• Ensure efficient communication across functional teams for any trends, drivers and takeaways in a clear and concise manner
• Assist in the development of new tools that will assist in measurement, reporting and visibility to issues
• Must be able to work independently while still functioning well in a team
• Able to communicate effectively with senior management, peers and colleagues cross functionally and globally
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications/Educational Requirements

• BS /MBA preferred in Business, Engineering, Supply Chain Management, Finance or equivalent.
• APICS a plus
• Minimum of 6 years of experience in Demand Planning, Supply planning, and Inventory Planning (medical device experience ideal)
• Integrated Business Planning and Sales and Operations Planning experience a plus
• Experience with SAP, JDE and /or IBP Software is a plus
• Able to conduct business in a global, multi-cultural environment.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects concurrently
• Leadership: meeting facilitation, innovative, skill sharing and training, organization, conflict management, change agent, manage relationships
• Ability to travel by plane and/or car to be physically present for customer or training events

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