What you will do
Join Stryker Sustainability Solutions as a Senior Manager, Supply Planning and take ownership of the supply plan that keeps our business running strong. In this role, you’ll be accountable for delivering a high-quality, integrated supply plan and ensuring it meets demand requirements across multiple sites. You’ll partner closely with leaders in Production, Engineering, Finance, Customer Service, and IBP to drive alignment and performance. You’ll also lead and develop a team of Supply Planners and Analysts, guiding them to deliver accurate plans that support business outcomes. This hybrid role offers flexibility but requires weekly on-site presence at a Stryker location in the surrounding area.
Lead financial integration – Partner with Finance to ensure supply plans are fully evaluated, with clear visibility to leadership on operational targets, budgets, and trade-offs.
Optimize core processes – Deploy and monitor key supply planning processes (MRP, capacity planning, demand/supply execution, safety stock) across plants and 3PLs.
Shape executive decisions – Provide insights at Franchise Supply Reviews by clearly communicating plant/3PL capabilities and the impact of meeting (or missing) demand signals.
Drive continuous improvement – Champion process excellence by enhancing supply planning standards, improving efficiency, and embedding best practices across the franchise.
Enable smart investments – Deliver forward-looking insights on capacity needs, capital investments, and opportunities to improve cost and cash performance.
Balance execution & accountability – Ensure production and procurement actions align with the supply plan, while tracking deviations against KPIs to drive a balanced scorecard approach.
Be the risk manager – Act as the go-to expert for proactive communication of supply risks, back-order mitigation, and cross-functional alignment between in-house and external partners.
Develop and lead people – Coach, mentor, and manage supply planning talent, building a high-performing team that meets KPIs like plan attainment, safety stock health, and lead-time targets.
What you need
Required Qualifications
Degree level in business, engineering, supply chain management or related field
10 years of experience in supply chain or manufacturer operations
People management experience, including leading and developing a team or group to achieve goals
Preferred Qualifications
ERP systems experience such as SAP, JDA, JDE or Oracle platforms
Project management able to demonstrate experience in running projects specifically around problem solving and root causing based on lean way of working (six sigma)
Bilingual in English and Spanish
APICS accredited or professional supply chain accreditation
Demonstrate knowledge of S&OP and IBP processes and the role of supply planning within the overall process
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