Supply Chain Planner

**Job Description Summary**: The Supply Chain Planner is supporting marketing, sales representatives and channel partners and is responsible to manage the demand plan (forecast) and/or the supply for specified business segments; participate in Demand to Supply (DTS), Business to S&OP (BTS), and Source to Pay (STP) for inventory purchases and management.

This position utilizes continuous improvement principles to achieve key performance indicator objectives, update Supply Chain Management (SCM) with long term demand planning volumes in line with business growth expectations, and drive for cost to service efficiencies.

Supply Chain Planning takes place in a real-time global environment: timely determination and execution of the appropriate response to change is daily work.

We are** the makers of possible**

BD is one of the largest global medical technology companies in the world. Advancing the world of health is our Purpose, and it’s no small feat. It takes the imagination and passion of all of us—from design and engineering to the manufacturing and marketing of our billions of MedTech products per year—to look at the impossible and find transformative solutions that turn dreams into possibilities.

We believe that the human element, across our global teams, is what allows us to continually evolve. Join us and discover an environment in which you’ll be supported to learn, grow and become your best self. Become a **maker of possible** with us.

The **Supply Chain Planner** is responsible to manage the demand plan (forecast) and supply for specified business segments; participate in Demand to Supply (DTS), Business to S&OP (BTS), and Source to Pay (STP) for inventory purchases.

This position utilizes continuous improvement principles to achieve key performance indicator objectives, update Supply Chain Management (SCM) with long term demand planning volumes in line with business growth expectations, and drive for cost to service efficiencies.
Supply Chain Planning takes place in a real-time environment: timely determination and execution of the appropriate response to change is daily work.

**Responsibilities**
- Lead and/or work with components of the Sales and Operations Planning 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.
- Work with Regional Demand Planners to understand the demand signals to match with the supply planning.
- Work with Global Network/Deployment Planners to manage replenishments from hubs and plants, represent Canada to get supply in a constrained environment at times.
- Ensure the supply chain operates to meet the needs for all of BD’s customers on a consistent basis. Key performance measures of this include forecast accuracy, backorder as a % of sales, OTIF.
- Accountable for maintaining minimum on hand inventory via safety stocks and critical products list to meet required service levels, in addition to driving reduction of excess & obsolete inventories and providing solutions to decrease write-offs.
- Accountable for weekly backorder reporting, inventory trackers maintenance, system updates to stay current, ETA management to feed the system and dashboards.
- Responsible/support for ongoing analysis, maintenance, and upgrades of SAP/SCM (Supply Chain Management). 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 replenishment network changes, which can enhance service and reduce costs.
- Work in a team environment to optimize the tools and processes that BD is developing in the supply chain.

**About you**
- Proven continuous improvement, solution-oriented and project management skills.
- Excellent reconciliation skills and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to effectively interact with multiple functions.
- Demonstrated analytical ability.
- Process improvement experience highly desired.
- Detail-oriented, structured individual with a strong ability to multi-task.
- Excellent PC skills including Microsoft Office.

**Qualifications**
- University Degree in science / engineering / technology / business required.
- Good understanding of business processes including supply chain, forecasting, purchasing and inventory management activities.
- Demonstrated planning skills; able to recommend and implement sustainable supply chain solutions to drive operational performance improvements.
- Self-motivated, strong analytical skills and meticulous intellectually curious and ability to work well in a matrix / cross-functional team environment.
- Ability to work independently