Work Schedule

Standard (Mon-Fri)

Environmental Conditions

Office

Job Description

Job Title: Senior Manager, Demand Planning and Sales, Inventory & Operations Planning

Being included in the team at Thermo Fisher Scientific means performing significant work while being honored and rewarded for your input. With committed supervisors and conducive teammates providing support, you’ll uncover the resources and openings to make a significant difference in the world.

Location/Division Specific Information

Grand Island, NY

Waltham, MA

Carlsbad, CA

Remote

Ability to travel up to 25%

In this multi-disciplinary supply chain role, the Sr. Manager, Demand Planning and Sales, Inventory, and Operational Planning (SIOP) Leader must provide a consistent Divisional operating plan monthly. The responsibilities include two main areas: keeping a strong demand signal critical to demand planning and leading the global SIOP process to reach the financial plan and support an efficient customer experience over the medium and long term.

We take ownership of a high-quality, unified demand plan and the global process to improve, merge, and distribute these plans for the Division. Your global planning team will act as the trusted source for demand signals across a 24-month horizon. They will maintain alignment and reduce bias from many partners and data sources.

With demand as a focal point, we will be delivering value throughout the SIOP process steps. You will ensure the RACI, inputs, outputs, data, and decision-making framework are clearly coordinated and implemented each month.

What you will do?

• Ensure the suitable process framework, inputs, outputs, connections, and rhythm of demand planning activity worldwide to provide BU level demand plans on a monthly cycle.
• Drive the appropriate metrics, performance indicators, and exception management systems to ensure next month’s demand plan is more credible than the last.
• Continuously improve the Demand Planning tools to deliver reliable statistical models, guarantee data accuracy, and generate outputs at suitable hierarchy levels (regions & products).
• Champion the standardization of guidelines across the business units, harmonizing and differentiating where appropriate.
• Drive engagement and participation of consensus demand reviews and other SIOP meetings, including consolidation and distribution of presentation materials, plans, meeting notes/action items.
• Mature and advance demand planning tools, analytics, and modeling approaches to enrich the forecasting process.
• Collaborate with product management and supply chain partners to ensure successful new product launches and the phase-out of outdated products.
• Drive financial partnership to ensure quality financial forecasts, including average selling price, mix, and margin to ensure monthly financial realization.
• Ensure strong decision quality at every stage of the process and raise issues appropriately to BU GM’s when agreement on business decisions cannot be achieved.
• Coordinate the appropriate SIOP content, including scenario planning and optionality to facilitate decision making at the Director+ level.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in supply chain, operations management, engineering, or business administration.
• Validated ability in demand planning, supply chain planning, or SIOP leadership roles.
• Advanced supply chain knowledge with validated experience building, standing up, scaling, and maturing end-to-end processes.
• Ability to influence at a senior level without direct authority and identify problems, answer questions, gain partnership of others, and implement efficient solutions.
• Strong organizational change capability with consistent record to lead change.
• Knowledge of business systems and information technology leading complex supply chain activities.
• Requires considerable interpretation of data, independent judgment, and good analytical ability to handle wide-ranging situations.
• Validated expertise in different ERP environments (SAP, Oracle, etc.).
• Proficiency PC/Windows – MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master of Business Administration (MBA).
• Pharma/Biotech experience.
• Demantra demand planning tool experience.
• Professional Certification in production and inventory management, supply chain management, or project management; APICS CPIM or CSCP, ISM CPSM, or PMI PMP.
• Lean, Six Sigma, or Lean Six Sigma credentials (MBB/BB).

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Compensation and Benefits

The salary range estimated for this position based in Massachusetts is $130,000.00–$194,950.00.

This position may also be eligible to receive a variable annual bonus based on company, team, and/or individual performance results in accordance with company policy. We offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package that our U.S. colleagues and their families can count on, which includes:

• A choice of national medical and dental plans, and a national vision plan, including health incentive programs

• Employee assistance and family support programs, including commuter benefits and tuition reimbursement

• At least 120 hours paid time off (PTO), 10 paid holidays annually, paid parental leave (3 weeks for bonding and 8 weeks for caregiver leave), accident and life insurance, and short- and long-term disability in accordance with company policy

• Retirement and savings programs, such as our competitive 401(k) U.S. retirement savings plan

• Employees’ Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) offers eligible colleagues the opportunity to purchase company stock at a discount

For more information on our benefits, please visit: https://jobs.thermofisher.com/global/en/total-rewards