Senior Supply Chain Manager (f/m/d)
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Why join us
The Senior Manager, SIOP is responsible for leading the Medical Business Unit's end-to-end Sales, Inventory & Operations Planning (SIOP) process, aligning demand, supply, inventory, capacity, and financial objectives into a single executable business plan. This role partners closely with Commercial, Finance, Operations, Procurement, Product Management, and Supply Chain teams to drive performance, manage risk, and support strategic decision-making.
Your main tasks
- Lead and continuously improve the Medical BU's SIOP process, governance, and executive review cadence.
- Manage Demand Planning, Inventory Management, and S&OE teams and processes.
- Align commercial demand, supply capabilities, capacity, inventory, and financial commitments into a consensus operating plan.
- Drive scenario planning, risk management, and decision-making to balance customer service, growth, profitability, and working capital objectives.
- Oversee demand forecasting, supply and capacity planning, master production scheduling, and inventory strategies across a global manufacturing network.
- Ensure effective linkage between long-term SIOP plans and short-term operational execution (S&OE).
- Champion planning excellence through SAP IBP, analytics, process standardization, and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Build and develop high-performing teams while influencing stakeholders across a complex global organization.
Your ideal background
- Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Operations, Engineering, Business, Finance, or related field.
- 10+ years of supply chain, operations, or planning experience with significant leadership responsibilities.
- Proven experience leading SIOP, S&OP, or Integrated Business Planning in a manufacturing environment.
- Strong expertise across demand planning, supply planning, inventory management, capacity planning, MPS, MRP, and S&OE.
- Exceptional analytical, financial, stakeholder management, and change leadership skills.
- Experience in medical devices, life sciences, electronics, industrial, automotive, or other complex manufacturing environments.
- SAP IBP and SAP ERP planning expertise.
- APICS/ASCM certification (CPIM, CSCP, or equivalent).
- Experience leading global teams and planning transformation initiatives.