Supply Planning Manager

About the role

Stryker is hiring a Supply Planning Manager in Irvine, California, an experienced supply chain leader who influences cross-functional teams and drives results in a fast-paced environment. The role is onsite, with 10% travel, and focuses on building supply plans that deliver high-quality products to patients and customers.

Key responsibilities

• Develop master resource plans based on demand forecasts to ensure supply, production and material availability across a 24-month horizon.
• Create capacity plans, identify supply risks and constraints and recommend mitigation strategies.
• Build and manage supply plans across complex product portfolios and multiple sites, and partner with cross-functional teams to improve planning capabilities.
• Establish inventory strategies, including safety stock levels, to balance availability and working capital.
• Evaluate supply plans from a financial perspective to support operational and budget targets.
• Monitor execution with production scheduling and purchasing teams, addressing risks, backorders and supply disruptions.
• Support product launches and phase-outs and communicate portfolio status to stakeholders.
• Collaborate with demand planning teams through daily, weekly and monthly planning processes.
• Maintain planning system master data, track metrics such as plan attainment, safety stock health, capacity utilization, backorders and lead times, and analyze performance issues.
• Lead supply planning improvement initiatives, coach and train planners, and support product launches and phase-outs.

Required profile

• 8+ years of experience in manufacturing, IBP and/or supply planning.
• 3+ years leading a team in manufacturing, IBP and/or supply planning.
• Bachelor's degree.
• Extensive understanding of IBP / S&OP processes and best practices.

Required skills

• Experience with NetSuite or similar ERP systems.
• Preferred: ERP master data management and exception-based planning, project management, Lean/Six Sigma, APICS or other supply chain certification.

Salary range: $118,000 - $196,600 USD per year.