Sr Planner, Demand

This is where you save and sustain lives

At Baxter, we are deeply connected by our mission. No matter your role at Baxter, your work makes a positive impact on people around the world. You'll feel a sense of purpose throughout the organization, as we know our work improves outcomes for millions of patients.

Baxter's products and therapies are found in almost every hospital worldwide, in clinics and in the home. For over 85 years, we have pioneered significant medical innovations that transform healthcare.

Together, we create a place where we are happy, successful and inspire each other. This is where you can do your best work.

Join us at the intersection of saving and sustaining lives—where your purpose accelerates our mission.

About Us: Baxter’s Mission:

This is where you save and sustain lives.

At Baxter, we are deeply connected by our mission. No matter your role at Baxter, your work makes a positive impact on people around the world. You’ll feel a sense of purpose throughout the organization, as we know our work improves outcomes for millions of patients. 

Baxter’s products and therapies are found in almost every hospital worldwide, in clinics, and in the home. For over 90 years, we have pioneered significant medical innovations that transform healthcare. Together, we create a place where we are happy, successful, and inspire each other. This is where you can do your best work. 

Join us at the intersection of saving and sustaining lives— where your purpose accelerates our mission. 

What you’ll be doing!

• Work with all S&OP customers to improve demand forecast, forecast accuracy, and demand fulfillment rates.
• Develop and manage the market’s inventory plan and execution. Conduct inventory optimization opportunity analysis and deployment. Analyze and report on inventory variance.
• Lead communication strategies with the commercial team regarding supply issues. Conduct commercial meetings to review pipelines and manage country fulfillment. Communicate necessary parameter changes for the cluster/country.
• Resolve and communicate low cover product issues promptly.
• Manage back-order risks in collaboration with the Supply Planner, and communicate these risks to commercial teams.
• Direct strategic stock build planning to meet market demands affected by import license registration, M&A, supply challenges, etc. Grasp product registration and operational processes, market requirements, and develop scenarios to involve customers for informed decisions.
• Coordinate order management including order replenishment plans, purchase order creation in SAP/JDE systems, monitoring inbound POs, and coordinate with Supply Planner, global logistics, transportation, shipping sites, global carriers, and foreign trade to resolve short-term supply issues.
• Monitor customer limits and rebalance product allocation in collaboration with marketing partners as needed.
• Provide market-level feedback to the Network Planner and Supply (Network) Manager.
• Lead new product launches and product phase-outs within the market.
• Update JDE sourcing to direct DP forecasts accurately to the appropriate BP (site), based on geographies and local processes/ownership. Build and maintain reports for the commercial team including transfer orders and customer-specific reports.
• Confirm transfer orders for imported products to their country/cluster.
• Make decisions and approve all supply issue resolutions for imported products.
• Complete monthly reserve proposals, identify, and communicate opportunities for discard avoidance.

What you’ll bring:

• Bachelor’s degree in Trade, Logistics, Science, Engineering, Economics, or Business Management with equivalent experience.
• Minimum of 5+ years of relevant working experience.
• Import/export experience or SAP and JDE knowledge is a plus.
• Proven agility to learn and adapt.
• Strong team-work spirit.
• Methodical with a proven ability to deliver results.
• Data-driven approach
• Proficient in English, both written and oral.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Baxter is an equal opportunity employer. Baxter evaluates qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, disability/handicap status or any other legally protected characteristic.

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