Global Cannula Planner

Job Description Summary

Cannula is one of the critical components used in manufacturing of needles. BD produces very large quantities of Cannula in different regions to support critical to healthcare products across the globe. Manager - Global Cannula Planning will be responsible for ensuring healthy supply of Cannula to all of BD’s internal manufacturing sites and to external customers through accurate and effective planning processes over short-term, mid-term and long-term horizons including but not limited to Cannula SIOP and S&OE.

**Job Description**:
I. Position Summary

Cannula is one of the critical components used in manufacturing of needles. BD produces very large quantities of Cannula in different regions to support critical to healthcare products across the globe. Manager - Global Cannula Planning will be responsible for ensuring healthy supply of Cannula to all of BD’s internal manufacturing sites and to external customers through accurate and effective planning processes over short-term, mid-term and long-term horizons including but not limited to Cannula SIOP and S&OE.

II. Key Responsibilities
- Cannula Planning and Analytics
- Consolidate Global Cannula Requirements for 20+ internal and external Cannula customers for 24-36 month horizon.
- Validate the requirements against the Finished Good demand outlook to ensure alignment.
- Run analytical models to translate these requirements into monthly production plans for Cannula producing sites (both Cannula and other lower-level components).
- Run RCCP to constraint the plan.
- Communicate the plan to Cannula and related component producing manufacturing locations.
- SIOP and S&OE
- Establish a month Cannula SIOP process including Cannula New Activities, Cannula Requirements Review, Supply Consensus, Executive Supply Review, etc.
- Run Weekly or fortnightly S&OE meetings to ensure execution of plan by manufacturing sites and resolution/escalation of issues encountered.
- Long Term Demand Capacity Alignment Review
- Work with business integrators to prepare a semi-annual Cannula Demand Capacity Review.
- Host the Cannula Demand Capacity Review.
- Document the action plan for ensuring enough capacity is available to support Cannula requirements (investment needs, OEE improvement actions etc.) over the next 36-month horizon.
- Track the action plan on a quarterly basis to ensure progress on milestones and actions.
- Process Development and Continuous Improvement
- During the first couple of years of the role, there will be a need to do process development and improvement like moving the process to SAP based planning, activating SAP PPDS for Cannula manufacturing sites etc.
- Continue to look for process improvement opportunities and drive the change management.
- Drive continuous improvement on service, cash and cost of cannula
- Communication and Training
- Regularly and clearly communicate with all stakeholders the outlook on Cannula including assumptions, risk, opportunities etc.
- Train the input providers and users of the process around how information is used in the process how output of the process need to be read.

III. Education
- University degree in Supply Chain, Technology, Business, or related field.

IV. Experience
- 5-7 years of professional experience in Supply Planning/Inventory Planning/Material Planning.
- Experience of working as part of complex teams and organizations will be an added advantage.

VI. Required Knowledge and Skills
- Good understanding SAP BI, SAP MRP, SAP PPDS, SAP APO etc.
- Excellent understanding of material planning (BOM, routing, etc.)
- Good Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint Skills
- Good Communication Skills (both oral and written)
- Willingness to flex work timings to suit the needs of the job
- Analytical and problem-solving skills
- Learning agility and open to change
- Collaborative and team player

Primary Work Location

IND Gurgaon - We Work

Additional Locations

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