Demand Planner II
Thermo Fisher Scientific

Work Schedule
Standard (Mon-Fri)

Environmental Conditions
Office

Job Description

Demand Planner II

As part of the Thermo Fisher Scientific team, you'll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life every single day to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our global teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while helping to take science a step beyond by developing solutions for some of the world's toughest challenges, like protecting the environment, making sure our food is safe or helping find cures for cancer.

Discover Impactful Work:

You will play a key role in delivering groundbreaking electron microscopes in the semiconductor industry for scientists and engineers around the world. You will work with a supportive team of colleagues to deliver planning strategies that will enable the factory to produce according to customer needs. You will collaborate with global teams from Thermo Fisher Scientific to ensure effective end-to-end supply chain planning and execution and a premier customer experience.

A day in the Life:

• Own and plan production work for assigned product lines.
  
• Meet with purchasing to discuss production plan changes and material availability issues.
  
• Participate in build plan meetings and some Sales & Operations Plans (S&OP) meetings.
  
• Consolidate customer forecasts into a single risk-assessed demand plan.
  
• Analyze data and generate metrics for the team that will be used to drive build plan and process improvements.
  
• Work with internal customers to improve forecast accuracy and alignment.
  
• Identify inventory risks and opportunities based on the consolidated demand plan.
  
• Make recommendations for inventory and stocking levels to improve material readiness.
  
• Serve as back up for other planners.
  

Keys to Success:

Education

• Associate degree with 4+ years related experience required
  
• Bachelors degree with 2+ years related experience
  
• APICS Certification and/or Six-sigma or lean experience is a plus.
  

Experience

• 2+ years proven experience in forecasting and demand planning with Bachelors Degree
  
• 4+ years proven experience in forecasting and demand planning with Associate Degree
  
• Microsoft Excel experience
  
• Business Intelligence (BI) and other analytical tool familiarity
  
• Ability to proactively communicate and coordinate the build plan with numerous internal team members.
  

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

• Knowledge of forecasting, inventory management, and production planning processes.
  
• Have a passion for process improvement and operational efficiency.
  
• Familiarity with ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) environments. (SAP, Oracle, QAD, etc.)
  
• A motivated individual with a keen attention to detail.
  

Benefits

• We offer competitive remuneration, annual incentive plan bonus, healthcare, and a range of employee benefits. Thermo Fisher Scientific offers employment with an innovative, forward-thinking organization, and outstanding career and development prospects. We offer an exciting company culture that stands for integrity, intensity, involvement, and innovation.

Compensation and Benefits
The salary range estimated for this position based in California is $64,800.00-$86,400.00.

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

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