Supply Chain Planning Expert

6 days ago


Wilmslow, Cheshire East, United Kingdom Waters Full time
About the Role

We are seeking a highly skilled Demand Planning Transformation Lead to join our Strategy & Operational Excellence team at Waters Corporation. As a key member of our team, you will be responsible for driving improvements to process and system improvements related to demand planning and forecasting.

Key Responsibilities
  • Lead the design and implementation of demand planning and forecasting processes, including pilots and roll-out to the entire Waters corporation.
  • Establish and lead a cross-functional team of subject-matter experts from business and technology backgrounds to drive process improvements.
  • Collaborate with functional leaders across functions and sites to develop a deep understanding of current processes and systems.
  • Identify best practices to be adopted into current business processes and create a prioritized roadmap of changes to be introduced.
  • Design and validate proposed changes, deploy new processes and functionality, and measure adoption and adherence.
  • Collaborate with stakeholders outside of Global Operations to ensure alignment with the overall enterprise.
  • Develop and attract best-in-class talent to support the team's goals and objectives.
Requirements
  • Solid, progressive experience in supply chain planning, finance, or operations, including working knowledge of demand planning or finance.
  • Experience building and managing cross-functional teams, with a proven track record of driving process improvements.
  • Process discovery, design, and implementation experience, with knowledge of SAP capabilities, specifically SAP ECC and APO DP.
  • Strong project management skills, with experience creating and executing multi-disciplinary projects.
  • Strong influencing skills, with the ability to work across organizational boundaries driving change and harmonization across a global organization.
  • Collaborative, with a strong ability to listen and assimilate other viewpoints to come up with a better solution.
  • Agile and responsive, with the ability to handle multiple priorities, act with urgency, and manage ambiguity.
  • Customer-centric, with a strong ability to understand customer requirements.
  • Results-oriented, with a proven track record of solving problems, breaking down barriers, and delivering results ahead of schedule.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to effectively communicate with stakeholders at all levels.
About Waters Corporation

Waters Corporation is a world-leading specialty measurement company that has pioneered chromatography, mass spectrometry, and thermal analysis innovations serving the life, materials, and food sciences for over 60 years. With a global team of approximately 8,000 employees, we operate directly in 35 countries, including 15 manufacturing facilities, with products available in more than 100 countries. Our team focuses on creating business advantages for laboratory-dependent organizations to enable significant advancement in healthcare delivery, environmental management, food safety, and water quality.

We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, gender identity, or protected Veteran status. Diversity and inclusion are fundamental to our core values at Waters Corporation, and we strive to actively implement programs and practices to drive inclusive behavior and increase diversity across the organization.



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