Demand Planner

at  Medtronic

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Join a global industry leader in innovative medical technology and grow your career! As a Demand Planner for Medtronic’s Australia & New Zealand (ANZ) business, you will play a critical role in the development and execution of demand forecasting process to meet customer requirements.

• In conjunction with the Sales, Marketing and Global Planning teams review demand trends, understand demand drivers, seasonality, provide input into forecast models, and evaluate forecast results.
• Challenge Market Intelligence assumptions, provide data driven Insights to increase Forecast Value Add, Forecast Accuracy and Bias.
• Develop and coordinate phase in and phase out (PIPO) plans in collaboration with Marketing and commercial partners to mititage excess and obsolescence risk.
• Facilitate monthly Tactical and Regional Demand Planning Reviews as critical step in the Integrated Business Planning (IBP) cycle to generate a consensus demand plan.
• Maintain Master Data Maintenance in Blue Yonder (BY) including Segmentation.
• Partner cross functionally to analyse demand planning and inventory management processes in order to identify potential improvements
• Communicate and collaborate colosely with Global teams to ensure ANZ’s requirements are clearly understood & met, to ensure smooth, timely supply of product.
• Driving process excellence including championing the IBP process, continuous improvement and best practice.