BRING MORE TO LIFE.

Are you ready to accelerate your potential and make a real difference within life sciences, diagnostics and biotechnology?
At Cepheid, one of Danaher’s 15+ operating companies, our work saves lives—and we’re all united by a shared commitment to innovate for tangible impact.
You’ll thrive in a culture of belonging where you and your unique viewpoint matter. And by harnessing Danaher’s system of continuous improvement, you help turn ideas into impact – innovating at the speed of life.
At Cepheid, we are passionate about improving health care through fast, accurate, molecular diagnostic systems and tests. As a member of our team, you’ll get to make an immediate, measurable impact on a global scale, within an environment that fosters career growth and development. Our mission drives us to develop groundbreaking solutions for the world’s most complex health challenges. Together, we bring MORE change to the world.
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The Staff S&OP Franchise / Program Manager is responsible for the overall health of a franchise. This includes managing supply / demand balance and inventory targets accounting for S/D accuracy and variability through the monthly global S&OP (PSI) cycle; supporting sales growth, improving production / logistics cost, and managing working capital (inventory) and E&O risk. In addition, the product lifecycle transition planning with core teams, marketing, / core teams (NPI & EOL).
This position reports to the Director, Global Assay Planning and S&OP and is part of the Global Demand and Supply Planning team located in Sunnyvale (or Lodi) and will be an on-site role.

THE ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS OF THE JOB INCLUDE:

• Bachelor’s degree in science or engineering or related field. MBA preferred.
• Extensive experience in Supply Chain or related fields.
• Expert / Advanced Excel knowledge.
• Proven experience working on projects at both tactical (detailed) and strategic levels
• Experience and skill in presentation, explaining complex information/data in simple terms

IT WOULD BE A PLUS IF YOU ALSO POSSESS PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE IN:

• Understanding of database, SQL & PBI preferred
• Experience with APS, ERP (SAP) and MES
• Lean certification or experience of daily management, standard work, kaizens, value stream, and Heijunka, preferred
  The annual salary range for this role is $130,000.00 - $180,000. This is the range that we in good faith believe is the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting. This range may be modified in the future.
  This job is also eligible for bonus/incentive pay.
  We offer comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.
  Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company’s sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole discretion, consistent with the law.
  Join our winning team today. Together, we’ll accelerate the real-life impact of tomorrow’s science and technology. We partner with customers across the globe to help them solve their most complex challenges, architecting solutions that bring the power of science to life.
  For more information, visit www.danaher.com.

• As part of the S&OP process, consolidate global demand from regional demand planning teams and understand any significate changes to previous cycle to ensure supply meets demand and inventory levels.
• Rationalize global inventory target and ensure alignment with global inventory mgmt.
• Responsible for setting and maintaining system parameters (if applicable)
• Point of contact / escalation on health of the franchise within SC and Product Mgmt
• Act as a program manager for the portfolio when needed. (e.g. managing global allocation, slot planning meetings, Daily mgmt. for specific deals, etc.)