Senior Demand Analyst

What you will do-

• Create and maintain high quality demand forecasts and demand forecast analytics (must assemble and analyze all data pertinent to creating/maintaining the demand forecast, including historical order bookings/shipments, item master data, market and macro-economic trends, seasonality, promotions, and product life-cycle management)
• Serve as the primary demand planning contact for Marketing, Sales, and Finance business partners, IBP Franchise Manager, and Global Operations Master Scheduler(s)
• Facilitate or lead the demand planning process, coordinating/consolidating plans with other Demand Planners, to ensure the process is effective and runs efficiently and in alignment with global guidance
• Act as a liaison to cross-functional senior management to provide education around the demand plan and its implications and risks and provide detailed documentation of key assumptions as part of each monthly review cycle
• Partner with the global IBP team to ensure demand plans are communicated effectively across the supply function
• Successfully partner with cross-functional teams in the monthly demand planning working sessions and Executive Demand Reviews
• Ensure the demand plan is collected and approved by the required business and financial leaders as defined in the process flow per the required monthly cadence
• Represent the demand planning process within Stryker’s Integrated Business Planning (IBP) process, demonstrating thought leadership, creativity in solving problems, and the ability to appropriately communicate and escalate issues as needed
• Support execution of the product life-cycle management process for all new product launches and product exits as it relates to the demand planning function.  Monitor SKU levels and recommend rationalization initiatives for future consideration to Divisional/Global Operations leadership and make recommendations for targets based on changes in demand and market trends
• Partner with the planning analyst(s)/forecast modelers to create reporting of analytics to support the business needs for better information in decision-making
• Understand the corporate/departmental objectives for demand planning and ensure adherence to established standard business and system processes
• Drive continuous improvement in the development, modification and adjustment of procedures, policies, processes and technologies within the demand planning organization
• Improve the demand forecast quality by effectively analyzing sources of forecast metrics and recommending appropriate action plans, collaborating with the central forecasting team
• Support training and education sessions as needed both within the demand planning team and across the organization as warranted
• Maintain awareness of industry best practices and the ability to advocate for and translate those into forecasting practices where appropriate