Senior Manager, End-to-End Planning, Spine-Orthopaedics

Role Overview

• Lead the Spine end-to-end planning strategy and operating cadence across demand, supply, inventory, service, capacity, and supply risk.
• Govern planning methods, parameters, segmentation, tolerances, alerts, escalation thresholds, and critical decision processes across the global planning network.
• Drive inventory strategy, replenishment approach, decoupling points, safety stock, lead times, make frequencies, minimum order quantities, and other planning assumptions in partnership with site and regional teams.
• Lead exception-based and scenario-based planning to resolve demand, supply, inventory, and capacity imbalances while balancing customer service, cost, risk, and inventory exposure.
• Represent Global Planning in S&OP/IBP forums and frame risks, opportunities, assumptions, trade-offs, and recommendations for senior leadership decision-making.
• Lead supply risk management, smart alert review, service impact assessment, mitigation planning, and escalation of business-critical issues across the global network.
• Drive planning readiness for new product introductions, lifecycle changes, regional launches, regulatory transitions, and supply network changes.
• Own planning performance management across OTIF, CBO, plan attainment, forecast accuracy, inventory days of supply, SLOB, backorder reduction, and supply commit adherence.
• Lead, coach, and develop End-to-End Planning Managers and/or Analysts while building an inclusive, high-performing team with clear goals, accountability, and development plans.

Requirements

• A minimum of ten (10) years of progressive supply chain planning, operations, or related business experience is required.
• A minimum of three (3) years of people leadership, matrix leadership, or equivalent leadership experience is required.
• Demonstrated experience leading demand planning, supply planning, inventory management, S&OP/IBP, scenario planning, and cross-functional business trade-off decisions is required.
• Experience working across organizational boundaries in a global, matrixed environment is required.
• Advanced knowledge of ERP and advanced planning systems, including SAP, APO, OMP, or equivalent planning platforms, is required.
• Strong scenario planning, analytical, digital, and visualization capability, including Power BI, Tableau, Alteryx, or equivalent tools, is required.
• Proven business acumen across end-to-end supply chain, commercial priorities, financial trade-offs, inventory strategy, and executive-level communication is required.
• Experience supporting medical device, regulated manufacturing, healthcare, life sciences, or other complex global supply chain environments is preferred.
• Experience leading planning transformation, digital planning adoption, process standardization, or advanced planning system implementation is preferred.
• Experience with new product introduction planning, lifecycle management, portfolio transitions, regulatory transitions, or supply network changes is preferred.
• Supply chain certifications such as APICS CPIM, CSCP, Lean Six Sigma, or equivalent credentials are preferred.
• English proficiency is required; additional language capabilities may be beneficial based on global stakeholder support needs.

Tech Stack

• ERP
• Tableau

Benefits

• Health insurance
• 401(k) matching
• Vacation – 120 hours per calendar year
• Sick time
• 40 hours per calendar year; for employees who reside in the State of Colorado – 48 hours per calendar year; for employees who reside in the State of Washington – 56 hours per calendar year
• Holiday pay, including Floating Holidays – 13 days per calendar year
• Work, Personal and Family Time
• up to 40 hours per calendar year
• Parental Leave – 480 hours within one year of the birth/adoption/foster care of a child
• Bereavement Leave – 240 hours for an immediate family member: 40 hours for an extended family member per calendar year
• Caregiver Leave – 80 hours in a 52-week rolling period
• Volunteer Leave – 32 hours per calendar year
• Military Spouse Time-Off – 80 hours per calendar year