Demand & Supply Planner

**About us**

**Since 1992, Device Technologies has been dedicated to improving patients’ lives through leading edge technology and services, **supplying hospitals and healthcare professionals with high-calibre medical solutions from around the world. Over 30 years, Device Technologies has developed a reputation for the quality, dedicated service and ongoing support provided by our people. With HQ in Sydney, the company continues to grow, representing over 200 trusted brands, and employing over 1000 highly skilled staff located across Australia, New Zealand and Asia.

Geared towards optimal performance, our culture is built on empowering our people to achieve their goals, aligning with wider business objectives. We focus on productivity, continuous improvement, career development and leadership nurturing to foster a superior workforce.

**The opportunity**

As a Demand & Supply Planner, you will play a crucial role in optimizing our supply chain operations by forecasting demand, managing inventory levels, and ensuring timely delivery of products to our customers.

Key Responsibilities:

- Create a demand forecast based on historical sales data, trends, and sales assumptions.
- Analyze performance metrics to measure demand forecast accuracy and bias and inventory target/ turns.
- Manage New Product Introductions and product discontinuance.
- Create and maintain inventory targets, ensuring optimal stock levels to meet customer needs, reduce SLOB and minimize stock-outs.
- Lead demand consensus review with cross-functional teams to gather information, align objectives, and identify opportunities to improve demand plan

**About you...**

At Device Technologies, we succeed through our commitment to four key values:
**Delivering Innovation** - We encourage and reward fresh ideas and are committed to supporting our people to make change.

**Seeking Collaboration** - We support each other in our combined mission to help others achieve their goals.

**Taking Ownership** - We believe in equipping our people to take responsibility and accountability in their roles and trust them to get the job done.

**Practising Good Business** - Our success is built on a mix of intuition and experience and we foster an environment where all voices are heard and nobody is afraid to make mistakes.

**Experience required**:

- Degree or TAFE Qualified in business, data science, supply chain or other relevant fields.
- 4+ years’ experience in a demand planning/ forecasting role
- Minimum 2 years’ experience in Supply/ Inventory role
- Solid understanding of inventory management practices and procedures
- Strong analytical skills and ability to interpret data
- Adaptable and ability to multitask in a busy environment.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Experience in using SAP IBP forecasting software and S4 Hana an advantage.

**Interested?**

At Device Technologies we are motivated by the opportunity our equipment provides to change people’s lives. We have a clear vision to ensure all our people feel valued and respected, can be themselves and can flourish as contributors to the success of our business.

Our promise is all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to diversity of race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity, disability, age and all the other wonderful characteristics that make us different.
- It is also a mandatory requirement for certain roles within our organisation, where the successful applicant may be required to present certifications and/or vaccinations status as per role requirements. Evidence of certificates or vaccination status will be requested during the interview process by management to qualify fit for role and prior to any offer._