Global Planning Director (100%)

About the role

STAAR Surgical is recruiting a Global Planning Director (100%) to support its growth and expansion. The role covers the global S&OP process, demand and supply planning, capacity planning, inventory optimisation and supplier planning, and includes leading and developing the planning team.

Key responsibilities

• Develop and deploy a global S&OP process and drive the demand planning process, reviewing and adjusting forecast demand and adding events as appropriate.
• Run simulations of forecasted demand against supply resources to create a time-phased inventory plan by item, and accurately project and correct supply shortfalls and surpluses daily, weekly or monthly.
• Generate, maintain and manage a rough-cut capacity plan (RCCP), a master production schedule (MPS) and a materials requirement plan (MRP) based on demand forecasts from the business groups.
• Resolve capacity constraints with the manufacturing leads at the internal sites Nidau and Monrovia and with external suppliers, ensuring reliable material supply.
• Ensure the MPS and detailed scheduling deliver the right inventory levels and mix to meet customer service targets and inventory policies, and monitor scheduled execution across the network.
• Optimise inventory through the end-to-end planning process, develop and deploy inventory policies and standards, and oversee supplier planning and replenishment of accessory-related RM and FG units.
• Maintain planning-related master data and improve, rationalise and standardise the planning process globally.
• Recruit, develop, organise and train departmental personnel, ensuring compliance with cGMP regulations, local, state and national laws and company policies.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent as a minimum.
• Several years of leadership experience in supply chain or planning roles, with proven results improving key metrics such as service through product availability and inventory optimisation.
• Pragmatic, team leadership, analytical thinking, decisiveness, organisational sensitivity, initiative and resilience.
• Ability to collaborate across SC functions and other business functions to lead an integrated S&OP/business planning process.
• Excellent English communication; German or French is a plus.

Required skills

• Supply chain planning design, deployment and modelling.
• Experience deploying Oracle or SAP/APO, or other ERP solutions, with advanced planning solutions.
• Planning process redesign and deployment.

What we offer

• 40 working hours per week and modern working spaces.
• At least 25 days of vacation and a modern cafeteria.
• Monthly contribution to health insurance costs and training and development plans.
• Free parking and good public transport connections.
• Regular social company events such as summer and winter parties.