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For over 140 years, Owens & Minor has delivered comfort and confidence behind the scenes, so healthcare stays at the forefront, helping to make each day better for the hospitals, healthcare partners, and communities we serve. Powered by more than 14,000 teammates worldwide, Owens & Minor exists because every day, everywhere, Life Takes Care™.\nGlobal Reach with a Local Touch\n140+ years serving healthcare\n\nOver 14,000 teammates worldwide\n\nServing healthcare partners in 80 countries\n\nManufacturing facilities in the U.S., Honduras, Mexico, Thailand and Ireland\n\n40+ distribution centers\n\nPortfolio of 300 propriety and branded product offerings\n\n1,000 branded medical product suppliers\n\n4,000 healthcare partners served\n\nBenefits\nComprehensive Healthcare Plan - Medical, dental, and vision plans start on day one of employment for full-time teammates.\n\nEducational Assistance - We offer educational assistance to all eligible teammates enrolled in an approved, accredited collegiate program.\n\nEmployer-Paid Life Insurance and Disability - We offer employer-paid life insurance and disability coverage.\n\nVoluntary Supplemental Programs - We offer additional options to secure your financial future including supplemental life, hospitalization, critical illness, and other insurance programs.\n\nSupport for your Growing Family - Adoption assistance, fertility benefits (in medical plan) and parental leave are available for teammates planning for a family.\n\nHealth Savings Account (HSA) and 401(k) - We offer these voluntary financial programs to help teammates prepare for their future, as well as other voluntary benefits.\n\nPaid Leave - In addition to sick days and short-term leave, we offer holidays, vacation days, personal days, and additional types of leave - including parental leave.\n\nWell-Being - Also included in our offering is a Teammate Assistance Program (TAP), Calm Health, Cancer Resources Services, and discount programs - all at no cost to you.\n\nCompensation:\nThe anticipated salary range for this position is $80,000-$100,000 annually. Actual compensation may vary based on job-related factors including experience, skills, education, and location.\nJob Description: Executes the Owens & Minor Product & Healthcare Services (P&HS) Demand Planning processes and Customer Collaboration. Works closely with cross-functional teams, including sales, finance, operations, supply chain, procurement, and marketing to generate demand plans with high forecast accuracy and low bias. Responsible for generating statistical baseline and connecting the commercial and financial forecasts to the Demand Plan, Marketing and Sales. Individual Contributor that assists with driving business decisions including informing forecasting, assumptions, risks and opportunities and New Product Launches. This role is instrumental in improving forecast accuracy to enhance customer satisfaction and improve cash flow by minimizing the creation of inventory excess. This position will interact with external customers to build collaboration to create aligned demand plans.\nCore Responsibilities:\nDevelop and maintain demand planning models and tools to improve forecast accuracy and reliability North America.\nSupport Planning System Master Data maintenance. (Parameter tuning, Planning Object creation, Demand forecasting Unit Creation).\nMonitor, audit automated Market Insight (Add to Stock Process) to properly capture Sales and marketing Opportunities.\nUtilize historical sales data, market trends, and other relevant information to forecast customer demand for products.\nCollaborate with sales, marketing, and operations teams to gather insights and align on demand forecasts.\nSupport New Customer Onboarding Process and Customer Exists.\nDevelop and maintain demand planning models and tools to improve forecast accuracy and reliability.\nMonitor and analyze key performance indicators (KPIs) such as forecast Accuracy, WMAPE, MAPE, Forecast Bias, Forecast Value Add for improvement.\nLeads and supports sustainable process improvement by diagnosing complex business problems and providing recommended plans to deliver process improvements through the implementation of Lean Six Sigma Principles.\nProactively identify potential risks and opportunities in the demand planning process and develop strategies to mitigate risks and capitalize on opportunities.\nContinuously evaluate and improve demand planning processes and methodologies to enhance efficiency and effectiveness.\nSupport Next Gen Digital Supply chain projects with user Acceptance Testing and providing Business requirements.\nQualifying Experience:\nBachelor’s degree in engineering, Industrial Engineering, Business, Supply Chain Management, Operations Management, Supply Chain Analytics, or related field. Master’s degree is a plus\n7 or more years in Demand Planning. Medical Products is a plus.\nBeing able to lead, sell, influence, and get support and adherence to the process. Creating a muti-functional environment to create one demand plan for the company/business.\nExperience and ability to communicate clear messages to different levels in the organization, through strong presentation skills, including verbal, written and electronic presentations.\nDemonstrated experience collaborating and working with external customers to align on demand plans, track performance and hold them accountable.\nExtensive experience in Demand Planning systems. SAP IBP preferred.\nStrong Analytical Skills, Statistical and Forecasting and being able to explain Assumptions, Variations, Gaps to Plan.\nAbility to Set Parameter and Stat Models at the appropriate Product/Customer Hierarchy levels using Next Generation Planning Tools.\nAbility to manipulate large datasets, perform complex calculations, and interpret numerical information to make informed decisions.\nAbility to work effectively with many and varied functions.\nAbility to identify emerging technologies and successfully apply them to critical business problems.\nSelf-starter, ability to work independently and in a team setting involving multiple departments, partners, and business processes\nIf you feel this opportunity could be the next step in your career, we encourage you to apply. This position will accept applications on an ongoing basis.\nOwens & Minor is an Equal Opportunity Employer. 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