Supply Chain Planner

Vantive is a vital organ therapy company on a mission to extend lives and expand possibilities for patients and care teams everywhere. For 70 years, our team has driven meaningful innovations in kidney care. As we build on our legacy, we are deepening our commitment to elevating the dialysis experience through digital solutions and advanced services, while looking beyond kidney care and investing in transforming vital organ therapies.

Greater flexibility and efficiency in therapy administration for care teams, and longer, fuller lives for patients— that is what Vantive aspires to deliver. We believe Vantive will not only build our leadership in the kidney care space, it will also offer meaningful work to those who join us. At Vantive, you will become part of a community of people who are focused, courageous and don’t settle for the mediocre.

Each of us is driven to help improve patients’ lives worldwide. Join us in advancing our mission to extend lives and expand possibilities. The US PD Market Planner (MP) manages inventory at country level.

MPs critically examine and mitigate supply exceptions and lead communications between the commercial team, customer support, Quality, Regulatory Affairs, Network Planners, Demand Planners, and fulfillment teams regarding gaps between inventory and customer demand. MPs work with Supply (Network) Planners to mitigate short and medium-term supply and inventory issues and determine strategy for communicating gaps between inventory and customer demand to commercial team. The MP will align with fulfillment and demand planning to ensure a balanced network within country nodes, along with driving process optimization and continuous improvement ideas and projects.

The role encompasses a high level of risk management and order leadership accountabilities. This Market Planner will be responsible for US Renal Acute and Chronic inventory. essential role and responsibilities Own the inventory plan execution for the market. Drive for inventory optimization opportunity analysis and deployment.

Analyze and report inventory variance being the accountable owner. Own the communication strategy through the S&OE process supporting the commercial team for supply issues. Including leading commercial meetings to review pipelines to manage country fulfillment and manage back-order risks with Supply (Network) Planner and communicate to commercial teams Provide country or market-level feedback to Network Planner such as a change in any required parameter changes for cluster/country (e.g. lead time (F), safety stock (MP), freq. (F).

Communicate with Supply (Network) Planner’s and commercial and other stakeholders any mid-cycle MPS adjustments, DRP parameters and proactively resolve supply issues. Co-lead with Demand Planners to drive consensus discussions with Commercial team and Finance in country level S&OP Understand, resolve, communicate, escalate low cover products, and proactively compile escalations and tracking for regional review. Order management includes monitoring inbound POs, and work with Supply (Network) Planner, global logistics and transportation, shipping site, global carriers and foreign trade to find resolution to short term supply issues.

Monitor customer limits and rebalance product allocation, when needed in cooperation with marketing partners. Responsible for independently managing new product launches and product phase outs within the market or cluster in alignment with commercial. Update of JDE sourcing to direct DP forecast to the correct BP (site) subject to geographies and local processes/ownership.

Build and maintain reports for commercial team including transfer orders and customer-specific reports. (US), the Market Planner role will be limited to imported products. Provide proposals for supply issue resolution and make recommendations for stakeholders approval. Complete monthly reserve proposal, identify and communicate opportunities for discard avoidance and they own to follow through the opportunities to ensure they are executed .

We understand compensation is an important factor as you consider the next step in your career. At Vantive, we are committed to equitable pay for all employees, and we strive to be more transparent with our pay practices. The estimated base salary for this position is $80,000 - $120,000 annually.

The estimated range is meant to reflect an anticipated salary range for the position. We may pay more or less than of the anticipated range based upon market data and other factors, all of which are subject to change. Individual pay is based upon location, skills and expertise, experience, and other relevant factors.

For questions about this, our pay philosophy, and available benefits, please speak to the recruiter if you decide to apply and are selected for an interview. US Benefits at Vantive This is where your well-being matters. Vantive offers comprehensive compensation and benefits packages for eligible roles.

Our health and well-being benefits include medical, dental and vision coverage that start on day one, as well as insurance coverage for basic life, accident, short-term and long-term disability, and business travel accident insurance. Financial and retirement benefits include the Aon Pooled Employer Plan (“Aon PEP”), Vantive’s 401(k) retirement savings plan, to help you prepare for your future. The Aon PEP is designed to help improve retirement outcomes by providing retirement resources more efficiently.

The plan offers a robust set of investment options, financial education, and a suite of resources to support your retirement goals. We also offer Flexible Spending Accounts, educational assistance programs, and time-off benefits such as paid holidays, paid time off ranging from 20 to 35 days based on length of service, family and medical leaves of absence, and paid parental leave. Additional benefits include commuting benefits, the Employee Discount Program, the Employee Assistance Program (EAP), and childcare benefits.

Join us and enjoy the competitive compensation and benefits we offer to our employees. For additional information regarding Vantive’s US Benefits, please speak with your recruiter or visit our Benefits site: Benefits | Vantive Equal Employment Opportunity Vantive is an equal opportunity employer. Vantive evaluates qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, disability/handicap status or any other legally protected characteristic.

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