Demand Planner role at Thermo Fisher Scientific focused on analyzing customer requirements and developing comprehensive demand plans. Collaborating with teams to ensure forecast accuracy and demand fulfillment.
About the role
- Supply Chain Planning Engineer at Caterpillar developing strategies to align supplier capacity with production demand and improve supply chain performance. Collaborating with Global Purchasing to ensure effective operations in a dynamic environment.
Responsibilities
- Lead the identification and delivery of integrated supply chain solutions and performance improvements, building strong internal and external partnerships to drive stability and growth.
- Strengthen demand–capacity alignment through effective collaboration with Category Purchasing, suppliers, and internal functions, ensuring best‑practice ways of working.
- Apply industry benchmarks and capacity scenario modelling to optimize supplier capability and inform strategic sourcing decisions.
- Analyze supply chain data to prioritize improvement opportunities, enhance inventory utilization, and build cost‑effective, resilient supply networks.
- Provide expert demand and capacity management support using NPE (Network Planning & Execution) Tool, Rough Cut Capacity Planning (RCCP), and capacity collaboration tools to stabilize supplier performance.
- Lead supplier performance routines including monthly reviews, structured problem solving, and Root Cause Corrective Action (RCCA) for capacity‑related challenges.
Requirements
- Degree Requirement: Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related fields.
- Business Process Improvement: Proven ability to identify inefficiencies and redesign processes to increase speed, stability, and transparency across the supply chain—essential for supporting growth and reducing operational risk.
- Analytical Thinking: Strong capability to interpret complex demand, capacity, and performance data to generate actionable insights, enabling the business to make confident, evidence‑based decisions.
- Problem Solving: Expertise in structured problem solving and RCCA to quickly diagnose root causes, implement corrective actions, and prevent future disruption—critical in a fast‑paced supply environment.
- Supply Chain Management – MFG: Deep understanding of supply chain and manufacturing principles (capacity planning, logistics, material flow, inventory, and supplier performance) to manage complexity and influence cross‑functional and supplier outcomes.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision benefits*
- Paid time off plan (Vacation, Holidays, Volunteer, etc.)*
- 401(k) savings plans*
- Health Savings Account (HSA)*
- Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)*
- Health Lifestyle Programs*
- Employee Assistance Program*
- Voluntary Benefits and Employee Discounts*
- Career Development*
- Incentive bonus*
- Disability benefits
- Life Insurance
- Parental leave
- Adoption benefits
- Tuition Reimbursement
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