About Convatec
Pioneering trusted medical solutions to improve the lives we touch: Convatec is a global medical products and technologies company, focused on solutions for the management of chronic conditions, with leading positions in Advanced Wound Care, Ostomy Care, Continence Care, and Infusion Care. With more than 10,000 colleagues, we provide our products and services in around 90 countries, united by a promise to be forever caring. Our solutions provide a range of benefits, from infection prevention and protection of at-risk skin, to improved patient outcomes and reduced care costs. Convatecâs revenues in 2024 were over $2 billion. The company is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index (LSE:CTEC). To learn more please visit http://www.convatecgroup.com
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Position Overview
Key Responsibilities:
1. Supply Planning:
Partner closely with the Integrated Planning & Analytics Lead, ensuring commercial signals are accurately translated into operational supply plans and enabling resilient, dataâdriven decisionâmaking across forecasting, capacity planning, and inventory optimization.
Manage supply for assigned B2B and B2C products, ensuring customer service objectives are met across all channels while maintaining inventory targets aligned to business priorities.
Provide supply and availability updates to interâcompany markets, Customer Service, and key B2B accounts, including information on backorders, lowâstock risks, tenders, new business opportunities, and new product launches. Ensure timely, transparent communication for both directâtoâcustomer (B2C) and strategic account (B2B) needs.
Support the S&OP process with Commercial, Finance and BU GSC teams, and lead S&OE routines with Production sites and Procurement.
Drive the Manufacturing Site S&OE process by developing scenarios, assessing risks and opportunities, and providing clear recommendations.
Align priorities with Commercial teams when supply is constrained relative to demand.
Communicate the priorities and allocations to the manufacturing sites.
Collaborate with manufacturing plants and DCs to resolve shipping discrepancies, invoicing errors, and damage claims; ensure master data accuracy to prevent future issues.
2. S&OE, S&OP, and MultiâSource Planning
Establish planning processes in a dual/tripleâsource environment (e.g., Denmark, Slovakia, Mexico).
Support the setup and integration of Convatec Ltd. Supply Planning activities within the IC Supply Chain.
Provide supply projections, scenarios, and insights into demand/supply balancing as part of the S&OP cycle.
3. New Product Development & Life Cycle Management
Support portfolio management, including coordination of new product launches and endâofâlife transitions.
Ensure system alignment during launches and discontinuations.
Reduce risk by communicating deviations from launch/discontinuation plans to Commercial teams.
Participate in NPD project teams (particularly with Advanced Operations) to represent planning requirements, forecast scenarios, and risk assessments.
4. KAM
Serve as the GQO Key Account Manager for a strategic customer, acting as the primary operational and supply interface between Global Quality & Operations (GQO) and the customer-facing organization.
Lead and run customerâfacing calls, ensuring consistent, transparent, and wellâstructured communication on supply status, risks, mitigations, recovery actions, and operational scenarios.
Provide proactive, insightâdriven updates on supply outlook, constraints, qualityârelated impacts, and mitigation plans to support both internal alignment and customer expectations.
Equip Commercial/KAM teams with clear, dataâbacked narratives for all customer engagements, ensuring they are prepared with accurate availability risks, recovery timelines, and strategic recommendations.
Translate operational and quality realities into customerâappropriate messaging, maintaining trust and protecting the strategic relationship during periods of volatility.
5. Other
Act as backup to other Business Unit Supply Planners during vacation, business travel or other times on an as needed basis
Skills & Experience:Â Â
Proven Background and experience in supply planning
Experience participating in production and market S&OE, S&OP forums
SAP and IBP modules experience highly preferred â transactions and reports
Global experience and in healthcare (Medical Device or Pharma) preferred
Experience in the S&OP/IBP process
Expertise in Microsoft Excel is essential
Critical thinking skills/process thinking orientation
Self-initiator
Strong analytical skills together with business acumen
Good communication and collaboration skills. Ability to partner with and influence others without direct authority, build consensus and look for collaboration with people from different departments and all levels
Highly organized and well prepared
Proactive attitude and approach to problem solving â âcan-doâ mind-set
Works independently on complex issues
Ability to work on tight deadlines and prioritize
Strong listening and influencing skills
Qualifications/Education
Bachelor's degree minimum. Preferably in supply chain, operations management or engineering or equivalent experience
APICS Certification highly preferred (current certification with CPIM or CSCP)
Travel Requirements
The position may involve travel up to 15% of the time.
International travel is possible. Most trips will include overnight travel.
Working Conditions
Hybrid working model.
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