Head of IBP and Planning

Zaventem, Vlaams Brabant, Belgium

Here at Hologic it is our purpose to enable healthier lives everywhere, every day.

We are driven by our passion to become the global champion for women’s health.

We achieve this by fulfilling our promise to bring The Science of Sure to life.

We are looking for a skilled and experienced Head of IBP and Planning, EMEA to join our Supply Chain organisation in Zaventem, Belgium.

The Head of IBP and Planning EMEA will develop and execute a best-in-class end to end IBP process in EMEA region that improves business, operational efficiencies, business expansion, optimise inventory performance, while improving OTIF and reducing slow moving and obsoletes. You will be responsible for managing the monthly IBP governance in EMEA with direct responsibility for also developing IBP meetings with the Executive leadership on monthly basis.

As a leader within our Hologic International Supply Chain, you will manage the EMEA Planning team with clear focus on creating customer delight and efficiencies, throughout driving planning automation, as well as IBP consistent improvements.

What to expect

• Develop and facilitate the execution of the monthly IBP/ S&OP across the EMEA organization.

• Lead monthly meetings and governance; tracking progress to plan and identify corrective actions, while collaborating with key stakeholders.

• Design and implement new planning processes, driving inventory optimization.

• Document and communicate key actions and decisions to drive organizational alignment around the optimized plan within Divisions / Manufacturing plants / Supply Chain / Commercial and Finance organizations.

• Establish appropriate KPIs to measure the effectiveness of Planning and IBP/S&OP process.

• Develop and align monthly demand plan for the Divisions and manage Divisional challenges through stakeholder engagement.

• Identify and highlight opportunities and risks in business and operations plans and work with commercial/ operations teams to mitigate the same.

• Support demand and supply planning measures and controls with a closed loop root cause and corrective action process to improve forecast accuracy and right inventory levels.

• Support and identify supply and demand issues (and gaps to plan), identify scenarios to mitigate, and prepare recommendations for Global leadership review.

• Develop and lead the allocation process of constrained products and executes the strategy through Divisional and local partners.

• Integrate key processes including but not limited to customer forecasts, statistical forecast models, installed based service models, market intelligence, inventory plans, product life cycle.

• Coach your direct reports. Ensures that their performance plans meet organizational objectives. Develop a succession plan. Establishes performance expectations, skill, and competency development plans for their team.

• Cycle plans, operational capabilities, and external supply chain partners to generate an optimized global plan.

• Achieve NPI’s including process, application support tools, policies, and control mechanisms.

• Establishes the mechanism to track overall IBP/S&OP process maturity and lead key process improvement initiatives.

• Leads enhancements and automation in Oracle and Rapid Response (Kinaxis) supported by IT applications

What We Expect:

Alongside your degree in supply chain management (or a related discipline), and your proven experience in IBP/S&OP and Planning, we are looking for the following competencies:

• Team-Work – Ability to work in cross-functional teams and to establish strong ties with the regional development teams.

• Adaptability – Respond to changing needs of the business. Champion innovation for improvement and growth.

• Problem Solving – Identify and work with others to permanently resolve it.

• Influence – Encourage others to adopt an action by using data, facts, logic, and credibility.

• Communication - Speaks, writes, listens, and presents information in a logical and articulate manner appropriate for the audience.

• Project Management - Plan and schedule work according to changing priorities. Design and maintains effective systems and processes for managing work.

• Negotiations Skills – Ability to persuade, influence, and challenge positively.

• Analytical Skills – Manage and analyse complex data, converting the same into executable plans.

What We Offer:

• A dynamic work environment where your ideas lead to tangible impacts.

• Competitive salary and benefits package, including health insurance.

• Opportunities for professional growth and development within a global company.

• A supportive, diverse, and inclusive culture focused on innovation and teamwork.

Ready to join a company where your work will help shape the future of women’s health? Apply now.

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