We are seeking a Demand Planner/Scheduler to join Q² Solutions, IQVIA’s laboratory business as a hybrid position, with an expected 2-3 days per week on-site in Marietta, GA.
We hire passionate innovators who drive healthcare forward through thoughtful and inclusive collaboration. If you want to discover a career with greater purpose, join us as we transform and accelerate research and development.
As a Demand Planner/Scheduler, you will analyze demand data, schedule deliveries for global company sites, and collaborate with key supply partners.
What You’ll Be Doing
- Develop replenishment order recommendations based on historical usage, forecasts, vendor lead times and safety stock settings. Schedules blanket and standing orders with vendors.
- Increase inventory turn rates annually while achieving greater than 95% product availability.
- Create schedules for supplier deliveries, intercompany shipments, and replenishment of third-party manufacturing partners.
- Monitor and refine min/max values by item in PeopleSoft based on factors such as risk, variability, lead time, and cost.
- Produce monthly metric reports to track supply availability, inventory holding value, inventory turns, and scrap cost.
- Meet periodically with key supply partners to collaborate on demand planning, process improvement, and issue escalation.
- Drive continuous improvement efforts and best practice process documentation. Assist in authoring new process maps and flows, and documenting process procedures with guidance from leadership.
- Work cross functionally with production, project management, lab and logistics to ensure continuity of supply for customers.
What We Are Looking For:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Supply Chain, Business, or related field paired with minimum 3-5 years relevant experience and/or equivalent combination of education, training and experience.
- Prior experience in demand planning, scheduling, inventory management, or production/manufacturing operations.
- Experience working in an ERP system such as PeopleSoft, SAP, Oracle, etc.
- Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with co-workers, managers and clients.
The Knowledge, Skills and Abilities needed for this role:
- Ability to think strategically and execute tactically, a persistent attention to detail, and a high level of proficiency in working with numbers.
- Strong oral and written communications skills.
- Strong organizational and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to effectively manage multiple tasks and projects.
What We Offer You:
We put our employees at the center of everything we do and are committed to providing them, and their families, with benefits that meet their diverse and changing needs. We invest in integrated benefits programs and resources to take care of our employees’ physical, mental, and emotional, financial, and social well-being so they can thrive at home and at work, at any stage of their well-being journey.
To learn more about our benefits, visit https://jobs.iqvia.com/benefits.
IQVIA is a leading global provider of advanced analytics, technology solutions and clinical research services to the life sciences industry. We believe in pushing the boundaries of human science and data science to make the biggest impact possible – to help our customers create a healthier world. Learn more at https://jobs.iqvia.com
We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all, including veterans and candidates with disabilities. https://jobs.iqvia.com/eoe
IQVIA’s ability to operate and provide certain services to customers and partners necessitates IQVIA and its employees meet specific requirements regarding COVID-19 vaccination status. https://jobs.iqvia.com/covid-19-vaccine-status
The potential base pay range for this role, when annualized, is $72,800.00 - $109,400.00. The actual base pay offered may vary based on a number of factors including job-related qualifications such as knowledge, skills, education, and experience; location; and/or schedule (full or part-time). Dependent on the position offered, incentive plans, bonuses, and/or other forms of compensation may be offered, in addition to a range of health and welfare and/or other benefits.
