Supply Planner II

About the role

At Thermo Fisher Scientific, you'll be part of a collaborative team supporting supply chain operations for our scientific products and services. As a Supply Chain Specialist II, you'll manage procurement, planning, and logistics activities to ensure timely delivery of products that help make the world healthier, cleaner, and safer. This role combines analytical thinking with practical implementation to optimize inventory levels, coordinate with stakeholders, and support continuous improvement in our supply chain processes. You'll work with cross-functional teams including manufacturing, quality, finance, and commercial operations to deliver outstanding customer service while maintaining efficient operations.

Responsibilities

• Own the distribution requirements planning process for assigned product lines to ensure inventory is positioned appropriately across plants, distribution centers, and regional stocking locations.
• Translate approved demand plans into replenishment and distribution requirements that support customer service, inventory targets, and supply chain constraints.
• Monitor finished goods inventory levels against forecast, actual sales, customer demand, and replenishment plans.
• Review and adjust replenishment and distribution plans to reduce stock-out risk, excess inventory, obsolete inventory, and working capital exposure.
• Identify supply, replenishment, and distribution gaps; escalate risks when demand cannot be met and recommend alternatives to satisfy customer requirements.
• Partner with Manufacturing, Supply Planning, Logistics, Customer Service, and regional teams to support timely deliveries and backorder reduction.
• Maintain and review planning parameters, including lead times, safety stock, min/max levels, lot sizes, and inventory targets.
• Lead problem resolution activities related to availability, replenishment constraints, distribution issues, and customer delivery risks.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory, quality, health & safety, and internal process requirements.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives to enhance planning processes and operational performance.
• Maintain high standards of data accuracy within ERP systems.

Requirements

• Experience in demand planning, DRP, supply planning, inventory management, materials planning, or supply chain operations.
• Experience