Spirax-Sarco Engineering
Job Title: Demand and Supply Planner
Location:Wilmington, MA
Location Type: Hybrid
Website: https://www.wmfts.com/en/
Group: https://www.spiraxgroup.com/
When you join Watson-Marlow Fluid TechnologySolutions, a part of the Spirax Group, you will be integrated into acooperative and encouraging team, participate in challenging yet critical work,and experience ongoing growth opportunities to help you achieve your fullpotential. Visit our website to learn more.
This role will focus on: We are seeking a highly motivated and skilled Demandand Supply Planner to join our team. In this role, you will be responsible fordeveloping accurate demand forecasts, managing inventory levels, and aligningsupply plans to ensure product availability while minimizing costs. You willcollaborate closely with sales, procurement, production, and logistics teams tosupport business goals and customer satisfaction.
The ideal candidate will have a strong academicbackground in supply chain or operations planning. You will be responsible forbuilding the foundational system, aligning demand and supply, optimizinginventory levels, and driving operational efficiencies across all departments.This role requires strong leadership, cross-functional collaboration, and ahands-on approach to ensure we create a streamlined, effective, and sustainableprocess.
What you'll be doing Demand & Supply Planning: Collaborate with sales and production teams to create accurate demand forecasts. Maintain and update sales forecasts to ensure alignment with inventory levels, production schedules, and customer requirements. Use forecasting tools and data analysis to predict demand trends and adjust supply chain strategies accordingly. Participate in SIOP processes to support long-term planning. Inventory Management: Coordinate with Inventory Coordinator to manage inventory levels to ensure stock is available to meet customer demand while minimizing excess inventory. Work closely with procurement and production teams to ensure optimal stock levels based on demand projections. Track inventory movements, identify trends, and work alongside Inventory Coordinator to implement strategies to reduce slow-moving or obsolete stock. Support new product launches, promotions, and product phase-outs with integrated planning approaches. Collaboration & Communication:
Act as a liaison between sales, operations, supply chain, and finance teams to ensure alignment on priorities and resource allocation. Present monthly reports to leadership, outlining key metrics, demand/supply variances, and proposed action plans. Develop and maintain strong relationships with internal stakeholders to address any issues impacting effectiveness. Continuous Improvement:
Identify opportunities for process improvements within the planning process and implement best practices. Work with the team to refine forecasting methods, planning tools, and overall supply chain strategy. Ensure that processes are continually optimized to align with company goals and changing market conditions. What you'll need to be successful on this role
Preferred Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, Industrial Engineering, or a related field is preferred. Formal academic training in Demand Planning, or Supply Chain Management is desired (e.g., certifications such as CPIM or CSCP). Master's degree or additional professional certifications are a plus. 5+ years of experience in supply chain, demand planning, or operations planning roles. Proven track record of setting up Demand Planning processes, from the ground up, including designing forecasting systems, inventory management frameworks, and supply-demand alignment processes. Physical Demands
• Mobility: Must be able to sit at a desk for extended periods (at least 50% of the time), with occasional need to stand or move around to maintain health and well-being; and occasionally lift or carry office supplies and equipment up to 10 pounds. Ability to regularly operate a computer keyboard and mouse. • Vision and Hearing: Ability to use a computer and read documents at close range (within a few feet of the observer or screen). • Communication: Effective communication skills to interact with colleagues and clients either in-person, phone, or video conferencing tools (ie: Teams or Zoom). • Work Environment (office): Typical office setting with moderate noise levels and standard office equipment.
Reasonable accommodations will be provided to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential job functions.
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
At Watson-Marlow, we believe in taking care of our colleagues. We offer a generous benefits package, including:
Robust Retirement Plan:
Benefit from a guaranteed 5% employer contribution to your 401K, plus an additional 3% employer match, empowering your financial security. Comprehensive and Supportive Parental Leave:
Experience our inclusive, gender-neutral parental leave policy, offering 16 weeks at 100% pay. Upon your return, enjoy a gradual transition with a unique 80% work schedule while still receiving 100% of your pay for the first 6 months, ensuring a balanced reintegration into the workplace. Generous Time Off:
Enjoy ample time off to recharge and attend to life's circumstances with generous vacation and well-being days, 9 observed holidays, 15 caregiver days, and 80 hours of annual sick leave. Community Engagement Opportunities:
Make a difference with 3 paid volunteer days each year, encouraging you to give back to the community and causes you care about. And Many More Benefits:
Discover a wide range of additional perks and benefits designed to support your well-being and professional growth. We invite you to explore all the ways we strive to create a fulfilling and rewarding work environment.
Everyone is Included at Spirax Group We are passionate about creating inclusive and equitable working cultures where everyone can be themselves and achieve their full potential. For us, that means supportive teams and strong relationships where everyone's contribution is valued across social and cultural backgrounds, ethnicities, ages, genders, gender identities, abilities, neurodiversity, sexual orientation, religious beliefs, and everything else that makes us human and unique.
We know that everyone needs some extra help from time to time, so we have introduced a range of additional benefits through our Group Inclusion Commitments. Learn more at Our Inclusion Commitments.
CompanyOverview
At Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Solutions, we are driven by innovationand are dedicated to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone isempowered to make a difference. As a world leader in manufacturing peristalticpumps and associated fluid path technologies for the life sciences and processindustries, we offer a wide range of products, including tubing, specialisedfilling systems and products for single-use applications.
Watson-Marlow is part of Spirax Group, aFTSE100 and FTSE4Good multi-national industrial engineering Group withexpertise in the control and management of steam, electric thermal solutions,peristaltic pumping and associated fluid technologies.
Our purpose is to createsustainable value for all our stakeholders as we engineer a more efficient,safer and sustainable world. Our technologies play an essential role incritical industrial processes and industrial equipment across industries asdiverse as Food & Beverage, Pharmaceutical & Biotechnology, PowerGeneration, Semiconductors and Healthcare. With customers in 165 countries, weprovide the solutions that sit behind the production of many items used indaily life, from baked beans to mobile phones!
Our inclusive culture and values, unites us, guides our decisions and inspires us everywhere that weoperate. We support our colleagues to make their difference for each other aswell as customers, communities, suppliers, our planet and shareholders bycreating a truly equitable working environment where everyone feels included.
Location:Wilmington, MA
Location Type: Hybrid
Website: https://www.wmfts.com/en/
Group: https://www.spiraxgroup.com/
When you join Watson-Marlow Fluid TechnologySolutions, a part of the Spirax Group, you will be integrated into acooperative and encouraging team, participate in challenging yet critical work,and experience ongoing growth opportunities to help you achieve your fullpotential. Visit our website to learn more.
This role will focus on: We are seeking a highly motivated and skilled Demandand Supply Planner to join our team. In this role, you will be responsible fordeveloping accurate demand forecasts, managing inventory levels, and aligningsupply plans to ensure product availability while minimizing costs. You willcollaborate closely with sales, procurement, production, and logistics teams tosupport business goals and customer satisfaction.
The ideal candidate will have a strong academicbackground in supply chain or operations planning. You will be responsible forbuilding the foundational system, aligning demand and supply, optimizinginventory levels, and driving operational efficiencies across all departments.This role requires strong leadership, cross-functional collaboration, and ahands-on approach to ensure we create a streamlined, effective, and sustainableprocess.
What you'll be doing Demand & Supply Planning: Collaborate with sales and production teams to create accurate demand forecasts. Maintain and update sales forecasts to ensure alignment with inventory levels, production schedules, and customer requirements. Use forecasting tools and data analysis to predict demand trends and adjust supply chain strategies accordingly. Participate in SIOP processes to support long-term planning. Inventory Management: Coordinate with Inventory Coordinator to manage inventory levels to ensure stock is available to meet customer demand while minimizing excess inventory. Work closely with procurement and production teams to ensure optimal stock levels based on demand projections. Track inventory movements, identify trends, and work alongside Inventory Coordinator to implement strategies to reduce slow-moving or obsolete stock. Support new product launches, promotions, and product phase-outs with integrated planning approaches. Collaboration & Communication:
Act as a liaison between sales, operations, supply chain, and finance teams to ensure alignment on priorities and resource allocation. Present monthly reports to leadership, outlining key metrics, demand/supply variances, and proposed action plans. Develop and maintain strong relationships with internal stakeholders to address any issues impacting effectiveness. Continuous Improvement:
Identify opportunities for process improvements within the planning process and implement best practices. Work with the team to refine forecasting methods, planning tools, and overall supply chain strategy. Ensure that processes are continually optimized to align with company goals and changing market conditions. What you'll need to be successful on this role
Preferred Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, Industrial Engineering, or a related field is preferred. Formal academic training in Demand Planning, or Supply Chain Management is desired (e.g., certifications such as CPIM or CSCP). Master's degree or additional professional certifications are a plus. 5+ years of experience in supply chain, demand planning, or operations planning roles. Proven track record of setting up Demand Planning processes, from the ground up, including designing forecasting systems, inventory management frameworks, and supply-demand alignment processes. Physical Demands
• Mobility: Must be able to sit at a desk for extended periods (at least 50% of the time), with occasional need to stand or move around to maintain health and well-being; and occasionally lift or carry office supplies and equipment up to 10 pounds. Ability to regularly operate a computer keyboard and mouse. • Vision and Hearing: Ability to use a computer and read documents at close range (within a few feet of the observer or screen). • Communication: Effective communication skills to interact with colleagues and clients either in-person, phone, or video conferencing tools (ie: Teams or Zoom). • Work Environment (office): Typical office setting with moderate noise levels and standard office equipment.
Reasonable accommodations will be provided to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential job functions.
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
At Watson-Marlow, we believe in taking care of our colleagues. We offer a generous benefits package, including:
Robust Retirement Plan:
Benefit from a guaranteed 5% employer contribution to your 401K, plus an additional 3% employer match, empowering your financial security. Comprehensive and Supportive Parental Leave:
Experience our inclusive, gender-neutral parental leave policy, offering 16 weeks at 100% pay. Upon your return, enjoy a gradual transition with a unique 80% work schedule while still receiving 100% of your pay for the first 6 months, ensuring a balanced reintegration into the workplace. Generous Time Off:
Enjoy ample time off to recharge and attend to life's circumstances with generous vacation and well-being days, 9 observed holidays, 15 caregiver days, and 80 hours of annual sick leave. Community Engagement Opportunities:
Make a difference with 3 paid volunteer days each year, encouraging you to give back to the community and causes you care about. And Many More Benefits:
Discover a wide range of additional perks and benefits designed to support your well-being and professional growth. We invite you to explore all the ways we strive to create a fulfilling and rewarding work environment.
Everyone is Included at Spirax Group We are passionate about creating inclusive and equitable working cultures where everyone can be themselves and achieve their full potential. For us, that means supportive teams and strong relationships where everyone's contribution is valued across social and cultural backgrounds, ethnicities, ages, genders, gender identities, abilities, neurodiversity, sexual orientation, religious beliefs, and everything else that makes us human and unique.
We know that everyone needs some extra help from time to time, so we have introduced a range of additional benefits through our Group Inclusion Commitments. Learn more at Our Inclusion Commitments.
CompanyOverview
At Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Solutions, we are driven by innovationand are dedicated to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone isempowered to make a difference. As a world leader in manufacturing peristalticpumps and associated fluid path technologies for the life sciences and processindustries, we offer a wide range of products, including tubing, specialisedfilling systems and products for single-use applications.
Watson-Marlow is part of Spirax Group, aFTSE100 and FTSE4Good multi-national industrial engineering Group withexpertise in the control and management of steam, electric thermal solutions,peristaltic pumping and associated fluid technologies.
Our purpose is to createsustainable value for all our stakeholders as we engineer a more efficient,safer and sustainable world. Our technologies play an essential role incritical industrial processes and industrial equipment across industries asdiverse as Food & Beverage, Pharmaceutical & Biotechnology, PowerGeneration, Semiconductors and Healthcare. With customers in 165 countries, weprovide the solutions that sit behind the production of many items used indaily life, from baked beans to mobile phones!
Our inclusive culture and values, unites us, guides our decisions and inspires us everywhere that weoperate. We support our colleagues to make their difference for each other aswell as customers, communities, suppliers, our planet and shareholders bycreating a truly equitable working environment where everyone feels included.