Senior Global Demand Planner

Senior Global Demand Planner

Guided by our organizational values Take Ownership | Innovate Boldly | Win Together we collaborate closely with world-class surgeons and other partners to improve people's quality of life. At Orthofix, we want team members who build relationships and share knowledge, challenge the status quo, and deliver results every day to help us achieve our vision to be the unrivaled partner in Med Tech.

Our global team of over 1,600 employees brings to market highly innovative, cost-effective, and user-friendly medical technologies that heal musculoskeletal pathologies for patients and the healthcare professionals who treat them. Looking to change people's lives? Look no further.

The Senior Global Demand Planner focuses on upstream demand planning activities, partnering closely with Sales, Marketing, and Finance to ensure alignment between the demand plan and budget. This role acts as a champion for assigned franchise, facilitates monthly demand review meetings, highlights risks and opportunities, and drives the consensus process that supports financial reconciliation. This role requires strong analytical and modeling expertise to manage forecasts across multiple regions and customer segments, while also serving as a key liaison between commercial teams and supply chain.

The following are the essential functions of this position. This position may be responsible for performing additional duties as tasks as needed and assigned.

• Champion cross-functional alignment : Act as the primary liaison for all Supply Chain correspondence with Sales and Marketing, ensuring clarity and alignment on demand-related topics.
• Safety stock management : Review and suggest appropriate safety stock levels monthly for all required parts to ensure product availability and service levels.
• Forecasting & analysis : Build and analyze a statistical 24-month global sales forecast by SKU, region, and / or customer. Develop non-sales forecasts to support recurring implant and instrument demand, field loss, yield factors, expiration impacts, and other business drivers.
• Demand review & consensus planning : Facilitate Monthly Demand Review meetings, recommending a consensus forecast to Marketing and Finance based on opportunities, vulnerabilities, product lifecycle changes, market demand shifts, cannibalization risks, and promotional activities.
• New product forecasting : Develop launch forecasts and identify significant gaps versus budget. Partner with Sales, Marketing, and Finance for new product forecasts.
• Performance measurement : Monitor demand and forecast accuracy using key metrics (e.g., Forecast Error, Bias, MAPE, MAD) and implement corrective actions to reduce bias and improve reliability.
• Continuous improvement : Drive enhancements to volume forecasting processes, systems, and tools to increase efficiency, accuracy, and business impact.

The requirements listed below are representative of the education, knowledge, skill and / or ability required for this position.

The education, knowledge, skills, and / or abilities listed below are preferred qualifications in addition to the minimum qualifications stated above.

The physical requirements listed in this section include, but are not limited, to the motor / physical abilities, skills, and / or demands required of the position in order to successfully undertake the essential duties and responsibilities of this position. In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), reasonable accommodations may be made to allow qualified individuals with a disability to perform the essential functions and responsibilities of the position.

The anticipated salary for this position for an employee who is located in California is $118,000 to $134,000 per year, plus bonus, and benefits.