Regional Demand Planner – Eastern Europe & UK

Mölnlycke is a world-leading medical solutions company. We design and supply solutions to enhance performance at every point of care – from the hospital to the home. In our strive to continuously enhance performance we are setting up a new Global Demand Planning team within one of our major Business Areas with the aim to take Demand Planning to a next level.
Do you have an interest in shaping and developing Demand Planning in a dynamic and global environment and would like to be part of that journey? Do you have passion for data analytics and how it translates into commercial and supply chain forecasts? Then this is the opportunity for you!
We are looking for a Regional Demand Planner – Eastern Europe & UK to join us. This person can work partly remote and travel approximately 30 days per year. Our locations are based in Gothenburg (Sweden, HQ), Milton Keynes (UK) and Oldham (UK).
This position is responsible for all forecasting activities within the Operation Room Business Area for the UK, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary and Poland. The Demand Planner is the integration point into the commercial organization and will lead the dialogue with key counterparts in Sales and Marketing.

Key Responsibilities include:
Develop seasonal demand forecasts and anticipate customers reactions
Interact with sales, marketing and finance to understand demand forecast drivers
Plan and drive monthly forecast meetings with all stakeholders
Work with customers, sales and supply chain management to improve forecast accuracy
Closely cooperate with and provide input to the Supply Chain Planning organization to safeguard best possible product availability
Update sales about supply constraints, assist in risk assessment and mitigation activities
Coordinate and communicate action plans
Identify areas of improvements in Mölnlycke’s Business Management process, recommend actions
Mentor and train other planners and stakeholder as needed


Qualifications & Experience
A business or technical degree or equivalent
Extensive experience from analyzing data to enhance the demand planning activities
Strong demand planning and/or supply planning experience, ideally in medical industry
Demonstrated proficiency in statistics, forecasting and forecasting methods
Well versed in translating data and customer insights into business advice
Demand planning tool experience (Kinaxis, Demantra, SAP, or similar)
Experienced user of Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerBI and PowerPoint)
Strong interpersonal, communication, influencing and stakeholder management skills
Ability to engage with the market and customers
A strong desire to impact the business through data-science techniques
The job requires about 30 days per year of travel time, mainly within Europe
Proficiency in English language


Our Offer:
You will be part of a dynamic team within a global company
Ever-changing work environment where you are encouraged to take challenges and grow
Open, friendly and fair working atmosphere
Attractive career prospects
Bonus and mobile IT equipment in addition to your monthly salary
Remote working
The opportunity to help make patients’ life better


If you feel ready and upbeat about really having an impact, then we want to hear from you:
Please apply at: https://careers.molnlycke.com

About Mölnlycke
As a world-leading medical solutions company, we work at shaping the environment for healthcare for each market we operate, making healthcare better and more efficient for customers and patients.
We specialise in:
Wound management: including dressings with Safetac® such as Mepitel® and Mepilex®
Preventing pressure ulcers: with Mepilex® Border used prophylactically and devices to help turn and re-position patients
Surgical solutions: including Mölnlycke trays, HiBi® antiseptics and Biogel® surgical gloves

Mölnlycke was founded in 1849. Nowadays our solutions are available in around 100 countries; we’re the number one global provider of advanced wound care and single-use surgical products; and we’re Europe’s largest provider of customized trays. Our headquarters are in Gothenburg, Sweden and we employ about 7,800 employees around the world.