Supply Planning Product Owner

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Job Title: Supply Planning Product Owner

Are you a passionate Supply Planning professional with a proven track record of integrating digital solutions using Agile methodologies? We are seeking a dedicated Planning Product Owner to drive our Supply Planning initiatives, leveraging digital advancements and Agile practices. If you're ready to shape and lead our Supply Planning capabilities into the future, we invite you to join us.

As the Planning Product Owner for Supply Planning for Health Systems Businesses, you have the opportunity to shape the future of planning and lead transformative change in an area with a strong commitment to excellence. You will play a pivotal role in driving the evolution of our supply planning capabilities to achieve excellence in serving our consumers and customers and enabling business success.

Your role:
You will lead implementing best-in-class supply planning capabilities across end-to-end supply chain to deliver superior customer service levels with optimized profitability. You will work with a team of dedicated professionals and collaborate cross-functionally to set standards of supply planning excellence, transform supply planning processes, and accelerate successful implementation of planning technology solutions that enhance our supply planning capabilities.

Accountabilities:

• Spearhead the implementation of digital planning tools and solutions to enhance Supply Planning accuracy, efficiency, and responsiveness.
• Develop and communicate a clear and strategic product roadmap for Supply Planning, aligning with business goals and customer requirements.
• Define and track key performance indicators (KPIs) related to Supply Planning, using data insights to drive continuous improvement.
• Subject matter expert and coach providing guidance on blueprint, problem solving, design principles for digital solution, project management and expectation management
• Lead the optimization of the O9 supply planning solver by fine-tuning model parameters, constraints (e.g., lead times, capacities, material availability), and scenario configurations to improve plan quality, increase constrained demand coverage, and ensure realistic, executable supply plans. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to validate solver logic against business rules and continuously improve planning outcomes
• Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams including IT, data analytics, and operations to ensure seamless implementation of digital planning solutions.
• Performs the Product owner role in Agile transformation programs specific to their products, leading the development to deployment and supporting the adoption process for the tools Drive Agile practices within the Supply Planning workstream, fostering a culture of collaboration, adaptability, and continuous improvement. Lead Agile ceremonies such as sprint planning, backlog grooming, and sprint reviews to ensure successful execution of initiatives.
• Understand user needs and work closely with stakeholders to define requirements, prioritize features, and create user stories.
• Own gathering planning requirements, facilitate prioritisation across businesses , and govern changes to current planning technology
• Own the management of specific planning tools and systems that support Philips’s planning activities, including S&OP, S&OE, demand, sales and supply planning.
• Champion change management efforts, ensuring effective adoption of digital solutions for supply planning.
• Monitor and drive the adoption of advanced planning software, analytics platforms, and automation tools to streamline supply planning processes and deliver actionable insights.
• Monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) to evaluate the effectiveness of supply planning initiatives and recommend improvements.
• Stay ahead of industry trends and emerging technologies, consistently infusing innovative ideas into the planning function and identify opportunities for digital intervention throughout the planning lifecycle

You're the right fit if you have:

Master’s or bachelor’s degree with at least 8+ years of overall work experience.

Domain Expertise

• 5+ years in Supply Planning with digital and Agile focus; experience with IBP/S&OP, inventory, sourcing, and modeling preferred.
• Skilled in forecasting, inventory, and production planning.
• Strong project and resource management across concurrent initiatives.
• Proficient in advanced planning tools and analytics platforms.
• Experienced in digital system selection and implementation.
• Product Owner experience; Agile certifications a plus.

Shaping the Future

• Provides strategic insight linking supply chain to business goals.
• Track record of successful transformation and digitization initiatives.
• Data-driven decision-maker with strong analytical skills.

Leadership

• Strong communicator and collaborator across all levels.
• Inspires and influences teams; handles conflict and drives decisions.
• Demonstrates commitment and decisiveness in achieving outcomes.

How we work together

We believe that we are better together than apart. For our office-based teams, this means working in-person at least 3 days per week.
Onsite roles require full-time presence in the company’s facilities.
Field roles are most effectively done outside of the company’s main facilities, generally at the customers’ or suppliers’ locations.
This is an office-based role.

About Philips
We are a health technology company. We built our entire company around the belief that every human matters, and we won't stop until everybody everywhere has access to the quality healthcare that we all deserve. Do the work of your life to help the lives of others.
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If you’re interested in this role and have many, but not all, of the experiences needed, we encourage you to apply. You may still be the right candidate for this or other opportunities at Philips. Learn more about our culture of impact with care here.

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