.**This is where you save and sustain lives**At Baxter, we are deeply connected by our mission. No matter your role at Baxter, your work makes a positive impact on people around the world. You'll feel a sense of purpose throughout the organization, as we know our work improves outcomes for millions of patients.Baxter's products and therapies are found in almost every hospital worldwide, in clinics and in the home. For over 85 years, we have pioneered significant medical innovations that transform healthcare.Together, we create a place where we are happy, successful and inspire each other. This is where you can do your best work.Join us at the intersection of saving and sustaining lives—where your purpose accelerates our mission.The Senior Network Planner is responsible for balancing and optimizing supplyplanning to meet demand. The Senior Network Planner serves as the link between commercial team (at a country level where the plant sits) and S&OP by collaborating with demand planning, plant leadership, and business units. This includes defining and implementing supply planning process, determining priorities, including creation of MRP for sourcing of materials, DRP, MPS, driving process improvements, and leading supply review.This section contains a list of five to eight primary responsibilities of this rolethat account for the majority of the work. The incumbent will perform otherduties assigned.- Responsible for generating the replenishment requirements utilizing thedemand signal, on-hand inventory and inventory targets that deliver acomprehensive network supply plan across the supply chain organization, tomeet all financial requirements, operational capabilities, and wholesalersservice objectives for assigned Business Unit.- Undertaking advanced analytics and driving process improvements managinga large complex product portfolio.- Facilitates exception-based planning to maintain targeted inventory levels,prevent stock-outs and balance financial impacts- Responsible for setting monthly inventory strategy for BU thru managementof Inventory Optimization tool optimal inventory targets at various locations inthe supply chains to achieve the service objectives with minimum workingcapital investment.- The Senior Network Planner is empowered to make changes to the networksupply plan when deemed necessary over the planning horizon. Changes areto be governed through sales and operations execution (S&OE) and planning(S&OP) process.- Collaborates and proactively communicates to drive a consensus approach toprovide replenishment plans and exception-based reporting for assigned BU.Makes recommendations on actions needed to meet actual and forecasteddemand.- Responsible for independently managing new product introductions andproduct conversions.- Reports Key Performance Indicators for their given Business Unit completewith process improvement initiatives and prioritizes tasks and deliverables ina timeline intense environment