.**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.**JOB SUMMARY**:Serve as supply chain partner to BU, to lead demand planning, supply planning, inventory management and direct procumbent. The role encompasses a high level of risk management and order management accountabilities.**ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES**:- Work with all S&OP stakeholders to continuously drive demand forecast, forecast accuracy and demand fulfillment rate.- Develop and be responsible for the inventory plan and execution for the market. Supply to inventory optimization opportunity analysis and deployment. Analyze and report inventory variance.- Own the communication strategy to the commercial team for supply issues. Lead commercial meetings to review pipelines and manage country fulfillment. Communicate any required parameter changes for cluster/country (e.G. lead time (F), safety stock (MP), freq. (F). Connect with NP's and commercial and other stakeholders any mid-cycle MPS adjustments, DRP parameters and proactively resolve supply issues.- Understand, resolve, communicate, bring up low cover products.- Manage back-order risks with Supply Planner and communicate to commercial teams (In some cluster/country (e.G. US), market role will be limited to imported products).- Lead the strategic stock build planning for the market driven by import license registration, M&A, supply issue, etc. Time will be spent understanding the product registration and operation processes, market demand, and the Market Planner will generate different scenarios influencing multiple stakeholders to ensure informed decisions.- Develop and be responsible for the inventory plan and execution for the market. Contribute to inventory optimization opportunity analysis and deployment. Analyze and report inventory variance being the accountable owner.- Order management including Order replenishment plan, purchase order creation in SAP / JDE system, monitoring inbound POs, and work with Supply Planner, global logistics and transportation, shipping site, global carriers and foreign trade to find resolution to short term supply issues.- Monitor customer limits and rebalance product allocation, when needed in collaboration with marketing partners