.**Who we want**:- **Effective communicators.** People who can interpret information clearly and accurately to concisely communicate results and recommendations to stakeholders, senior management, and their teams.- ** Accuracy-oriented team leaders**. Providing direct oversight of processes and results, managers who ensure accurate and timely completion of projections, forecasts or reporting.- ** Network builders**. Managers who build connections with other teams and divisions and coordinate cross-functional collaboration.- ** Managers who drive performance**. People who implement process improvements and leverage the talent of their team to consistently increase performance and productivity.- ** Metrics-oriented managers.** People who are always tracking important business metrics to ensure projects meet expectations and budget.**What you will do**:- Ensuring that the supply plan has been financially evaluated in conjunction with finance and that the implications are understood by the leadership team within the plant and the franchise with regard to operational targets and budgets- To deploy and monitor the performance of the core supply processes within the plant /3PL such as Master resource planning, Capacity Planning, Demand and Supply execution and Safety stocks.- To input into the overall Franchise Executive Supply review by communicating the capability of the plant/3PL to meet the latest demand signal and the implications if any of doing so.- To own and drive continuous improvement on the core processes within supply planning based on defined standards by business model for the franchise and process excellence.- To ensure that the manufacturing leadership are being provided with the right insight in regard to planning future capital investment with regard to capacity planning and also opportunities for cost and cash improvement.- To ensure that production and procurement call offs are in line with what was requested in the Supply plan and any deviation is measured and monitored to drive a balanced scorecard approach on KPIS- To be the knowledge center in supporting pro-active communication of supply risks and mitigation of back order issues within span of control to include both production in house and 3rd party purchasing.- Ensure that KPIS are tracked, communicated and corrective actions taken when deviating and reported back to leadership in time.- Management of people resource within the specific plant to ensure that they are developed, coached and capable of performing the role designated including performance management.- Support cross -franchise best practice programs by actively participating, sharing and adapting best practice learnings back into the specific franchise as part of simplifying how we operate within GQO and Stryker- KPIS for the role - Supply Plan Attainment, Safety Stock Heath, Capacity Utilization, back order and lead time levels and plant operational cost targets**What you will need**:- B.B.A. or B.S