Planning Manager

Role Overview

As the Planning Manager you will play a critical leadership role in ensuring that manufacturing plans align with customer demand, available capacity, material availability, and strategic business goals while supporting Dexcom's commitment to delivering life changing products to customers worldwide. This role will serve as the primary planning interface for S&OP, S&OE, and Integrated Business Planning processes across the site.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and develop the Athenry Planning team to support current operations and future site growth.
• Own and govern the site Master Production Schedule (MPS) process.
• Ensure alignment between forecasted demand, supply capability, manufacturing capacity, and inventory strategies.
• Lead development, consolidation, communication and execution of production and supply plans.
• Serve as the primary planning representative for site S&OP, S&OE, and Integrated Business Planning activities.
• Partner closely with Manufacturing, Procurement, Logistics, Quality, Engineering, Finance and Global Supply Chain teams.
• Establish and maintain finite and rough cut capacity planning processes to support operational decision making.
• Drive planning process maturity and ensure adherence to planning standards and governance requirements.
• Manage planning risks, identify constraints and develop mitigation plans to protect customer service and production commitments.
• Support new product introductions, site transfers, commercial launches, and supply chain transformation initiatives.
• Lead inventory optimisation strategies across raw materials, work in process and finished goods while maintaining service objectives.
• Develop planning metrics and performance dashboards to drive continuous improvement.
• Ensure ERP and planning system data integrity, planning parameter governance and schedule discipline.
• Lead escalation management regarding shortages, capacity constraints, demand changes and supply disruptions.
• Drive implementation of best in class planning methodologies and continuous improvement initiatives.

Qualifications

• Strong leadership and team development experience.
• Experience managing planning functions within a manufacturing environment.
• Strong knowledge of MPS, capacity planning, S&OP, demand & supply planning, and inventory management.
• Experience with ERP/MRP systems and planning tools.
• Strong understanding of manufacturing planning processes.
• Advanced analytical and Excel skills.
• Excellent problem solving and decision making skills.
• Strong stakeholder management and cross functional collaboration skills.
• Ability to manage competing priorities in a fast paced environment.
• Strong business acumen and a customer focused mindset.
• Experience driving process improvement and organisational change.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience within Medical Device, Pharmaceutical, or other regulated manufacturing environments.
• Experience with Oracle Fusion Planning and/or Oracle Supply Planning.
• Implementation of Integrated Business Planning (IBP) processes.
• Supported manufacturing scale up or greenfield operations.
• Led planning transformation initiatives.

Benefits

• A front row seat to life changing CGM technology.
• Learning about our brave community.
• A full and comprehensive benefits program.
• Growth opportunities on a global scale.
• Access to career development through in house learning programs and/or qualified tuition reimbursement.
• An exciting and innovative, industry leading organization committed to our employees, customers, and the communities we serve.

Experience and Education Requirements

Typically requires a bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Operations Management, Engineering, Business or a related discipline with 8 12 years of industry experience and 2 5 years of previous people management experience.

Preferred Certifications

• APICS / ASCM certification (CPIM, CSCP or equivalent).
• Lean Six Sigma certification.