Planning Excellence Lead

Job Description

Planning Excellence Lead | Roche

The Tone:
This is a full-time role at Roche, located in Indianapolis, IN. Roche aims to prevent, stop and cure diseases and ensure everyone has access to healthcare today and for generations to come. In this role, you will be crucial in maximizing the value of the product portfolio and ensuring seamless global supply chain alignment by supporting, developing, and deploying long-term product planning and portfolio strategy across the global organization. This position serves as a critical network orchestrator, harmonizing planning processes and leading strategic initiatives.

The TL;DR
• Role: Mid-Senior level
• Type: Full-time
• Location: In-person, Indianapolis, IN
• Pay: $109000–$202400 yearly
• Team: Global Diagnostics Supply Chain organization
• Mission: Maximize product portfolio value and ensure seamless global supply chain alignment through strategic planning and process harmonization.

What You’ll Actually Do
• Strategy Deployment: Support, develop, and deploy the long-term product planning and portfolio strategy across the global organization to maximize the value of the product portfolio.
• Inventory Orchestration: Recommend global inventory and safety stock levels for the managed portfolio to meet customer service, business continuity, and cost objectives throughout the global distribution network.
• Demand & Production Coordination: Consolidate global market demand signals to drive annual long-term planning, balance strategic stock levels, and coordinate production volumes with manufacturing sites.
• S&OP Leadership: Initiate, prepare, execute, and follow up on Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) meetings to foster cross-functional alignment and joint accountability across the managed portfolio.
• Network Harmonization: Establish and lead a Product Planning Business Partner Network to harmonize planning methodologies and ensure a unified understanding of product strategy across regions.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Bachelor’s degree or higher in Supply Chain, Logistics, or a closely related field. This is a Mid-Senior level role focused on supply chain planning and portfolio strategy.
• Experience: 7-10 years of experience in supply chain management within an international logistics environment, with a proven track record in project management and organizational transformation.
• Skills: Sound knowledge of supply chain planning, operations, and materials management; exceptional ability to analyze complex data structures, use modern analytical tools for data visualization, and derive actionable insights; an integrative personality and enterprise thinker with a proven track record of building bridges across organizations; outstanding teamwork and communication skills for managing diverse stakeholders and presenting complex analyses.
• Bonus: Experience applying Six Sigma methodologies.