Supply Chain Manager

The Supply Chain Manager at Zimmer Biomet is responsible for overseeing operations planning and materials planning across multiple plant locations. The role involves leading cross-functional teams, managing KPIs, and ensuring unified supply planning. Candidates must have a bachelor’s degree and 5 years of relevant experience (or equivalent), with strong supply chain management and leadership skills. Experience with ERP systems and medical devices is preferred. The position offers a salary range of $114,000 to $142,000 and requires up to 10% travel. The ideal candidate will demonstrate expertise in supply chain planning, effective communication, and the ability to motivate teams.

The Supply Chain Manager at Zimmer Biomet is responsible for overseeing planning operations and activities at various plant locations, ensuring efficient production and materials planning. This role plays a key part in driving process standardisation, operational efficiency, and effective communication of process inputs and outputs. The manager leads cross-functional collaboration to create and execute local supply plans, manages KPIs, and ensures unified planning functions. The position offers a supportive work environment with opportunities for personal development, recognition, and career growth. Compensation for this role ranges from $114,000 to $142,000, with additional benefits such as wellness incentives and competitive total rewards.

At Zimmer Biomet, we believe in pushing the boundaries of innovation and driving our mission forward. As a global medical technology leader for nearly 100 years, a patient’s mobility is enhanced by a Zimmer Biomet product or technology every 8 seconds.

As a Zimmer Biomet team member, you will share in our commitment to providing mobility and renewed life to people around the world. To support our talented team, we focus on development opportunities, robust employee resource groups (ERGs), a flexible working environment, location specific competitive total rewards, wellness incentives and a culture of recognition and performance awards. We are committed to creating an environment where every team member feels inspired, invested, cared for, valued, and have a strong sense of belonging.

What You Can Expect

Oversees the planning operations and activities at their plant location(s), including production planning and materials planning. This includes driving process standardization, efficiency, and communication of process inputs and outputs.

How You'll Create Impact

• Manages operations planning and activities for anywhere from one to three locations, depending on plant size and output.
• Promotes operational best practices and alignment across operations and materials planning within their locations of oversight.
• Process owner for operations planning and materials planning activities within their plant(s).
• Leads collaboration with multiple cross functional teams including Operations, Sourcing, Commercial Operations, Product Management, Distribution & Logistics, and Customer Services in the creation, execution, and communication of local supply plans.
• Manages location specific KPIs through periods of normal and abnormal supply (shortages, disruptions, etc.)
• Coordinates communications with regional planning leader between Planning Ops personnel and Supply Planning personnel at assigned plant(s) to ensure unified planning functions.
• Ensures regular capability reviews and site supply reviews are completed and outputs are communicated.
• Point of contact for escalations within their plans, engaging in further escalation procedures at the regional level as necessary.
• Provides team members with a work environment that is open and conducive to high performance, personal development and career growth and in line with the cultural attributes of Zimmer Biomet.
• Leads team resources and budgets, and provides vision for the development of compelling long term value propositions for their plant(s).

What Makes You Stand Out

• Expertise in supply chain planning and management.
• General management experience, including staffing, organization, and motivating team members.
• Strong understanding of end to end supply chain interactions and activities.
• Ability to use analytical tools to issue, support and execute decisions.
• Ability to communicate effectively across the organization.
• Hold leadership and team members accountable to expectations.

Your Background

• Minimum Qualification: Bachelor's Degree and 5 years of relevant experience, or Associate's Degree and 7 years of relevant experience, or High School Diploma or Equivalent and 9 years of relevant experience.
• Preferred Qualifications: BS or BA in Supply Chain, Logistics, Operations, Industrial Engineering, Systems Engineering, Mathematics, or other related field.
• At least 6 years of experience in supply chain, project management, planning or IT systems, strong preferred to have experience in all areas.
• Leadership experience.
• Experience with medical devices.
• Experience with ERP systems.

Travel Expectations

• Up to 10%

Expected Compensation Data

$114,000 - $142,000

EOE

At Zimmer Biomet, we believe in pushing the boundaries of innovation and driving our mission forward. As a global medical technology leader for nearly 100 years, a patient’s mobility is enhanced by a

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for managing operations planning and activities for multiple plant locations, including production and materials planning.
• Play a key role in shaping process standardisation, efficiency, and communication of process inputs and outputs.
• Lead efforts to promote operational best practices and alignment across operations and materials planning.
• Collaborate cross-functionally to create, execute, and communicate local supply plans with teams such as Operations, Sourcing, Commercial Operations, Product Management, Distribution & Logistics, and Customer Services.
• Take ownership of managing location-specific KPIs, including periods of normal and abnormal supply (shortages, disruptions).
• Coordinate communications with regional planning leaders to ensure unified planning functions at assigned plant locations.
• Deliver high-quality capability and site supply reviews, ensuring outputs are communicated effectively.
• Serve as the point of contact for escalations, escalating issues at the regional level as necessary.
• Provide a work environment that supports high performance, personal development, and career growth aligned with Zimmer Biomet's cultural attributes.
• Lead team resources and budgets, providing vision for long-term value propositions for plant(s).

Skills:

• Expertise in supply chain planning and management is required.
• General management experience, including staffing, organisation, and motivating team members, is essential.
• Strong understanding of end-to-end supply chain interactions and activities is necessary.
• Ability to use analytical tools to support and execute decisions is required.
• Effective communication skills across the organisation are essential.
• Leadership experience is preferred.
• Experience with medical devices is preferred.
• Experience with ERP systems is preferred.
• At least 6 years of experience in supply chain, project management, planning, or IT systems is preferred.

Education:

• A Bachelor's Degree and 5 years of relevant experience, or an Associate's Degree and 7 years of relevant experience, or a High School Diploma or equivalent and 9 years of relevant experience are required.
• A BS or BA in Supply Chain, Logistics, Operations, Industrial Engineering, Systems Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field is preferred.