Job Title Demand Planning Leader - North America Job Description 593877 Demand Planner Leader NA Lead demand planning excellence across North America, driving forecast accuracy, cross-functional alignment, and data-driven supply chain strategies to optimize inventory, improve operational performance, and support business growth. Your role: · Lead the North America demand planning strategy and execution, ensuring alignment with business objectives, commercial priorities, and end-to-end supply chain operations to improve forecast accuracy, inventory optimization, and customer service levels. · Drive cross-functional collaboration with Sales, Marketing, Finance, Supply Chain, and Operations to develop accurate demand forecasts, identify risks and opportunities, and support effective Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) processes. · Establish governance structures, performance metrics, and reporting dashboards to monitor demand planning effectiveness, forecast accuracy, inventory performance, and supply chain responsiveness, providing actionable insights to senior leadership. · Champion continuous improvement initiatives utilizing Lean, Six Sigma, advanced analytics, and digital technologies, including automation and artificial intelligence (AI), to enhance forecasting capabilities, streamline planning processes, and reduce supply chain costs. · Provide strategic leadership, guidance, and mentorship to supply chain and demand planning professionals, fostering accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement while managing resources, priorities, and initiatives to deliver operational excellence. You're the right fit if: You've acquired 8+ years of experience with a Bachelor's degree or 6+ years with a Master's degree in supply chain management, demand planning, program management, portfolio management, or related disciplines. You bring demonstrated experience leading complex supply chain initiatives, driving cross-functional collaboration, and improving planning and operational performance within a large, matrixed organization. Your skills include advanced demand forecasting, S&OP, inventory optimization, supply chain analytics, program governance, KPI management, and continuous improvement methodologies such as Lean and Six Sigma. You have strong analytical capabilities and experience leveraging enterprise planning systems, reporting dashboards, and data-driven decision-making tools. Experience with AI-enabled forecasting, automation, and digital supply chain technologies is a plus. You have a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Supply Chain Management, Project Management, or a related field; a Master's degree is preferred. Professional certifications in supply chain management, project management, or continuous improvement are a plus. You must be able to successfully perform the following minimum Physical, Cognitive and Environmental job requirements with or without accommodation for this position. You're an influential and results-driven leader with strong strategic thinking, problem-solving, communication, and stakeholder management skills. You excel at translating complex data into actionable business recommendations, navigating competing priorities, and building relationships across global and regional teams. You demonstrate a proactive, collaborative leadership style with the ability to drive change, develop talent, and deliver measurable business outcomes. How we work together We believe that we are better together than apart. For our office-based teams, this means working in-person at least 3 days per week. Onsite roles require full-time presence in the company’s facilities. Field roles are most effectively done outside of the company’s main facilities, generally at the customers’ or suppliers’ locations. This is an office role. About Philips We are a health technology company. We built our entire company around the belief that every human matters, and we won't stop until everybody everywhere has access to the quality healthcare that we all deserve. Do the work of your life to help improve the lives of others. Learn more about our business. Discover our rich and exciting history. Learn more about our purpose. Learn more about our culture. Philips Transparency Details The pay range for this position in CT is $177,000 to $282,000 The actual base pay offered may vary within the posted ranges depending on multiple factors including job-related knowledge/skills, experience, business needs, geographical location, and internal equity. In addition, other compensation, such as an annual incentive bonus, sales commission or long-term incentives may be offered. Employees are eligible to participate in our comprehensive Philips Total Rewards benefits program, which includes a generous PTO, 401k (up to 7% match), HSA (with company contribution), stock purchase plan, education reimbursement and much more. Details about our benefits can be found here. At Philips, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top end of the range for their role and compensation decisions are dependent upon the facts and circumstances of each case. Additional Information US work authorization is a precondition of employment. The company will not consider candidates who require sponsorship for a work-authorized visa, now or in the future. Company relocation benefits will not be provided for this position. For this position, you must reside in or within commuting distance to Stamford, CT. This requisition is expected to stay active for 45 days but may close earlier if a successful candidate is selected or business necessity dictates. Interested candidates are encouraged to apply as soon as possible to ensure consideration. Philips is an Equal Employment and Opportunity Employer including Disability/Vets and maintains a drug-free workplace. At Philips, we believe that every human matters. As a global health-tech leader, we focus on improving people’s health and wellbeing through meaningful innovation. The people who work here share our passion and are motivated to bring this purpose to life. For more than 130 years, we have been creating technologies and innovations that improve people's lives and support healthcare practitioners. Headquartered in the Netherlands and operating in more than 100 countries globally, we focus our advanced technology and deep clinical and consumer insights on Precision Diagnosis, Image Guided Therapy, Enterprise Informatics, Monitoring/ Connected Care, Sleep & Respiratory Care and Personal Health. Together, we deliver better care for more people because we believe that every human matters. That's why we're taking steps to create an environment where we acknowledge and embrace our differences and uniqueness and listen to and value each other's views. When people feel cared for and listened to, they bring their best qualities to work, leading to better collaboration, communication, innovation and success. It is the policy of Philips to provide equal employment and advancement opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy/childbirth or related medical conditions, age, ethnic or national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, physical or mental disability, genetic information, citizenship status, veteran or military status, marital or domestic partner status or any other characteristic protected by law. As an equal opportunity employer, Philips is committed to fostering a culture where all are treated with respect and professionalism. To ensure reasonable accommodations for individuals protected by Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Vietnam Veterans' Readjustment Act of 1974 and Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, applicants that require accommodation in the job application process may contact 888-367-7223, option 5, for assistance. 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