E2E SC Life Cycle Mgt

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At Straumann Group we're on an exciting journey of growth, innovation, and impact - driven by our mission to improve oral health and transform millions of lives worldwide. United by purpose, we bring our best selves to work every day, embracing a high-performance, player-learner culture that inspires collaboration, curiosity, and ambition. Here, you'll have the opportunity to take charge of your own career, harnessing your skills, passion, and enthusiasm for learning to continually grow and progress. Together, we're not just shaping brighter smiles, we're unlocking the potential of people everywhere, including our own.

About the Role

As a Lifecycle Manager, you'll play a key role in ensuring the successful introduction and retirement of products across our global supply chain. Working within the Global Network Planning team and reporting to the Director, Head of Global Network Planning, you'll collaborate with cross-functional partners to deliver product launches that balance customer service, cost, and inventory performance.

This is an exciting opportunity to influence the end-to-end product lifecycle in a global, regulated environment while partnering with teams across planning, operations, commercial functions, and project management. You'll help ensure that new products are launch-ready and that product phase-outs are executed efficiently and effectively.

Your Role

In this position, you will:

Lead the supply chain planning activities for new product introductions (NPIs) to support successful global product launches.

Partner with cross-functional project teams to define key supply chain parameters, including demand forecasts, master data, inventory policies, lot sizes, and product flows.

Maintain and manage NPI planning data within Anaplan.

Monitor launch readiness, identify potential risks, and coordinate actions to keep launches on track.

Collaborate within the Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) process, contributing to portfolio and NPI reviews to improve forecast accuracy and balance supply with demand.

Identify products approaching end of lifecycle and contribute to phase-out planning and decision-making.

Plan and coordinate product phase-outs, including planning data, master data updates, and order management activities.

Continuously look for opportunities to improve lifecycle planning processes and operational performance.

Your Profile

Essential

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, Business Administration, or a related field.

Experience in supply chain, logistics, distribution, warehouse operations, project management, or a related discipline.

Experience working with supply chain planning systems and digital planning tools.

Experience managing product lifecycles within a regulated environment.

Strong written and spoken English.

Ability to work effectively with global and cross-functional teams.

Strong analytical, planning, and stakeholder management skills.

Nice to Have

Experience within the medical device or other regulated industries.

Knowledge of Anaplan.

Experience with Lean principles or Operational Excellence methodologies.

Additional language skills such as German, French, or Spanish.