Product Planner

At Globus Medical, we move with a sense of urgency to deliver innovations that improve the quality of life of patients with musculoskeletal disorders. Our team is inspired by the needs of these patients, and the surgeons and healthcare providers who treat them. We embrace a culture of exceptional response by partnering with researchers and educators to transform clinical insights into tangible solutions.

Our solutions improve the techniques and outcomes of surgery so patients can resume their lives as quickly as possible.

The New Product Planner will oversee New Product Launches to ensure tight alignment between Commercial, Financial, and Operational planning & execution. This position will be highly visible among our Product Development, Marketing, Finance, Manufacturing, Purchasing, Logistics, and Information Technology division. The New Product Planner must have aptitudes for process and project management and enjoy positively influencing organizational performance.

• Project Management
  • Maintaining timelines for each project, documenting all changes, issues, reworks, scraps and other notable events from the start of the project through launch
  • Sending monthly (or more frequently) chronological timelines; ensuring all relevant parties are included in all communication
  • Tracking development tasks to ensure all steps are followed
• Demand Planning
  • Working with Product Development/Marketing to develop Market Introduction Plans (MIP’s), work with supply chain planning group to assess competing priorities and participate in Pre‑MIP and MIP approval process
• Pre‑Market Introduction Planning (MIP)
  • Setting up and facilitating Make vs. Buy meetings between Product Development, Supply Chain, Branch, and Executive Management
  • Working with Product Development and the Purchasing Team to get quotes for all parts prior to the MIP; facilitating DFM with the selected vendors to confirm capability and any necessary design changes prior to the DCO’s are processed
  • Working with Product Manager to ensure the pricing in the MIP is based off real quotes from the vendors that will be receiving the orders
  • Ensuring the design is frozen, inspection sheets, gauging, set lists, forecast, DCO’s are all completed including drawings/models matching prior to final MIP
  • Assessing competing priorities and participating in Pre‑MIP and MIP approval process
• Post‑Market Introduction Planning
  • Working with the Purchasing team to ensure that all orders are placed and expedited after MIP approval
  • Ensuring additional approval is received, if costs exceed 10% by line, versus what was approved during the MIP
  • Ensuring Product Development completes “Product Rejection Form” when parts are scrapped.
  • Regularly following‑up with Purchasing Agents for updates from vendors regarding commitment/delivery dates
  • Translating approved MIP’s into the Supply Chain forecast within an ERP (Create plan, enter sets and sales forecast)
• Post‑Launch – Monitoring forecast versus sales on a monthly basis for 6 months after launch the Order Planning meetings
• Supply Planning
  • Participating in Quarterly Set Prioritization processes to ensure priority Set Demands are reflected in the Supply Chain priorities that are sent to all Suppliers
  • Working with Purchasing and Vendors to construct accurate supply plans and timing
  • Developing Launch timelines with PD based on Supply commitments, and communicate to appropriate teams the latest information
• Adhering to the letter and spirit of the company Code of Conduct, the Adva Med Code, Med Tech Code, and all other company policies
• Ensuring compliance with applicable governmental laws, rules, and regulations, both in the United States and internationally, by completing introductory and annual training and maintaining knowledge of compliance as it applies to your role
• Representing the company in a professional manner and upholding the highest standards of ethical business practices and socially responsible conduct in all interactions with other employees, customers, suppliers, and other third parties of Globus Qualifications
  • Bachelor’s Degree in Supply Chain Management, Engineering, Computer Science or related fields
  • Experience…