Product Planner

Position: New Product Planner
Location: Township of Lower Providence

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.
** Our Values:
** Our Life Moves Us philosophy is built on four values:
Passionate About Innovation, Customer Focused, Teamwork, and Driven.
** Equal Employment Opportunity:
** Globus Medical is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, marital status, pregnancy, national origin or citizenship. We are committed to a diverse workforce. We value all employees’ talents and support an environment that is inclusive and respectful.
** Other Duties:
** Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
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* Position Summary:

** 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.
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* Essential Functions:

*** Project Management  + Maintaining timelines for each project, document all changes, issues, reworks, scraps and other notable events that happen from the start of the project through launch  + Sending monthly (or more frequently) chronological timelines; ensuring all relevant parties 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 (Design for Manufacturing) 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 participate 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…