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We believe Vantive will not only build our leadership in the kidney care space, it will also offer meaningful work to those who join us. At Vantive, you will become part of a community of people who are focused, courageous and don't settle for the mediocre. Each of us is driven to help improve patients' lives worldwide. Join us in advancing our mission to extend lives and expand possibilities.

Your role at Vantive

The Manager/Sr. Manager, Global Demand Planning acts as Vantive's enterprise expert and business owner for global demand management policies, processes, standards, and tools. This role ensures highquality demand signals, drives global process consistency, and enables strong integration with supply planning to support optimal inventory, service levels, and business results.

As a handson subject matter expert, this role will provide process and system guidance and drive increased demand planning proficiency for practitioners across regions and business units. The person in this role equips planners with the right tools, training, and coaching, and leads initiatives that strengthen forecast quality and enhance planning rigor, cadence, and transparency.

Operating in a fastmoving transformation environment, this role plays a key part in aligning commercial, supply chain, and finance teams.

The role supports scenario modeling, identifies risks and opportunities, and contributes to annual operating plans and longrange strategic business planning. The position also manages centralized statistical modeling, demandrelated master data, and emerging AIenabled automation to elevate planning maturity and decision support in executive forums.

What you'll be doing

Global Process Ownership & Governance

• Define, maintain, and improve global demand management policies, standards, and tools aligned with SIOP principles.

• Lead global demand management process governance, ensuring consistency, data integrity, analytical rigor, and adherence across regions and business units.

• Establish and maintain performance metrics and continuous improvement roadmap; identify root causes and drive corrective actions to improve forecast accuracy and bias.

Planning Excellence & Capability Building

• Coach and mentor demand forecasters, planners, and analysts to build skill depth, promote standard ways of working, and strengthen engagement.

• Develop and deliver training materials, playbooks, and capabilitybuilding sessions.

• Promote planning discipline and continuous improvement to drive planning maturity.

Demand Planning Operations

• Coordinate the endtoend global demand planning cycle, ensuring timely and highquality handoffs, documentation, and governance.

• Develop, validate, and run centralized statistical forecast models; support commercial teams to efficiently incorporate market intelligence and strategic objectives in demand plans.

• Support AOP/LRP demand development, scenario modeling, and risk/opportunity assessments.

• Support SIOP planning cycles and facilitate consensus demand reviews as needed.

Technology, Data, & Automation

• Serve as the demand management SME for planning and reporting systems.

• Partner with IT and systems teams to resolve system issues, deploy enhancements, and onboard new functionality.

• Identify and lead initiatives that introduce automation, AI forecasting, and advanced analytics to improve planning maturity and efficiency.

• Oversee demandcentric master data processes that support accurate forecasting and system performance.

Key Accountabilities

• Highquality demand plans and supporting analytics (scenarios, assumptions, etc.) that drive strategic alignment and optimized financial and operational outcomes.

• Improved forecast accuracy and bias management across the global enterprise.

• Increased adoption, compliance, and consistency of standardized demand planning processes and tools.

• Enhanced planning efficiency, capability, and crossfunctional integration.

• Effective translation of demand signals into supply planning and inventory optimization.

What you'll bring

• BA/BS in business, supply chain, engineering, analytics, or related field required.

• MBA or MS preferred but not required.

• Professional certifications such as IBF CPF, APICS/ASCM CPIM or CSCP, Lean Six Sigma, PMP, or data analytics credentials are highly desirable.

• 5+ years of experience in demand planning, supply planning, or related roles, with strong working knowledge of SIOP processes, preferably within the regulated medtech industry.

• 3+ years of demonstrated experience leading demand planning process improvements and delivering results in a matrixed, crossfunctional environment.

• Strong interpersonal, communication, and presentation skills, with the ability to influence without direct authority.

• Advanced analytical capability and the ability to translate complex data into clear insights and executiveready materials.

• Handson expertise with advanced planning platforms (e.g., Kinaxis RapidResponse/ Maestro or equivalent), statistical modeling, and agentic AI tools.

• Proficiency with MS Office, ERP systems (e.g., JDE), and analytics tools (e.g., Tableau, Power BI).

• Strong process discipline, attention to detail, and continuous improvement mindset.

Additional Expectations

• Demonstrated leadership in global process governance or COEstyle roles.

• Experience leading enterprisewide planning improvements or transformation initiatives.

• Greater depth in advanced analytics, AIenabled planning, statistical modeling, or large-scale digital transformations.

• Stronger ability to independently lead crossfunctional alignment and influence seniorlevel stakeholders.

We understand compensation is an important factor as you consider the next step in your career. At Vantive, we are committed to equitable pay for all employees, and we strive to be more transparent with our pay practices. The estimated base salary for this position is $136,000 - $180,000 annually. The estimated range is meant to reflect an anticipated salary range for the position. We may pay more or less than the anticipated range based upon market data and other factors, all of which are subject to change. Individual pay is based upon location, skills and expertise, experience, and other relevant factors. For commercial roles, the estimated range does not include potential commission or other incentives. For questions about this, our pay philosophy, and available benefits, please speak to the recruiter if you decide to apply and are selected for an interview.

US Benefits at Vantive

This is where your well-being matters. Vantive offers comprehensive compensation and benefits packages for eligible roles. Our health and well-being benefits include medical, dental and vision coverage that start on day one, as well as insurance coverage for basic life, accident, short-term and long-term disability, and business travel accident insurance. Financial and retirement benefits include the Aon Pooled Employer Plan ("Aon PEP"), Vantive's 401(k) retirement savings plan, to help you prepare for your future. The Aon PEP is designed to help improve retirement outcomes by providing retirement resources more efficiently. The plan offers a robust set of investment options, financial education, and a suite of resources to support your retirement goals.

We also offer Flexible Spending Accounts, educational assistance programs, and time-off benefits such as paid holidays, paid time off ranging from 20 to 35 days based on length of service, family and medical leaves of absence, and paid parental leave. Additional benefits include commuting benefits, the Employee Discount Program, the Employee Assistance Program (EAP), and childcare benefits. Join us and enjoy the competitive compensation and benefits we offer to our employees.For additional information regarding Vantive's US Benefits, please speak with your recruiter or visit our Benefits site: Benefits | Vantive

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