As part of the Thermo Fisher Scientific team, you’ll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life every single day to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner, and safer. We provide our global teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while helping to take science a step beyond by developing solutions for some of the world’s toughest challenges, like protecting the environment, making sure our food is safe or helping find cures for cancer. 

Location/Division Specific Information 

We are the Clinical Trials Division (CTD): We Supply the Hope that Changes Lives

The selected candidate would sit in the Allentown, PA, or East Coast Remote area and support the Clinical Trial Division. CTD partners with pharmaceutical and biotech customers around the world to ensure the right patients get the right therapies in the right doses at the right time - a concept that we internally adopt as There is a Patient Waiting. Our unique blend of services includes project management, packaging, distribution, transportation management and specialty logistics, ancillary supply management, clinical supply optimization, bio-repository storage and much more. Our more than 4000 employees in over 15 countries work hard every day knowing that what they do matters. 

Discover Impactful Work:

Join our team as a Demand Planner III at Thermo Fisher Scientific, where youll contribute to global healthcare and scientific advancement. In this role, youll develop and manage comprehensive demand forecasts while collaborating with cross-functional teams to optimize inventory levels and ensure excellent customer service. Youll use advanced analytics and planning tools to support strategic decision-making, contributing to our mission to make the world healthier, cleaner, and safer.

A Day in the Life: 

Working with commercial, operations, and finance teams, youll facilitate demand review processes, analyze market trends, and provide valuable insights to improve forecast accuracy. Youll contribute to new product launches, portfolio management, and sales and operations planning (S&OP) processes. This position offers the opportunity to implement improvement initiatives while developing and maintaining strong relationships with stakeholders across the organization.

Keys to Success:

Education

• Bachelors degree required. Preferred Fields of Study: Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, Operations Management, Engineering, or related field.

• Advanced degree preferred.

• APICS certification or equivalent preferred.

Experience

• Advanced Degree plus 3 years of experience, or Bachelors Degree plus 5 years of experience in supply chain planning, demand forecasting, or related field required.

• Experience analyzing customer demand patterns and market trends to develop accurate forecasts

• Experience with S&OP processes and demand planning systems (Demantra, IBP, Forecast Pro)

• Experience with new product launches and product lifecycle management preferred

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

• Advanced proficiency in ERP systems (SAP, Oracle, JDE) and Microsoft Office Suite, particularly Excel

• Strong analytical and statistical modeling skills with demonstrated forecast accuracy improvement

• Excellent project management and cross-functional team collaboration abilities

• Strong presentation and communication skills, with ability to guide decision-making

• Proficiency in data visualization and business intelligence tools

• Knowledge of inventory management principles and supply chain best practices

• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a deadline-oriented environment

• Knowledge of GMP and pharmaceutical industry regulations preferred

• Ability to work effectively in a global, matrix organization

• Demonstrated problem-solving and improvement-oriented mindset

Benefits

We offer competitive remuneration, annual incentive plan bonus scheme, healthcare, and a range of employee benefits! Thermo Fisher Scientific offers employment with an innovative, forward-thinking organization, and outstanding career and development prospects. We offer an exciting company culture that stands for integrity, intensity, involvement, and innovation.