Supply Chain Demand Planner

The Supply Chain Demand Planner is responsible for balancing supply, demand, and inventory across an assigned product portfolio. This role partners closely with suppliers and cross-functional teams to maintain supply continuity, optimize inventory, manage product transitions, and proactively address risks that could impact customer service. The role also drives planning excellence through data analysis, standard work, and continuous improvement. Responsibilities As a Supply Chain Demand Planner, you will be responsible for the following: Supply & Demand Planning: Manage assigned SKU portfolios, forecasts, inventory, backlog, shortages, and supply risks. Supplier Management: Partner with suppliers to maintain supply continuity and resolve constraints and critical shortages. Inventory Management: Drive actions to achieve inventory targets and reduce excess, obsolete, slow-moving, and aging inventory. Procurement & Cost Optimization: Partner with Procurement/Sourcing on supplier management, sourcing initiatives, cost savings, and supply optimization. Purchase Execution: Place and manage purchase orders and internal requisitions to support supply requirements. NPI & Lifecycle Management: Coordinate new product introductions and product transitions, including phase-in/phase-out planning and inventory risk management. Planning Excellence: Improve planning processes, standard work, reporting, KPIs, and organizational consistency. Continuous Improvement: Lead and support improvement initiatives using Fortive Business System (FBS) tools and structured problem-solving methods. Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with Operations, Procurement, Finance, Product Management, Demand Planning, and other stakeholders to address supply, inventory, and customer-service risks. Qualifications Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Operations, Business, or a related field. 3+ years of experience in supply/demand planning, purchasing, materials, or inventory management. Strong knowledge of supply chain planning, material flow, inventory, backlog management, and supply-demand balancing. Proficiency in UBI, Power BI, Power Query, and Excel for data analysis and reporting. Strong analytical, problem-solving, and continuous improvement skills. Experience with E&O inventory, NPI/PLCM, and supplier management. Ability to prioritize and manage multiple projects and competing priorities. Strong communication, teamwork, and cross-functional collaboration skills. Knowledge of Lean manufacturing and continuous improvement methodologies. Fortive Corporation Overview Fortive's essential technology makes the world safer and more productive. We accelerate transformation in high-impact fields like workplace safety, build environments, and healthcare. We are a global industrial technology innovator with a startup spirit. Our forward-looking companies lead the way in healthcare sterilization, industrial safety, predictive maintenance, and other mission-critical solutions. We're a force for progress, working alongside our customers and partners to solve challenges on a global scale, from workplace safety in the most demanding conditions to advanced technologies that help providers focus on exceptional patient care. We are a diverse team 10,000 strong, united by a dynamic, inclusive culture and energized by limitless learning and growth. We use the proven Fortive Business System (FBS) to accelerate our positive impact. At Fortive, we believe in you. We believe in your potential—your ability to learn, grow, and make a difference. At Fortive, we believe in us. We believe in the power of people working together to solve problems no one could solve alone. At Fortive, we believe in growth. We're honest about what's working and what isn't, and we never stop improving and innovating. Fortive: For you, for us, for growth. About Fluke Fluke is leading the world in creating software, test tools and technology that will support customers today and in the future. We …

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