Group Demand Planning & S&OP Lead

Location: Across hirify.global's European markets, including Benelux, Germany, the UK & Ireland, the Nordics and Baltics; regular travel across European markets is required.

Gross monthly salary: €7,000–€8,500 for a full-time position, plus a 10% target annual bonus and a €500 gross monthly mobility budget.

Company

hirify.global is a European healthcare company providing medical devices, healthcare solutions and services to healthcare professionals and patients.

What you will do

• Own and further develop the Group Demand Planning process within the end-to-end S&OP cycle.
• Establish a common planning standard across markets, including segmentation, planning hierarchy and a rolling 12–18 month horizon.
• Define planning approaches for tenders, contracts, new product introductions, end-of-life products and the own-brand portfolio.
• Challenge forecast quality, manage accuracy and bias, perform root-cause analysis and drive measurable improvements.
• Facilitate Demand Review, Supply Review, Pre-S&OP and Executive S&OP meetings toward decisions, ownership and follow-through.
• Build Demand Planning capability through onboarding, training, playbooks, community of practice and functional rollout of planning tools.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Supply Chain, Statistics, Econometrics, Engineering, Business or a related field.
• Typically around 8 or more years of experience in Demand Planning and S&OP, with experience owning or transforming processes across multiple markets or business units.
• Deep knowledge of statistical forecasting, forecast enrichment, forecast value add, accuracy and bias management.
• Experience with tender-driven demand, new product introductions, end-of-life planning and the impact of demand planning on inventory, working capital, service and P&L.
• Experience with advanced planning systems such as Slim4, SAP IBP, o9, Kinaxis or comparable solutions, plus advanced Excel, Power BI and data modeling skills.
• English at C1 professional level is required; regular travel across European markets is required.

Nice to have

• Hands-on exposure to machine-learning or AI-supported forecasting and demand sensing.
• Experience in medtech, pharma, FMCG or another high-SKU distribution environment.
• APICS CPIM/CSCP, IBF CPF or a comparable certification.
• Dutch or German language skills.

Culture & Benefits

• Influential Group Supply Chain role with ownership of Demand Planning across multiple European markets.
• Functional leadership of Demand Planning professionals without formal line management.
• Exposure to senior stakeholders across Operations, Sales, Category Management, Finance, Sourcing and IT.
• Opportunity to develop advanced planning, data and AI-supported forecasting capabilities.
• Direct impact on customer service, inventory, working capital and financial performance.
• International environment with professional development opportunities.