Global Demand Planning Director

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As a result of the combination of the BD Biosciences and Diagnostic Solutions business with Waters Corporation (NYSE: WAT), by applying to this role, you will be applying for a position with Waters. Waters is a global leader in life sciences, dedicated to accelerating the benefits of pioneering science through analytical technologies, informatics, and service. With a focus on regulated, high-volume testing environments, Waters’ innovative portfolio harnesses deep scientific expertise across biology, chemistry, and physics. Waters collaborates with analytical laboratories around the world to advance the release of effective, high-quality medicines, assure the safety of food and water, and drive better patient outcomes by detecting diseases earlier, managing routine infections, and combatting growing antibiotic resistance. Through a shared culture of relentless innovation, Waters’ passionate team of approximately 16,000 colleagues partner with customers to turn scientific challenges into breakthroughs that improve lives worldwide.

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 Job Description This role is being posted to complete a prior recruiting process run by Waters Corporation. A candidate has already been selected for this role, and this job posting is provided solely for transactional purposes. Waters Corporation conducted all recruitment activities, including candidate sourcing, screening, and hiring decisions.

Position Summary The Director, Global Demand Planning is accountable for defining and leading the global demand planning strategy across a highly regulated medical device and clinical supply network. This role spans a ~$2B global division, encompassing approximately 4,000 active SKUs across six regions, and is responsible for establishing a forward-looking, data-driven demand planning capability that enables service excellence, inventory optimization, and sustainable growth. The role owns the design, governance, and continuous improvement of demand planning processes, ensuring forecast accuracy, bias mitigation, and alignment to commercial and financial objectives across regions. This role leads a globally distributed team of regional and platform demand planners and is responsible for building organizational capability, standardizing processes, and elevating demand planning maturity. This includes driving adoption of best-in-class forecasting methodologies, strengthening IBP/SIOP integration, and embedding disciplined demand review processes that align commercial insights with statistical models. The role partners closely with Commercial, Marketing, Finance, Global Supply Planning, and Deployment Planning to ensure a single, aligned demand signal that supports production, inventory, and revenue planning. As a senior leader within the supply chain organization, this role plays a critical part in driving transformation—shifting the organization from reactive, judgment-driven forecasting toward predictive, analytics-enabled, and insight-led demand planning. The position provides executive visibility into demand risks and opportunities, enabling proactive decision-making that improves forecast reliability, reduces variability, and enhances customer service. This role is instrumental in advancing a Customer First mindset while strengthening end-to-end planning integration and delivering scalable, resilient growth in a regulated healthcare environment. Responsibilities • Establish and execute a forward-looking global demand planning strategy that enables service excellence, revenue attainment, and inventory optimization across a complex, regulated product portfolio. • Establish and lead a high-performing, globally distributed demand planning organization, strengthening capabilities in advanced analytics, business partnering, and strategic thinking while fostering a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, and talent development. • Build strong, trust-based partnerships with Commercial leadership, translating market insights into actionable demand plans while proactively shaping strategies that enable growth, improve forecast alignment, and enhance customer outcomes. • Drive accountability for forecast accuracy, bias reduction, and demand variability management across regions, ensuring a single, aligned demand signal that supports operational and financial plans. • Lead the demand planning pillar of the IBP/SIOP process, embedding disciplined demand review cycles, robust scenario planning, and clear escalation pathways to support executive decision-making. • Establish and enforce global standards, governance, and best practices for demand planning, ensuring consistency in methodologies, assumptions, and outputs across all regions and platforms. • Partner closely with Commercial, Marketing, Finance, and Product Management teams to translate market intelligence, promotions, and new product launches into high-quality, risk-adjusted demand plans. • Advance the adoption of statistical modeling, advanced analytics, and system-enabled forecasting tools (e.g., SAP IBP), reducing reliance on manual adjustments and improving forecast scalability. • Provide proactive visibility into demand risks, upside opportunities, and market shifts, enabling timely cross-functional actions to protect service levels and financial performance. • Ensure strong integration with Global Supply Planning and Deployment Planning to align demand, supply, and inventory strategies, optimizing trade-offs across service, cost, and working capital. • Lead the evolution from reactive, judgmen

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