Senior Director, Global Planning

Location: Johor

When joining PerkinElmer, you select an experienced and trusted leader in scientific solutions, with the support of a global service network and distribution centers, providing the right solution, at the right time, to meet critical customer needs. With over an 80+ year legacy of advancing science and a mission of innovating for a healthier world, our dedicated team collaborates closely with commercial, government, academic and healthcare customers to deliver our broad portfolio of analytical solutions, and OneSource services.

Job Title

Location(s)

Johor

Responsibilities

Global Planning Leadership: Own the integrated global planning framework across demand, supply, production, inventory, and distribution; set standards, policies, and operating cadence to drive consistent planning and execution across regions and sites.

SIOP Governance & Executive Cadence: Lead the global SIOP process and governance (assumptions, scenario planning, decision rights, and escalation paths) to align Commercial, Operations, and Finance to a single set of numbers and decisions; chair/drive executive SIOP reviews.

Production Planning Oversight: Oversee global production planning to translate demand and supply plans into feasible master schedules, capacity plans, and materials strategies; drive constraint management, priorities, and recovery plans to protect customer commitments.

Supply Planning, Inventory & Working Capital: Establish inventory strategies and targets (segmentation, safety stock, deployment, and replenishment) for finished goods, spares, and accessories; drive inventory health (excess/obsolete) actions and working-capital performance while protecting service levels.

Global Distribution & Customer Service Performance: Provide oversight of distribution strategy and execution across global warehouses and distribution partners to improve OTIF/fill rate, lead times, and total landed cost; ensure robust allocation, backorder, and promise-date disciplines.

Cross-Functional Alignment: Partner with Manufacturing, Procurement, Logistics, Order Management, Quality, and Finance to ensure end-to-end plan alignment, clear tradeoffs, and rapid decision-making on service, cost, and capacity.

Performance Management & Continuous Improvement: Define and govern global KPIs (forecast accuracy, plan adherence, OTIF, lead time, DIO/turns, inventory accuracy, schedule attainment); drive standard work, root-cause problem solving, and system/data improvements (SAP and planning tools).

Risk, Resilience & Business Continuity: Anticipate and mitigate supply and distribution risks (capacity, supplier constraints, trade/customs, carrier constraints, quality holds); maintain contingency plans and scenario playbooks for service continuity.

People Leadership: Directly lead the Supply Chain Director and SIOP Planning Director; develop a high-performing global planning organization through coaching, capability building, and clear accountability.

Basic Qualifications

Education: Master’s degree in supply chain, Operations, Engineering, Business, or related discipline; APICS/ASCM certification (CPIM/CSCP) a plus.

Preferred Characteristics

Experience: 15+ years in end-to-end supply chain/planning roles with progressive leadership responsibility across SIOP, production planning, supply planning, and global distribution/inventory in a complex manufacturing environment.

Leadership: Proven ability to lead leaders (director-level) and drive alignment across global, multi-site organizations; strong coaching, talent development, and change leadership skills.

SIOP & Governance: Demonstrated success designing and running an executive SIOP cadence, enabling tradeoff decisions, scenario planning, and accountability to a single set of numbers.

Systems & Analytics: Strong SAP knowledge (MM/SD preferred) and comfort with planning/distribution systems and analytics; able to translate data into decisions, actions, and process discipline.

Business Acumen: Strong financial and operational acumen (service, cost-to-serve, working capital) with the ability to influence senior stakeholders across Commercial, Operations, and Finance.