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Extending Lives  
Expanding Possibilities

Cluster Planning Lead

Singapore, Singapore
Job ID
JR - 193127
Category
Demand Planning
Date posted
03/12/2026
Location
Singapore, Singapore
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Vantive is a vital organ therapy company on a mission to extend lives and expand possibilities for patients and care teams everywhere. For 70 years, our team has driven meaningful innovations in kidney care. As we build on our legacy, we are deepening our commitment to elevating the dialysis experience through digital solutions and advanced services, while looking beyond kidney care and investing in transforming vital organ therapies. Greater flexibility and efficiency in therapy administration for care teams, and longer, fuller lives for patients— that is what Vantive aspires to deliver.

We believe Vantive will not only build our leadership in the kidney care space, it will also offer meaningful work to those who join us. At Vantive, you will become part of a community of people who are focused, courageous and don’t settle for the mediocre. Each of us is driven to help improve patients’ lives worldwide. Join us in advancing our mission to extend lives and expand possibilities.

Duties and Responsibilities

  • Inventory Ownership:Own cluster/country inventory management, ensuring alignment with APAC policies, local operational priorities, and financialobjectivestooptimiseservice levels, working capital, and inventory efficiency.
  • Supply Exception Management:Proactivelyidentify,monitor, and mitigate supply chain risks and demand-supply imbalances, providingtimelyescalation of critical issues to APAC leadership while collaborating with Cluster Supply Chainheadto resolve operational challenges.
  • Integrated Planning Leadership:Lead and govern SIOP/IBP processes, translating demand forecasts into executable supply and inventory strategies, ensuring alignment with both APAC directives and local cluster requirements.​
  • KPI Performance & Continuous Improvement:Drive best practices and continuous improvement to achieve planning KPIs, including forecast accuracy, OTIF, backorders, and inventoryoptimisation.
  • Team Leadership & Capability Development:Provide strategic direction, foster accountability, and cultivate a high-performance, collaborative planning team through coaching, mentoring, and talent development.
  • Process, Data & Systems Governance:Overseeclusterplanning processes, data integrity, and systemutilisation, ensuring compliance with APAC standards, and consistent execution across the cluster.
  • Cross-Functional Collaboration & Influence:Engage and influence stakeholders across Supply Chain, Sales & Marketing, Customer Service, Quality, Regulatory Affairs, and Network Planning to resolve planning gaps, ensuring coordination between APAC guidance and local operational priorities.
  • Financial & Business Impact:Support working capital, cost, and profitabilityobjectivesthrough informed planning decisions and scenario analysis.

EHS & GMP Responsibilities (Individual Contributor)

  • Pro-activelycontributesto zero harm workplace for all employees
  • Comply withlegal and corporate EHS requirements, safe work practices and EHS policies and procedures 
  • Report all hazards, near misses and incidents as soon aspracticableandparticipateinidentifyingactions to prevent harm from occurring to our people and/or our environment
  • Employees at every levelare responsible forquality (GMP) and regulatory performance in the department to ensure quality program is met 
  • Ensure compliance with government regulations, legal documents and safety and ethical standards, obtaining legal compliance training.

EHS Responsibilities (People Leader)

  • Drive culture of zero harm workplace for all employees
  • Ensure compliance with legal and corporate EHS requirements, safe work practices and EHS policies and procedures
  • Ensure all hazards, near misses and incidents are reported and investigated toidentifyrootcausesand ensure actionsimplementedto prevent harm from occurring to our people and/or our environment
  • Ensure all employeesare trainedto perform their roles safely and any regulatory-based training is completed asrequired

Qualifications, Experience & Skills  

Qualifications

  • ​​Bachelor’s Degreerequired,Master’sdegree preferred with a minimum of 5-7 years related experience in supply chain management – planning,logistics, transportation isrequired. APICS certification preferred. MBA preferred.​

Experience

  • ​​In-depth understanding of all aspects of the business including profitability,inventory turnsand service levels.
  • ​Strong analytical skills and solving complex problems through innovativementality. 
  • ​Embraces change, challengesstatus quoand makes recommendations for improvement to products and processes.​
  • Drives results through team leadership. 
  • ​Proven stakeholder management skills (including influencing, communication negotiating and conflict management) and experience in a geographically diverse, matrixorganisation.​
  • Demonstrates cultural agility.​
  • Informal or formalpeopleleadership (coaching and/or mentoring for success).​

Skills/Technical 

  • ​​​Strong analytical skills and ability to judge when to deep dive –self-driven to achieve outcomes.  
  • ​Extensiveknowledgeableof import/export regulations.
  • ​Proficient inRapid Responseor other relevant planning systems. 
  • ​Proven stakeholder management skills (including influencing, communication negotiating and conflict management) and experience in a geographically diverse, matrix organization.​
  • Project management skill and lean/continuous improvement. ​
  • Customer focused, service mindset.
  • ​Local language skills required.​​

Reasonable Accommodation

Vantive is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities globally. If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or interview process, please click on the link here and let us know the nature of your request along with your contact information. Form Link

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