Asset Manager & Comm SC Excellence Lead

DePuy Synthes is recruiting for a Asset Manager & Comm SC Excellence Lead, located in Warsaw,Poland or Prague, Czechia

The Asset Manager & Comm SC Excellence Lead is the central integrator (“glue”) between Commercial and Supply Chain, ensuring alignment between commercial strategy, demand signals, asset deployment, and supply capabilities. 

The role owns the end-to-end economic steering of assets and consignment structures across Hip, Knee, and Shoulder, while driving IBP execution from a commercial perspective to enable sustainable, capital-efficient, profitable growth. 

Key outcomes: 

• Growth, Profitability, and Cash Flow balance 

• Commercial-plan-aligned forecasting and deployment 

• Process stability, transparency, and compliance 

Key partners: Commercial Sales, Marketing, Supply Chain, Finance 

Strategic Accountability Areas 

1. Commercial Asset & Consignment Management 

(Evolution of the current Asset Manager role) 

• Full ownership of the economic performance of consignment and asset structures (Hip, Knee, Shoulder) 

• Analysis of customer contribution, revenue, profitability, and capital efficiency 

• Definition of priorities to optimize: 

• Asset footprint 

• Inventory levels and turn rates 

• CAPEX and SLOB exposure 

• Steering Pull Back initiatives, including dashboard-based monthly reporting to BUD 

• Ensuring full HCC and Code of Conduct compliance 

2. Commercial Supply Chain Excellence (IBP-driven) 

This person is the commercial owner of IBP execution and the interface to Supply Chain. 

Demand, Forecasting & Deployment 

• Own commercial demand alignment across: 

• Revenue forecasting (direct vs trade) 

• Non-revenue forecasting (>6-month horizon) 

• Ensure demand signals are accurate, complete, and actionable 

• Align baseline, Risks & Opportunities (R&O) at CEE level 

• Drive commercial prioritization and deployment decisions, especially under constrained supply 

FOL & Opportunity Capturing 

• Commercial lead for FOL governance and execution 

• Ensure: 

• FOL IDs capture implant & instrument needs in standard BOMs 

• Brand-level accuracy and completeness 

• Timely input, approval, and escalation 

• Translate commercial opportunities into executable supply signals 

3. IBP Governance & Process Integration 

• Act as Commercial Process Owner for key IBP interfaces: 

• Commercial Strategy & Opportunity Capturing 

• Non-Revenue Forecasting & Deployment 

• Revenue Forecasting 

• Drive CEE-wide process clarity, including: 

• R&R definitions 

• Standardized documentation 

• Tool usage (ILTIS, FOL, Pull Back, dashboards, etc.) 

• Ensure transparency, discipline, and follow-through across markets 

4. Cross-Functional Leadership & Change Management 

• Operate as the single point of orchestration between: 

• Sales 

• Marketing 

• Local & Regional Supply Chain 

• Finance 

• Quality 

• Actively drive behavioral change toward: 

• Data-driven decisions 

• Forecast accountability 

• Asset discipline 

• Lead and coordinate IBP taskforces / workstreams in line with CEE governance 

• Elevate issues with clear commercial impact framing (growth, profitability, cash) 

What This Role Balances (from IBP Conclusions) 

This role explicitly owns the trade-offs between: 

• Growth (opportunity capturing, FOL, deployment) 

• Profitability (customer contribution, asset efficiency) 

• Cash Flow (turn rate, CAPEX, SLOB, inventory health) 

And ensures commercial ambition is executable by supply chain — not aspirational. 

Profile 

Experience & Expertise 

• 6–10+ years in: 

• Orthopaedics / MedTech 

• Commercial Operations, Asset Management, or Supply Chain–Commercial interface roles 

• Strong understanding of: 

• Endoprosthetics (Hip/Knee/Shoulder) 

• Consignment & instrument economics 

• Forecasting & IBP principles 

Core Strengths 

• Strong commercial mindset with supply chain literacy 

• Highly structured, analytical, and execution-driven 

• Comfortable challenging both Sales and Supply Chain 

• Credible communicator across functions and seniority levels 

• Proven ability to run cross-functional governance without formal authority