Danaher

Senior Materials Planner (f/m/d)

Switzerland · Work style not stated · Full time

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EmployerDanaher
LocationSwitzerland
Work styleWork style not stated
Employment typeFull time
Employer posted8 Oct 2026

Bring more to life.

Are you ready to accelerate your potential and make a real difference within life sciences, diagnostics and biotechnology?

At Cytiva, one of Danaher’s 15+ operating companies, our work saves lives—and we’re all united by a shared commitment to innovate for tangible impact.

You’ll thrive in a culture of belonging where you and your unique viewpoint matter. And by harnessing Danaher’s system of continuous improvement, you help turn ideas into impact – innovating at the speed of life.

Working at Cytiva means being at the forefront of providing new solutions to transform human health. Our incredible customers undertake life-saving activities ranging from fundamental biological research to developing innovative vaccines, new medicines, and cell and gene therapies.

At Cytiva you will be able to continuously improve yourself and us – working on challenges that truly matter with people that care for each other, our customers, and their patients. Take your next step to an altogether life-changing career.

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Learn about the Danaher Business System which makes everything possible.

The Senior Materials planner collaborates with the cross-functional team for the smoothest demand and supply planning, a high quality, and a timely availability for the customers.

This position reports to the Materials manager, and will be an on-site role (in Grens, Vaud).

What you will do:

Create a production plan aligned to demand volumes and inventory strategy - create and maintain Work Orders for in-house production, sterilization and Outsourced operations.
Integrate supply constraints (materials availability, supplier LT/capacity, sterilization capacity, prod capacity, shelf-life) into the plan and highlight gaps/conflicts proactively through escalation
Run alternate scenario planning, recommend recovery mitigation plans with quantified impact and communicate production priorities/mitigation scenario set according to customer impact, and business needs
Cross functional coordinator (Quality, MFG, Sourcing, Customer Service, and Distribution) & mitigation plan leader on misses (lead meeting & action plan execution follow up)
Maintain planning parameter (ERP master data) accuracy jointly with the Demand Planner & inventory SME (LT, MOQ, safety stock, batch size)
Support implementation of ECO/ECR changes affecting planning or production flows, New product introduction and Transfer or Work projects.
Key metrics: Liquidations/On-time delivery/Inventory

Who you are:

Bachelor's degree from an accredited university or college (or a high school diploma / GED) - Masters Degree preferred

8-10 years of proven experience in Materials Planning and Execution

APICS Certification preferred - Oracle knowledge (EBS and ASCP) and experience preferred

Lean Manufacturing Experience preferred

Medical Devices experience, ISO13485 is a plus

Fluent in English and French

Autonomous, rigorous, natural leader, customer and continuous improvement oriented

Cytiva, a Danaher operating company, offers a broad array of comprehensive, competitive benefit programs that add value to our lives. Whether it’s a health care program or paid time off, our programs contribute to life beyond the job. Check out our benefits at Danaher Benefits Info.

Join our winning team today. Together, we’ll accelerate the real-life impact of tomorrow’s science and technology. We partner with customers across the globe to help them solve their most complex challenges, architecting solutions that bring the power of science to life.

For more information, visit www.danaher.com.

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