Job Description
Major accountabilities:
- Establishes optimal master production schedule for the tactical horizon from month 3 / 4 to 24 months, including Production volumes based on demand, rough cut capacity analysis and resources allocation resulting in anticipated operational costs and inventory levels.
- Ensures that the customers have clear visibility of the current valid supply plan and monitor the delivery commitments in terms of quantities and timelines, in accordance to the Service Level Agreements (SLAs).
- Coordinates action plans to remediate to resources constraints and manages supply KPI reporting and analysis.
- Ensures right level of SKU Inventories at the next point of the supply chain.
- Project, Process -Confirms supply orders, firmed production orders at the entry point of the time fence.
- Is responsible for creating and maintaining SLAs with related Planning Parameter setup in alignment with the customers.
- Work closely with all stakeholder like CTC manager, BPA, BU heads, local planning team.
- Support regional logistics function on a variety of projects and in identifying and implementing of cost savings opportunities.
- Planning , Establishes optimal master production schedule for the tactical horizon from month 3 / 4 to 24 months, including Production volumes based on demand, rough cut capacity analysis and resources allocation resulting in anticipated operational costs and inventory levels -Aligns Master Production Schedule (MPS) to the approved production plan - Facilitate Supply Review Meeting and actively support the entire S&OP process -Is responsible for Monthly Demand Review Meeting (midterm horizon 3 to 24 months) incl. demand assumptions, recognizing trends, showing variances to last demand submissions, as in-put to Supply Review meeting and Monthly Business Review (MBR).
- LCM -Leads the implementation of LC projects, in order to ensure compliant drug supplies, on time and in right quality and deliver and maintains a detailed Change Over Plan (COP) for LC projects.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in related field, APICS certification is desirable.
- +5 years of Demand & supply planning experience in a similar external supply environment, preferably within Pharma.
- Customer-focused, Quality and action-oriented, Experience with dynamic and complex supply chains is preferred.
- Ability to work cross-functionally in a fast-growing organization.
- Good understanding and working knowledge with ERP applications; Strong experience with SAP and Rapid Response, including system implementation, is highly desirable.
- Lead/ influence and build long term relationship with internal & external stakeholders.
- Strong interpersonal, decision-making and communication skills with the ability to interact with personnel at all levels in a team environment.
- Very good command of English language.
Why Sandoz?
Generic and Biosimilar medicines are the backbone of the global medicines industry. Sandoz, a leader in this sector, touched the lives of almost 500 million patients last year and while we are proud of this achievement, we have an ambition to do more!
With investments in new development capabilities, state-of-the-art production sites, new acquisitions, and partnerships, we have the opportunity to shape the future of Sandoz and help more patients gain access to low-cost, high-quality medicines, sustainably.
Our momentum and entrepreneurial spirit is powered by an open, collaborative culture driven by our talented and ambitious colleagues, who, in return for applying their skills experience an agile and collegiate environment with impactful, flexible-hybrid careers, where diversity is welcomed and where personal growth is encouraged!
The future is ours to shape!
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