- Why Patients Need You- Our Above Market Planning (AMP) team makes sure that customers and patients have the medicines they need, when they need them.
You'll help bring medicines to the world even faster by embracing challenges, imagining what's possible and taking action.- What You Will Achieve- Responsible for ensuring successful performance of the supply and delivery chain for assigned portfolio of products within the region.
Participate in Global and Regional forums as regional point of contact for assigned portfolio.
Drive improvement initiatives related to supply & inventory management to support achievement of commercial goals for the region and markets in scope.- Accountable for Supply Assurance of assigned product portfolio (typically larger and/or more complex portfolio than Supply Planners)
- Accountable for Inventory planning and coordination of inventory deployment for assigned product portfolio
- Support completion of Product change lifecycle management activities requiring supply input
- Develop and maintain relationships with Brand Supply Leaders and Manufacturing Sites, serving as point of contact to clarify any queries or action plans related to assigned products
- Represent markets and BU in forums (global, regional) for assigned portfolio of products
- Drive completion of supply-related or other assigned improvement initiatives
- How You Will Achieve It-
- Supply Assurance (for assigned product portfolio)
- Continuously monitor and ensure product supply of assigned product portfolio to represented markets
- Review and identify current and future supply changes and supply risks (short supplies or excess inventory)
- Drive replenishment changes with plants, communication and resolution of supply issues with stakeholders using standard processes (e.g.
e-alerts, weekly calls with market/plants, BSL engagement, etc. )
- Escalate risks to AMP Team Lead as needed (based on urgency, impact, complexity )
- Review forecast changes, new business opportunities evaluation, and identify significant demand risks.
- Proactively understand demand drivers and supply implications from forecast changes
- Supply Scenarios development
- Partner with AMP Team Lead to drive:
- Resolution of escalated risks with stakeholders
- Resolution of escalated issues in Supply chain agreement (SCA)
- Changes in transportation mode- Critical Shipment Monitoring (for assigned product portfolio)
- Coordinate pre-shipment and support post-shipment issue resolution with Intercompany Operations(I/O) or market teams as required
- Interface with IO and GTC and DC's as needed, Example: import licenses, customs, quality, release, etc are generated on-time- AMP and Market / Plant interactions
- Raise Supply Alerts coordinated with Demand Manager
- Detailed MPS preparation AdHoc
- Execute consistently AMP to Market Supply/Demand Review meetings (Supply Concerns US SI)
- Maintain regular AMP to Plant Review meetings and S&OP Meetings with the sites
- Ensure clear communication with Supply Outlook report(OSCAR)
- Support Business SO&P Slides preparation AdHoc
- Generate KPI Reports (By Plant)- Inventory management and deployment (for assigned product portfolio)
- Develop inventory targets and budget for assigned products
- Drive continuous optimization of inventory and working capital
- Analyze inventory performance versus budget and develop action plans to achieve targets
- Perform root cause analysis of inventory deviations vs. targets and of inventory drivers and define improvement plans
- Minimize inventory write-offs.
Monitor and manage inventory shelf-life/expiry dates, and actively improve processes to avoid obsolescence write-offs
- Ensure in market inventory is actively managed and expired or short dated stock is appropriately, securely, compliantly and expeditiously disposed of on a physical and financial level
- Develop and negotiate SCA (supply chain agreement) with stakeholders- Product change management (for assigned product portfolio)
- Proactively and continuously support product change activities (new launches, line extensions, Artwork changes, discontinuations, loss of exclusivity etc) securing achievement of business objectives, service levels, costs and working capital requirements- Point of contact for BSLs and Sites
- Serve as point of contact to BSLs and manufacturing sites for any questions related to supply issues, resolution plans, inventory for assigned set of products- Represent regionin global and regional forums (forassigned product portfolio)
- Serve as region's representative in global / regional forums to provide input and share expertise on supply related topics for assigned product portfolio- Improvement initiatives
- Own and drive completion of supply or other improvement initiatives
- Qualifications- Must-Have- Relevant experience required in Supply and logistics management, ideally in pharmaceutical industry or other industries where it is required to align customer requirements with sale