Job Description
We are looking for a new member to join our team. We are looking for a supply planner, who can improve the way we plan, coordinate, and execute our inbound supply. This clearly requires a structured and analytical mindset, and a high level of stakeholder management. Do you thrive on being the difference-maker on operational performance and make a difference to patients? We aspire to have as much overlap as possible enabling our new colleague to be trained in tasks, learn about our systems, and have general onboard to the team and Supply Chain.
This is a one-year contract role with us with amazing learning and development opportunities.
Your Key Responsibilities
Your responsibilities include, but not limited to:
- Planning and managing orders from selected intercompany and 3rd party suppliers, to ensure availability and stock targets are met. Operationally lead execution and if necessary, support various last mile actions. All in accordance with GDP standards.
- Stakeholder management across functions including commercial, quality and customer service functions to set the right priorities and drive the right actions.
- Ensuring successful launches by following products from project until first sales and resupply together with our Business Development team. This includes coordinating setups, master data, first production, release and first sales.
- Analysis of both supply and sales forecast data to ensure the most suitable input for effective supply planning. Challenge business on forecast accuracy and claimed sales projections. Analyze big data sets of supply data and KPIs to improve performance.
- Work with the supply planning team on how systems are used and run our processes. Suggest and drive improvement initiatives.
- Support with ad hoc task – mostly data and analysis focused
Essential Requirements
What you’ll bring to the role:
- Bachelor's or Master's Degree in supply chain, operations management or a related field
- Deep knowledge and strong understanding of SCM, Supply planning and inventory management.
- Strong stakeholder management skills
- Analytical and structured mindset
- Fluent communication skills in English – spoken as well as written
- Experience working with Windows Office package is essential (extended competencies in Excel)
- Knowledge of relevant tools and systems e.g. SAP, SAP Hana, RapidResponse, QlikSense, Alteryx
- Ability to act in a fast-paced environment while being quality conscious well organized with an eye for details
You’ll Receive
Competitive salary and Bonus based on personal and company results; Pension Scheme; Health Insurance; Flexible working conditions with hybrid working policy; Employee recognition scheme; Development both professionally and personally; Learning about company processes
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!
Commitment To Diversity & Inclusion
We are committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams representative of the patients and communities we serve.
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