Aim of job:

The Senior Demand and Supply Planner is responsible for orchestracting our Innovative Medicine Integrated Business Planning (IBP) at country level, with key focus on the Step 2 of the Demand Review ensuring consensus demand across several stakeholders, for optimal products supply to the market.

Main accountabilities:

Integrated Business Planning & End to end performance management:

- Responsible for In-market Demand Planning Process, supporting the IBP process, orchestrating the Consensus demand meeting, reviewing the Tender Scenarios Planning & New Product Launch forecasts with Finance and Commercial.

- Participate and deliver right information and analysis in the demand planning monthly meeting.

- Responsible for driving continuous improvement plans in service of the country end to end performance (OTIF-D), in collaboration with key account, customer service and distribution & transportation.

- Upload Forecast into the different planning systems on monthly basis for 36 months. (Anaplan/OMP).

- Accountable for Supply Network Planning, monitoring demand coverage and perform proper upstream communication to eliminate risk of stockout, ensuring inventory distribution as per market needs and net requirements propagation.

- Managing properly shelf-life and Artwork planning in OMP-SNP for each customer/country.

- Upload distributors sales, inventory, and movement files on monthly basis into (OMP-DP/SNP).

- Provide meaningful comments on inventory location on OMP-SNP on items with low coverage.

- Responsible for SOX compliance activities related to the revenue cycle in full guidance with internal compliance and finance.

- Recommend appropriate transportation means that commensurate with customers’ needs, after negotiating and arranging with the Supply Network Planners for an appropriate service line, to maintain cost effective balance between customer service and cost of shipment.

- Handle compensation free goods orders in compliance with local SOP.

- Drive supply chain actions in the new products launches and handling of company supply issues.

• Manage exceptions with Regulatory Affairs related to shelf life, artwork, and price discrepancies.

Collaboration and Alignment with different stakeholders:

- Collaborate with several departments such as Regulatory, Finance, Quality, Marketing, Sales, etc. for proper information sharing and a better integration of logistics and business systems and processes.

- Connect and work in partnership with global colleagues in Supply Chain Development Leaders for new product launches, and with the Regional Demand Management team on the forecasting process.

- Conduct monthly Step2 (Demand Review meetings) with Commercial, and Finance teams to better understand the market dynamics, challenge In-Market sales forecast with commercial for optimal inventory coverage to drive a balanced meaningful consensus demand (Ex-source).

- Capture Risks & Opportunities and reflect them on IBP Demand Review.

- In coordination with key cross-functional partners (labelling/Regulatory Affairs), work on the approval and implementation of the Specific packs required for countries.

- Responsible for handling customers’ complaints related to supply chain and taking proper corrective measures and actions.

- Handle logistics activities/ Supply Chain Planning activities related to products recalls and phased out products (including stock builds, etc.)

- Ensure full compliance with company SOPs, HCC guidelines, FCPA, etc.

Reporting:

- Participate in the reporting to management on orders, shipments status, and local inventory levels.

- Ensure continuous Master Data update (approved packs, prices, PA, etc.) on SAP & OMP.

- Report events and deviations to the Quality department as per the management review requirements.

- Report stock out situations through the global Stock Out Tool.

Main performance measures:

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• Strongly contribute to key performance metrics improvement (MAPE/BIAS, OTIF).

• Orchestrate / Contribute to the monthly IBP Demand Review Process with stakeholders.

• Inventory coverage for assigned market.

• Deliver assigned key actions / steps in assigned market.

Experience & Qualifications:

Experience & Qualifications

- Education: BA, or BSc. (Preferable Industrial Engineer).

- Relevant Supply Chain experience of +5 years.

- Accurate person, with attention to details and high-performance standards.

- Has a strong demonstrated track of achievements.

- Ability to communicate effectively and build strategic partnership with customers and internal stakeholders.

- High analytical skills. Problems solving oriented.

- Results oriented, energetic, self-motivated and possess pro-active attitude.

- Personal integrity and honesty.

- German speaking.

- APICS Certification (preferred).

Preferred Skills: