Senior Supply Planning Executive

- Responsible for ensuring Supply Assurance and Supply Chain performance of assigned portfolio of products including China market. As this portfolio includes China, the responsible will need to communicate in Mandarin.
- Participate in Global and Regional forums as regional point of contact and drive improvement initiatives related to supply & inventory management to support achievement of commercial goals for assigned region / markets.
- For assign product portfolio
- Responsible for Supply Assurance
- Responsible for Inventory planning and coordination of inventory deployment
- Support completion of Product change management activities requiring supply input
- Develop and maintain relationships with Manufacturing Sites, serving as point of contact
- Represent region in plant S&OP
- Drive completion of supply-related or other assigned improvement initiatives
- Share accountability with AMP Supply Planning Manager to drive resolution of escalated issues
- POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES
- Supply Assurance - For assigned product portfolio:

- Continuously monitor and ensure product supply
- Proactively identify supply risks by updating supply outlook
- Using standard processes drive communication and resolution of supply issues with stakeholders
- Escalate risks to AMP Sub Team Lead as needed
- Proactively understand demand drivers and supply implications from forecast changes
- Partner with AMP Sub Team Lead to drive:

- Resolution of escalated risks with stakeholders
- Resolution of escalated issues in Supply chain agreement (SCA)
- Changes in transportation mode
- 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
- Monitor and manage inventory shelf-life / expiry dates minimizing write-offs whilst improving processes to avoid obsolescence.
- Ensure in market obsolete inventory is identified and disposed of on a physical and financial level
- Develop and negotiate Supply Chain Agreements (SCA) with stakeholders
- Coordinate pre-shipment and support post-shipment issue resolution with Intercompany Operations(I/O) or market teams as required
- Product change management
- For assigned product portfolio, proactively and continuously support Product Change Management activities securing achievement of business objectives, service levels, costs and working capital requirements
- Point of contact for Sites
- Serve as point of contact to manufacturing sites for any questions related to assigned product portfolio.
- Improvement initiatives
- Participate in or drive completion of continuous improvement initiatives
- ORGANIZATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS
- Manufacturing Sites, Market Leader, Market Commercial / Finance / Regulatory, Enabling analysts, Enabling Supply Managers, AMP Sub Team Lead, Brand Supply Leads
- EDUCATION
- Tertiary Qualified in a Supply Chain / Logistics / Operations Management related role (APICS highly desirable)
- Sound knowledge of principles and strategy for Sales Forecasting / Demand and Supply Planning.
- Excellent communication skills (both oral and written) and analytical skills
- EXPERIENCE
- Qualifications:

- 2 to 5 years of relevant experience required in Supply and Logistics management, ideally in pharmaceutical industry or healthcare industry
- Language requirement
- English
- Mandarin (preferred)
- Technical skills:

- Understanding of:

- Pharmaceutical industry commercial dynamics, trends and regulatory processes
- Pharmaceutical manufacturing operations and end to end global product flows
- Sales / Commercial/Marketing functional areas
- Continuous improvement concepts
- ERP System / Implementation
- Implementation of New business / distribution models
- Logistics knowledge
- Exposure to business finance
- Key capabilities:

- Ability to:

- Quickly grasp and understand complex situations involving many moving parts
- Use and leverage of ERP systems and reporting tools including Microsoft Office
- Use analytical skills to observe patterns and trends in data and determine root cause of issues from the analysis
- Make decisions based on a mixture of analysis, experience and judgment
- Manage, track and drive resolution of complex issues as well as improvement initiatives
- Effectively collaborate with team members.
- Build strong professional relationships across geographies and at different levels of the organization
- Effectively priorities requirements
- Build deep knowledge of portfolio of products and manufacturing plant capabilities
- Proactively identify supply risks through data and market demand analysis
- Use strong oral and written communication skills to present complex issues, providing adequate level of information to all levels