Supply Chain Head Asea Zone Consumer Healthcare

**JOB DESCRIPTION: Supply Chain Head ASEA Zone Consumer Healthcare**

**Job Purpose**

Define and drive the Supply Chain strategy, from both internal and external manufacturing sources, to support and attain the top line and bottom line growth ambition of the ASEA Zone Consumer Healthcare business (325 M euros), Lead the ASEA Zona Consumer Healthcare Supply Chain team transformation towards becoming a highly engaged, high performing future-ready team delivering tech-enabled planning and service excellence, building a truly customer-centric organization, and creating value for the business, and Serve as the single point of contact (SPOC) to the business on all matters related to ensuring supply for ASEA Zone Consumer Healthcare.

**Reporting Line**

The position will report directly to the AMEA Consumer Healthcare Supply Chain Head and will be based within the ASEA Zone.

**Key Tasks and Accountabilities**

Lead the IBP process in ASEA Zone to best in class standards to ensure that sales and profitability targets are achieved.

Drive demand planning excellence via statistical forecasting in Kinaxis, leveraging available data/information such as sell in, sell out and stock in trade data and business or trade intelligence to be able to develop a robust 36-month forecast and sustainably achieve forecast performance targets.

Deliver service excellence at optimum cost and inventory. Proactively manage risks or opportunities on product supply from internal or external manufacturing with appropriate and timely communication to key business and operations partners and manage arbitration with key stakeholders (GM, Commercial, Finance, Science Hub, etc.).

Identify and execute the appropriate sourcing, logistics and distribution strategies to continuously drive efficiencies and cost optimisation, while ensuring sustainable supply and delivering service excellence

Anticipate and surface potential consequences of regulatory events relating to new product launches, site transfers or variations with various stakeholders (GSC, internal or external manufacturers, Science Hub, etc).

Establish a governance and drumbeat with internal and external manufacturing sources, and logistics and distribution service providers on performance reviews, long term capacity planning and BCPs to ensure stable and continuous supply.

Spearhead logistics and distributor contract performance management to ensure agreed service level agreements are met to deliver high customer service satisfaction and strong growth.

Ensure all supply contracts comply with relevant Acts, legal demand and ethical standards. Regularly update SOPs and internal procedures to ensure adherence across the organization.

Identify and correct unsafe conditions or behaviours and immediately surface serious incidents. Promote and role model healthy and safe workplace environment and policy in distribution centres, warehouses, distributors, office.

**Job Skills/Competencies**
- The position is both strategic and operational and requires an individual with strong experience in the management of the end to end supply chain, internal and external manufacturers, and stakeholders to structurally transform the Supply Chain team in ASEA Zone
- Exceptional leadership skills to engage and grow the team toward a culture of high performance and collaboration
- Possess excellent communication skills to articulate, motivate and interact with senior management teams
- Influencing and negotiation skills to drive sustainable change in a high growth potential zone in the AMEA region
- In depth knowledge of key supply chain processes (IBP, forecasting, customer care, distribution, cost, compliance) and internal and external manufacturing management
- Excellent analytical and organizational skills, including the proven ability to adapt to a dynamic project environment and manage multiple projects
- Fluent in English