| Position Title: | Supply Chain Planner | Department: | Commercial Operations – Supply Chain |
| Reports To: | VP, Strategic Supply Chain | Work Location: | East Brunswick, NJ |
| Essential Duties & Responsibilities: |
| • Ensure complete forecasts and purchase orders, are provided to suppliers on a monthly basis as per contractual guidelines |
| • Proactive identification of issues that may impact supply, manage short and long term planning activities/processes and day-to-day planning, retrieve, interpret and monitor demand and sales trends, calculate safety stock, manage inventory levels, resolve mismatches, collect monthly supplier performance metrics |
| • Assist in managing the sales & operational planning (S&OP) process to meet business targets of service level, competitiveness, quality & sales objectives. |
| • Lead the drive for Lean/Operational Excellence |
| • Drive improvements in overall supply forecasting and continually optimize the inventories |
| • Maintain effective end-to-end process control mechanisms and performance metrics and services to deliver continual performance improvements against defined KPIs supporting operational performance |
| • Analyze and control supply chain costs and all aspects of material inventory to minimize adverse stock holding impact on working capital |
| • Ensure processes and systems are in place to support the new product launches |
| • Notify sales and internal teams of any potential or impending supply constraints |
| • Apply basic to intermediate knowledge and understanding of Planning (MRP, ERP), Inventory & Forecast Planning and demand planning. Utilize ERP as the system of record for all supply chain processes as implemented |
| • Leverage MS Excel for advanced demand/supply analysis not available in ERP |
| • Follow established S&OP planning processes and generate new processes when there is a gap |
| • Lead/ participate planning projects focused on continuous improvement, Good communication skills and stakeholder management |
| Position Requirements: | |
| Education: | |
| Required: | B.S. Degree |
| Experience: | |
| Required: | • 3+ years planning, operations, logistics, supply chain or related experience in a generic pharmaceutical organization is required
• Experience within the following processes: master production schedule process, inventory management, supply chain management, scenario analysis, sales and operations planning, ERP Planning Systems (preferably SAP) and other cross-functional business processes common to the pharmaceutical industry is preferred |
| Specialized Training or Technical Knowledge Licenses, Certifications Needed: | |
| • Proficiency in MS Excel with ability to create V-Lookups and Pivot Tables
• ERP Planning Systems (preferably SAP) |
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| Functional Knowledge: | |
| Problem Solving skills and high degree of resilience, collaboration, and leadership | |
| Company / Industry Related Knowledge: | |
| Pharmaceutical is a plus | |
| Job Specific Competencies: |
| • Ability to work independently, Self-starter |
| • Shows ability to be driven and resourceful |
| • Assembling and analyzing data, identifying problems and developing recommendations which support supply chain operations and planning |
| • Demonstrates a sense of urgency and ownership; can collaborate and create a positive environment |
| Physical Requirements: | N/A |
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