For our customer located in Zurich/Switzerland we are currently looking for a: Supply Chain Specialist (m/f/d)
Tasks & Responsibilities
Primary Role Provide a brief summary describing the major role, responsibilities and purpose of the job. Summarize key areas of accountability and budget responsibility, if applicable. Responsible for creating the master production schedule, coordinating the production, allocation and distribution of commercial and/or clinical products from the manufacturing plant to the regions. Require the ability to balance plant efficiency, patient requirements and financial needs of the company. Need to understand and communicate the impact of supply plan deviations as well as determine and recommend the best course of action.
- Generate and maintain the Master Production Schedule (MPS) at all manufacturing steps from BDS/Paste to shipping respecting manufacturing constraints and market needs
- Coordinate with manufacturing, quality, regulatory and sales and operations planning to resolve bottlenecks in supply. Identify corrective actions and follow-up on implementation of actions. Prioritize and expedite product releases
- Regularly maintain planning parameters in Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and Advanced Planning Systems (APS) in order to guarantee accurate monthly planning results
- Participate in projects to ensure long term market supply, support launch management activities and support the lifecycle management of existing products. Expedite and support activities as necessary for geographical expansion of the company’s products
- Interaction with Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) and commercial leads to ensure alignment of the supply/demand vs. market needs
- Support the Long Range Capacity Planning (LRCP) process
- Act as the link from supply chain to stakeholders in manufacturing, project management, finance, quality, process science, regulatory and the market in order to meet established business goals. Align with manufacturing on capacity usage and provide input for budget/forecast cycles
- Ensure that plant and field inventory levels are on target in order to meet customer service levels. Identify and resolve excess, slow moving and obsolete inventory issues
- Propose product reserve for short shelf life products that have high potential discard risk
- Monitor execution against agreed upon supply plans and resolve and communicate any deviations from the plan to relevant stakeholder
- Work on continuous improvement of supply chain planning tool(s) (setup maintenance, report generation and the overall planning process)
- Ensure Value Stream Map (VSM) follow up for one-site-products and own multi-site VSMs
- Submit data and comments for creation of supply chain Key Performance Indicators (KPI)/reports
- Support usage and implementation of globally harmonized planning processes
Must Haves
- B.Sc/B.A or Master in Business Administration, Industrial Engineering or Business Informatics preferably with focus on Logistics, Supply Chain Management, Operations Research, Production Planning, Project Management or other related fields.
- 3-5 year experience in production or supply chain planning (pharmaceutical industry) or related fields
- Language skills: English (excellent)
- Excellent MS Office skills
- Outstanding business acumen as well as commercial and financial understanding
- Outstanding written, oral and interpersonal communication and presentation skills
Did we catch your interest?
The SimplyVision-Team is looking forward to receive your application (Word file is highly appreciated).
Kindly be informed that our customer is located in Switzerland. Therefore only applications from candidates within the EU or candidates holding Swiss work permission are required.