Job Description

2023 will potentially see Sandoz become a standalone organization! Already a global market leader in Generics and Biosimilar medicine, this is an exciting, once-in-a-career opportunity to help shape the future of the company and impact reaching out to hundreds of millions of patients!
Come join our amazing team and make an impact on patient\'s lives every day!

As a high-profile cross-functional leader, Supply Chain Manager will Lead the governance of Supply Chain interactions with third party organizations across Sandoz ESO suppliers through account plans, targets and projects to maximize collaboration and value creation between the parties.

Ensure a systematic, enterprise-wide assessment of supply chain performance and capabilities to cover market needs in line with the Sandoz strategy. Fundamental to drive Supply Chain performance and to establish related processes within all SRT\'s in the cluster.

Your responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Establish one common Demand Plan for the entire product portfolio in collaboration with the relevant functions in the Region for the tactical horizon from 3/4 to 24-36 months.
• Support and collaborate within ESO to establish optimal Supply Plan and monitor deviations versus budget for the tactical horizon from 3/4 to 24-36 months including: a) Supply volumes/based on demand; b) Operational cost, supply performance and Inventory projection at platform/region and at external suppliers (toll manufacturing, de-coupling points)
• Work with the SC team in establishing required supply models based on supplier, portfolio, demand mix and optimize key supply chain processes according to the supply chain excellence standards for the assigned ESO TP/Region (i.e. Demand Control and Demand Review, Supply Review, IBP, transportation/material flow,..) and relevant parameters (i.e. lead times, MOQ, product segmentation, order frequencies,..) in order to increase the processes effectiveness and compliance to the defined standards.
• Support SRTs to get accurate overview of capacity and resources for the assigned External Suppliers in order to highlight early warning signals in terms of unbalanced supply vs demand (i.e Supplier S&OP)
• Promote, monitor and eventually lead actions plans to achieve supply, customer services level (i.e. OTIF, stock outs) and inventory targets.
• Support executing the defined Supply Performance governance process at ESO TP/Region, analyzing the supply KPI reporting, highlighting gaps vs targets and defining and tracking gaps mitigation actions in collaboration with SRTs.
• Collaborate with Global / Platform SC (e.g. SNP) in the coordination of bottleneck management to avoid or minimize stock out risks for markets and patients creating scenarios in collaboration with Global Functions
• Supports supply risk management process within platform/region responding to ad hoc requests for analysis or information regarding supply chain risks and opportunities.

Minimum requirements

What you\'ll bring to the role:

• Bachelor degree (technical, economics or scientific degree) that contains supply chain management, logistics and/or planning including an APICS CPIM or APICS CSCP certification
• Minimum 9 years of relevant working experience in any of the fields of supply chain management, planning, logistics and inventory management
• Good business acumen
• Project management experience
• Knowledge of complex supply chain processes
• High degree of competence in SAP
• Problem solution abilities and issue communication skills
• Stakeholder management
• Cross-functional management
• Fluent in English, French is a plus

Why consider Sandoz?
500 million patients were touched by Sandoz generic and biosimilar medicines in 2022 and while we\'re proud of that fact, we know there is more we could do to continue to help pioneer access to medicines for people around the world.

We are at a pivotal moment in our history giving us the freedom to invest in our future so we can continue to help millions of people access affordable high-quality medicines. Together we will shape the future of Sandoz, building an organization from the ground up in an impactful, collaborative and ambitious environment, where diversity is welcomed and where personal growth is encouraged!

The future is ours to shape!

Functional Area

Technical Operations

Division

SANDOZ

Business Unit

ESO STO

Employment Type

Regular

Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion:

Novartis is committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse team\'s representative of the patients and communities we serve.

Shift Work

No

Early Talent

No

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