Deputy Manager - Demand Planner - Pharmaceutical

Description:

Job Title: Demand Planner

Company: Leading Pharmaceutical company

Location: Ahmedabad

Department: Global Supply Chain / Central Planning

Employment Type: Full-time | Permanent

Experience Required: 5 to 10 years of experience in pharmaceutical demand planning, supply planning, preferably for US or EMB Markets.

Educational Qualification:

B.Pharm / M.Pharm / B. / B.Tech (Preferred: with specialization in Production, Operations, or Industrial Engineering)

MBA / Post-Graduate Diploma in Supply Chain / Operations / Pharmaceutical Management preferred

Key Responsibilities:

- Ensure availability at the point of sale for regulated markets.

- Analyse data to identify various scenarios and business opportunities.

- Manage FG inventory at all levels according to norms.

- To plan (R- Requirements) generation and work in coordination with Supply planning teams to level the requirements-R as per supply constraints to address sales continuity.

- Resolve supply constraints by exploring alternatives for supply and batch size changes in collaboration with supply planning and manufacturing teams.

- Review confirmed manufacturing plans and identified reasons impacting finished goods availability.

- Conduct MPRM, campus S&OP, E-S&OP, and S&OP forums.

- Hold review meetings with business leads on critical project statuses.

- Keep markets informed about supply situations for monthly and short/medium-term ranges.

- Participate in marketing review meetings, addressing concerns related to forecasting variations, non-moving inventories, and budget trends.

- Collaborate with external agencies for demand planning automation tools and ensure their accuracy.

Key Skills & Competencies:

Technical / Functional Skills

- Experience in Demand Forecasting, Supply Planning, S&OP, and MRP.

- Hands-on expertise in SAP (ECC / APO); exposure to Kinaxis, Power BI, Anaplan, or Advanced Excel preferred.

- Strong understanding of pharma supply chain operations including RM/PM planning, FG dispatch, and regulatory compliance.

- Good knowledge of lead time management, capacity planning, and production scheduling.

Preferred Industry Background:

- Pharmaceuticals / Healthcare / Life Sciences / FMCG.

- Candidates from regulated market export supply chain functions preferred.

Tools & Systems Exposure:

- SAP APO / SAP ECC / SAP IBP

- Power BI / Excel dashboards

- Kinaxis RapidResponse / Anaplan / Ariba / WMS / ERP systems