Senior Manager - Global Supply Planning

For your designated group of contract manufacturing organisations (CMOs) and portfolio of SKUs you will manage the planning, procurement and supply of product to ensure agreed stock levels are maintained to support the revenue targets. You are accountable for the performance of your CMOs and the availability of product. You should work with the CMOs to ensure high levels of OTIF deliveries, efficient supply plans and to identify opportunities from continuous improvement.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Inventory Policy:

- Help shape the inventory policy for your portfolio and seek to optimise the working capital associated with them

- Periodically review the suitability of the policy and make recommendations for changes

- Put in place supply plans that maintain compliance with the agreed inventory policy

Supply Planning:

- Using the consensus demand forecast, prepare supply plans for each CMO in accordance with the requirements of the manufacturing and supply agreements.

- Share the forecasts with the CMOs and discuss with them their ability to support the forecast in short, mid and long term.

- Raise and submit purchase orders.

- Pursue CMO commitment to the purchase orders

- Maintain the companies ERP and other systems such that supply dates and volumes always reflect the CMOs commitment

- Regular interaction with CMO to ensure anticipated deliveries will be in accordance with the POs

- Cooperate with Distribution and Logistics function for the collection and delivery of your product from the CMO to the Distributor\

- Raise & Manage issues and support respective team in resolving system related issues

- Ensure to capture key parameters for planning requirement like batch size, Lead time, etc. and update the Master data on regular basis

- Monitoring performance of the suppliers

- Developing & implementing vendor performance metrics

- Tracking vendor deliverables & service level agreements, Drive improvement in the OTIF performance

- Hold periodic business review meetings with your CMOs, sometimes in conjunction with other company business functions, to discuss:

- Past period OTIF

- Latest forecast and implications for CMO capacity

- Opportunities to develop more efficient supply plans (OQs, campaigning, frequency of orders, mix of SKUs ordered together etc..) leading to improved supply performance and reduced cost.

- Address the causes of supply delay both internally and externally

- Work with cross functional teams to ensure that product is promptly made available for sale upon delivery at the Distributors.

- Helps optimize the supply chain and ensure compliance

Key Accountabilities:

- Work in partnership with all other functions to deliver own objectives.

- Represent the Company, enhancing its reputation and importance with our suppliers.