34183-Supply Chain Manager-External Planner- Dublin

Supply Chain Manager – External Planning

Purpose

The Supply Chain Manager is the Supply Chain lead and liaises with the other key External Supply functional pillars (Manufacturing, Process Development and External Quality) as part of the CMO work centre teams to ensure timely supply to patients.
This position is expected to deliver supply in the right quantity to the right location at the right time, while optimizing inventory and cost within the contractual terms, eliminating stock-out and scrap exposure while improving the overall supply risk profile.

Responsibilities

The Supply Chain Manager will carry the following activities per established business processes and procedures. These tasks may vary according to the product portfolio:
Production planning:
•Master data creation (design and set up, change control assessments)
•Forecasting (interface with planning groups to translate demand into an executable production plan)
•DS and DP planning and allocation
•MRP management of supply and demand for DS, DP, and or FDP
•SAP execution of production orders and material transfer orders
•Purchase order issuance and approval
•Invoice review and approval
Raw Material Management:
•Master data creation (design and set up, change control assessments)
•Order policy determination (order quantities, delivery timing, safety stocks)
•Forecasting to vendors and internal sites
•Purchase order management with vendors and internal sites
•Issue management with vendors and internal sites
•Invoice review and approval
Logistics:
•Determine schedules with shipping sites, receiving sites, and raw material vendors
•Support creation of official Shipping Lanes for GMP product shipments
•Lead shipping readiness meetings as needed with shipping and receiving sites
General:
•Collaborate with cross functional teams to unlock new data elements that support business processes enhancements and strategic decision making
•Review, record and update existing processes and optimize them with focus on using digitalization tools.
•Responsible for ensuring that risks are identified, assessed, and corrected.
•Developing and/or delivering reports, presentations and/or recommendations to executive audiences
•Serving as a Supply Chain resource and/or representative for special projects and initiatives

Qualifications

•Master’s in Business, Engineering and/or Supply Chain and 2 years of experience in Supply Chain or Manufacturing
OR
•Bachelor’s in Business, Engineering and/or Supply Chain and 4 years experience in Supply Chain or Manufacturing
• Established expertise and knowledge of Pharmaceutical/Biotech Supply Chain and GMP processes
• Strong data analysis and critical thinking skills with experience in leveraging data from SAP or like systems
• Determined ability to form relationships, collaborate and influence across a multifunctional matrix organization
• Ability to effect change and build consensus on definitions with groups of individuals
• Ability and willingness to understand and represent the total-enterprise perspective
• Proven ability to lead multiple projects and to be accountable for individual results
• Experience in SAP and/or RapidResponse ERP environments
• Experience in regulated manufacturing or supply chain setting
• Demonstrated experience in a continuous improvement role utilizing tools, methodologies and change management (i.e. Lean, Six Sigma)
• Demonstrated ability to effectively engage diverse, global stakeholder groups and manage projects with multiple, cross-functional deliverables
• Proven communication and facilitation skills
• Demonstrated strong analytical skills, business acumen and risk management