Network Supply Manager/Planner

AstraZeneca

Wuxi, Jiangsu
Permanent
Full-time

13 days ago

Network Supply Manager/PlannerAre you an innovative supply chain thinker with a passion for the patients we serve and a desire to operate and lead in a global environment? If so, then this job as a Network Supply Planner at AstraZeneca is the role for you!AstraZeneca is at an exciting time of new products and launches. We get to work with innovative and scientific products on our leading-edge end to end supply chain, using the latest technologies and modern facilities.Here you can feel a strong connection to the patient. It’s what drives us every day. We are united behind one mission – finding the best solution to put our patients first. Play a critical role in making this happen, delivering our innovative medicines all the way until they reach our patients. Adapt and innovate at pace.Have the opportunity to play a role in evolving Supply Chain, reimagining how we do things, and creating a collective legacy. Unrivalled leaders in this space, we always do it the right way – with sustainable lifecycle management. There’s no better time to take ownership and reshape the entire ecosystem, from technological advances to develop more ethical approaches to our work.The Network Supply Manager/Planner is an above site planning role, part of Global Supply Chain & Strategy, reporting to the Network Supply Planning Lead. In this role, you will have responsibility for planning a group of resources (internal or external). In this capacity, the role creates, develops, and maintains a cross-brand constrained production & capacity plan for assigned resources/products, while facilitating efficient manufacturing operations for the slushy and tactical horizon, according to the monthly planning cycle.As part of these planning responsibilities, you will ensure that relevant resource supply constraints and events are modeled in the system. This role drives the Sales & Operational Execution (S&OE) process by facilitating the relevant meeting and reviews on a weekly basis. The role is a key player in the Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) process by leading the supply consensus meeting with sites and Process Execution Teams (PETS), in which the role supports by providing necessary simulations to support decision making.You will be a gatekeeper of the operational plan and liaison between site (mainly governed by S&OE) and market companies via demand planners (or Marketing Company Account Managers (MCAMs). Finally, the role ensures that constrained executable plans are seamlessly handed over to Production Planners.What you will do:

Build the tactical plan to execute
Create and own the capacity-constrained plan that balances service, cost, and inventory in the tactical horizon
Partner with the Global Brand Planner to influence Supply Chain Design for my assets
Lead scenario planning to mitigate risk and find opportunities
Lead the S&OE process and Supply Consensus forums at Site
Partner with up and downstream node Network Supply Planners to drive alignment across the Supply nodes and secure robust demand signals

Essential:

Bachelor’s degree required
Experience in Supply Chain Environment (Manufacturing, Planning)
Advanced supply chain (inventory, capacity, and network) planning skills
Digital savvy (data & system minded)
Operational Experience with planning systems (ie. ERP/APS systems)
Experience in managing and developing solutions for supply chain events.
Capacity management & modeling
Understanding of supply chain planning parameters, master data, and master data integrity & quality.
Experience in collaboration with the key interfaces within the end-to-end supply chain, with manufacturing, and between supply chain and commercial functions – experience working with third-party suppliers would be a bonus.
Excellent communications and collaboration skills are required to manage a multitude of customers and stakeholders, both internal and external to AZ.
Proficient in using key Lean Tools

Preferred:

A degree or equivalent in Business, Logistics, Sciences, or Engineering is preferred, equivalent experience will be taken into account.
APICS / CSCP or equivalent certification
Lean certification
Robust understanding of and contributing to an S&OP process.
Commercial experience
Leadership experience

Date Posted 15-4月-2024Closing DateAstraZeneca embraces diversity and equality of opportunity. We are committed to building an inclusive and diverse team representing all backgrounds, with as wide a range of perspectives as possible, and harnessing industry-leading skills. We believe that the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be. We welcome and consider applications to join our team from all qualified candidates, regardless of their characteristics. We comply with all applicable laws and regulations on non-discrimination in employment (and recruitment), as well as work authorization and employment eligibility verification requirements.

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