MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree in business administration, Engineering or Supply Chain or equivalent
• 4+ years in manufacturing or supply in biopharmaceutical industry or equivalent
• 3+ years’ experience conducting data-driven analysis and communication findings to management.
• Fluent in English

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Advanced understanding and experience with the Integrated Business Planning and Sales & Operations Execution processes.
• 3+ years of demand forecast and supply planning management experience.
• Experience in launch and ramp up of new products.
• Knowledge of pharmaceutical manufacturing quality systems and regulatory submissions process.
• Knowledge of management systems and tools as Kinaxis, SAP, dVSM and Plai
• Experience of working with Financials and Budgeting
• 5+ years of successful experience and demonstrated ability and successful experience working in matrix environments (cross Functional and multi global location stakeholders’ management).
• Capacity to work transversally (with different functions such as market SC-BP, Site product planner, External manufacturing….)
• APICS certification
  Languages: Fluent in English

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES & ACCOUNTABILITIES:

The main purpose of a Product Planner is to ensure that market demands for a product are met by supply along the IBP and S&OE horizon for commercial and new launch products including ramp up phase.

JOB PURPOSE

• E2E Supply Chain Planning: Executes IBP and own S&OE horizon ensuring product balancing between demand & supply and gap remediation, responsible for net demand propagation, validation, and product deployment plans in Kinaxis.
• Master Data & Planning Parameters: Responsible for creation and continuous accuracy of products related master data and planning parameters in Kinaxis, ensuring alignment with E2E Product Leader’s strategy/segmentation guidelines.
• IBP monthly cycle: contributes to the standard monthly and weekly E2E Planning process & decision loop in collaboration with Supply Planning and Site Planners
• Long term Strategy Support: Assist in strategic and budget planning, provide data-driven insights for long-term decisions, and incorporate strategic changes into planning systems.

RESPONSIBLE FOR PRODUCTS INVENTORY MANAGEMENT & OPTIMIZATION:

• Implement inventory strategy defined by E2E Product Leaders and set inventory planning parameters in system (Kinaxis) across all nodes at sites and CMOs.
• Monitor and adjust inventory levels in Kinaxis to meet market demands and minimize costs, leveraging dVSM as a strategic tool.

RESPONSIBLE FOR CREATION AND UPDATE OF MASTER DATA FOR A PRODUCT OR SET OF PRODUCTS IN KINAXIS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STRATEGY DEFINED BY THE E2E PRODUCT LEADER

• Maintain proper product related planning parameters (e.g., BOD = Bills of distribution, inventory targets, PV=Production Version priorities) needed to support plans and ensure changes are made and formally aligned across the SC.