Planning Manager - Pharmaceutical Industry

at  Hire Resolve

Hire Resolve’s client in the Pharmaceutical Industry is urgently seeking the expertise of a Planning Manager to join their team in Cape Town, Western Cape.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Relevant Post Graduate Bachelors University qualification in Supply Chain Management (BComm), Logistics (BComm) or Engineering (BIng)
• 8+ years of supply planning, supply chain analytics
• Must have experience in managing people
• Exposure to supply chain and S&OP is a must
• Experience in Demand Planning including replenishment forecasting
• Previous exposure to working with a statistical forecast
• Previous experience in data analytics/science
• CPF or CPIM
• Experience in the FMCG/Pharmaceutical industries
• Strong knowledge of exports/imports
• Good working knowledge of ERP systems (SAP), Integrated Business Planning (IBP) and BI Platforms

• Manage, lead, and drive the Supply S&OP and Reconciliation S&OP Process
• Lead and manage relevant sales and operations execution meetings with suppliers
• Manage, lead, develop, and build strong team relationships for a team of supply planners and logistics coordinators.
• Assess stock prioritization, pull forward, and deferral requests based on demand movements in conjunction with demand planner
• Analyse and propose stock-to-norm (STN) requirements for all SKU’s
• Identify and review items with excess inventory and propose action plan
• Manage short-dated stock and drive demand shaping with Marketing and mitigation planning with the Commercial team
• Minimise write-off costs on slow-moving stock
• Preparation of supply planning-related reports for monthly supplier engagement meetings
• Leading Supply S&OP meetings and compiling and presenting presentation decks
• Provide reporting and root cause analysis monthly on excess and shortfall stock as well as key drivers to inventory forward
• Manage 3rd Party QA on post-importation testing (PIT)
• Provide reporting to the commercial team on PIT Results & QA release timelines
• Manage replenishment requirement views for maintaining STN
• Provide front-end feedback to the supply sites on the latest demand movements
• Coordinate discussions with demand planners on the opportunities and risks regarding demand and supply
• Track stock supply point delivery vs actual, and conduct required follow-up to ensure service delivery
• Manage, support & coordinate the vendor coalitions within the Supply Chain Planning team in the efforts to ensure the supply security of products