Associate Director, CPSO Demand and Supply Orchestrator

Key Duties and Responsibilities

• Demand Planning
  • Lead Demand Consensus Meetings with cross functional teams (BI&T, Product Managers, Finance, Market Contacts teams). Ensure documented outcomes, risk and opportunities, scenario selection and escalations to S&OP.
  • Partner with markets to incorporate internal/external market insight, qualitative adjustments and intelligence into the forecast. Insights include competitive intelligence, supply chain disruptions, promotion uplift, regulatory approval timelines, generic entry dates, pipeline developments, health policy and reimbursement changes, pharmacovigilance data, tenders, etc.
  • Ensure demand plans are optimized to manage risk based on market/supply chain dynamics.
  • Execute ad hoc supply analysis to support business needs including financial reconciliation, KPI analysis and scenario planning.
  • Monitor demand planning KPIs: Forecast Accuracy, Forecast Bias, Sales consumption. Investigate significant deviations and establish improvement plans.
  • Document & investigate gaps between Finance Budget and Supply Forecast and share through Demand Consensus Meeting and S&OP escalation.
  • Partner with BI&T demand forecasters GPS analytics team to continuously improve forecasting multivariate models.
• Supply Planning
  • Partner with cross functional team to prepare and lead robust Market S&OPs.
  • Partner with cross functional team to prepare Market S&OE and oversee escalation through GSC Tier process.
  • Execute ad hoc analytics to support business needs including KPI analytics, inventory and write off financial impact assessment and scenario planning.
  • Participate in integration and coordination of supply strategies between markets/customers and OpU.
  • Support NSPs in implementing regulatory/artwork changes into market/customer supply, minimizing obsolescence while avoiding supply risk.
  • Support discontinuation of BMS products in liaison with OpU SC, Regulatory, Business Units leads, Brand Leaders, and key customer/market stakeholders.
  • Provide input into quarterly inventory projections and budgeting processes. Liaise with supply sites regarding any queries.
  • Ensure key supply chain metrics including Customer Service, OTIF, Inventory, PWO for markets are achieved. Provide analysis and commentary on backorders, anticipated backorders and potential write off to commercial partners.
  • Communicate inventory or supply risks that may impact a market/customer, including stock overviews, heat maps, inventory shortage assessments, and obsolescence.
• Launch Planning
  • Support New Product Introductions and serve as a conduit for Commercial to Launch Excellence, SPL & SCPL teams as required.
  • Execute ad hoc analytics to support business needs and decision making during S&OP, including 0 12 weeks and 0 12 months launch scenario planning.
  • Collaborate with SCPLs, NSPs, and Demand Planning to ensure market level demand changes are incorporated into site production plans efficiently.

Qualifications, Knowledge and Skills Required

• years of related experience within the Pharmaceutical or Consumer industries.
• Supply Chain Planning experience, exposure to process, ERP, and Advanced Planning Systems leading practices.
• Forecasting and Demand Planning process and KPIs (Forecast Accuracy, Bias, MAPE etc.) experience.
• Understanding of financial terms (P&L, Budget etc.) and key business drivers impacting Operations.
• Knowledge of/exposure to ERP, ideally SAP BW reporting, and related supply chain planning systems and data analysis tools (ex Tableau, Excel).
• Understanding and exposure to current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP), Food and Drug Administration (FDA) or other regulatory industries.
• Basic operational understanding of Logistics, Warehousing and Transportation.
• Knowledge of compliance procedures (regulatory/financial/EHS).
• Strong analytical, organizational, critical thinking and problem solving skills.
• Excellent interpersonal, communication and presentation skills.
• Ability to prioritize, organize and manage multiple tasks to tight deadlines.
• Customer oriented.
• Demonstrate cultural sensitivity and an understanding of the global practices where business is conducted.

Benefits

• Competitive salary with an annual bonus.
• Pension contribution.
• Family health insurance.
• 27 days annual leave.
• Access to BMS Cruiserath on site gym.
• Life assurance.

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