(Senior) Supply Planner (M/F/D), Location: Binningen (Ch)

CHEPLAPHARM is a family-owned company headquartered in Greifswald, Germany. For more than 20 years, the company has been very successful in taking over well-known and well-established medicines from the research-based pharmaceutical industry and transferring them to an existing global network of partners for manufacturing and distribution. In this way, CHEPLAPHARM ensures the continuous supply of these medicines to patients worldwide. In addition to its headquarters in Greifswald, CHEPLAPHARM operates further sites in France, Japan, Russia and Switzerland. The company employs around 650 people worldwide.

The affiliate in Switzerland was established in 2023 to further drive the growth of the group and global acquisitions of established medicines from large pharmaceutical companies.

As a Supply Planner, you will play a pivotal role in overseeing the end-to-end operations and order fulfilment process of the CDMOs. Your primary focus will be on ensuring accurate and timely processing of customer orders, managing inventory levels, and collaborating with various departments to meet customer expectations. You will be responsible for managing projects, ensuring seamless collaboration between cross-functional teams, and driving the successful execution of client contracts. This role requires a combination of technical expertise, project management skills, and cross-leadership abilities to deliver high-quality pharmaceutical products within specified timelines and budget constraints.

In this role, you will contribute to Cheplapharm Global Supply Chain Management Team and you will report to the Therapeutical Area Lead within the global Supply Chain Organization.

Your tasks will include:

• You independently take responsibility for the analysis, monitoring, and implementation of sales and distribution planning for a specifically defined product area using the inventory and planning tools.
• You act as Supply Chain Single Point of Contact for CDMOs.
• You are responsible for supply planning, including the planning, review, control, and continuous tracking of inventory and demand, based on the order proposals in the inventory and planning tools.
• You calculate and implement the economic order quantity, taking into account factors such as expiration dates, the risk of product disposal, and the prevention of stock-outs and overstocking.
• You ensure an always accurate and well-maintained master data landscape, including the management of minimum order quantities (MOQ), lead times, safety stocks, expiration dates, and ABC classification.
• You are responsible for building, maintaining, and continuously optimizing a comprehensive supply chain management reporting system. This includes monitoring inventory levels, coverage, stock-out results and risks, as well as OTIF (On-Time-In-Full) performance.
• You support the end-to-end Supply Chain Organization with regards to design, development, and management.
• You take responsibilty for selecting, onboarding, and managing C(D)MOs and service providers via RFQs, SLAs and TAs.
• Business Operations activities such as Business Process Mapping, Process Visualization, Metrics & KPI reporting and data analysis.

• Bachelor's or advanced degree in a relevant scientific field, business administration, Industrial Engineer, Life science or alike.
• You have at least 5-10 years of experience dealing with Supply Chain, Procurement and/or CDMOs within a pharmaceutical environment
• Proven experience in project management within the pharmaceutical or biotechnology industry, with a focus on contract development and manufacturing.
• Several years of experience in collaborating with CDMOs and in supervising outsourced activities
• You have strong self-management skills and an entrepreneur mindset.
• You are a team player with the ability to manage external and internal stakeholders.
• You are result-oriented, customer focused with strong interpersonal skills and a high degree of business ethics.
• You are a talented communicator and listener, eager to learn, you can work autonomously within an environment where flexibility is necessary.
• Ability to navigate complex technical challenges and make informed decisions.
• You have a very good command of IT tools: i.e. MS Office (solid Excel know-how is key) & SAP, IBP (Integrated Business Planning)
• English is a must, and any other language is a plus.

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