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September 6, 2024

Lonza

Basel

OTHER


Biologics Supply Chain Network Planner (f/m/d)

Today, Lonza is a global leader in life sciences operating across three continents. While we work in science, there’s no magic formula to how we do it. Our greatest scientific solution is talented people working together, devising ideas that help businesses to help people. In exchange, we let our people own their careers. Their ideas, big and small, genuinely improve the world. And that’s the kind of work we want to be part of.
The Biologics Supply Chain Network Planner is a pivotal role responsible to integrate demand and supply plans for multi-BU and multi-Divisional programs. This position ensures the seamless execution of supply chain planning and fulfilment, ensuring high customer service levels, optimal inventory levels.
Key responsibilities
  • Integrate Demand and Supply Plans: Capture and analyze customer demand, interact with relevant BUs and sites to develop and update integrated supply chain plans and schedules for timely product delivery. Ensure synchronization across BUs and sites
  • Inventory management: Ensure the Supply Plans result in an optimal level of intermediate inventory that enables seamless execution of customer programs while minimizing inventory holding costs
  • Indirect capacity and resource requirements: Evaluate impact on production support areas, such as storage capacities, testing and release capacity and resources
  • Risk assessment and scenario development: Identify potential discrepancies and risks across projects and BUs, develop alternative supply scenarios, define customer and business impact and recommend for decision making
  • Engagement with other supporting functions: Work closely with cross-functional teams, including Production, PM, Procurement, and Logistics, to align supply strategies with financial and operational plans.
  • Customer Engagement: Work with the PM team in customer-facing meetings to understand demand and present supply scenarios, providing feedback to cross-BU, cross-division teams
  • Stakeholder Engagement: Present data to key stakeholders, including Supply Chain, Operations, Logistics, QC, PM, Finance, to understand opportunities & risks, and develop proposals for resolution to identified risks
  • Division S&OP collaboration: Prepare and align supply scenarios with relevant supply chain teams for presentation at Division S&OP and facilitate decision making
  • Identify and implement process improvements to enhance supply chain network planning and participate in cross-functional projects for supply chain optimization of Cross-BU / Cross-Division planning and fulfillment processes.
Key requirements and skills
  • Degree with Masters in Engineering or Business Administration required
  • APICS qualification desired
  • 10+ years experience of working in the pharmaceutical industry and a general understanding of the environment.
  • 3-5 years of experience in supply chain planning, logistics, or a related field.
  • Proven track record of managing end-to-end supply chain processes.
  • Experience of working within a complex matrix environment
  • Familiarity with advanced planning systems and tools, such as SAP Integrated Business Planning.
  • Understanding of supply chain principles and best practices
  • Financial and business acumen
  • Strong understanding of the Pharma/CDMO industry
  • Strategic thinking
  • Strong analytical capabilities
  • Effective communication skills
  • Customer facing skills
  • Collaborative and used to working in teams.
  • Self-starter able to work with minimal supervision; high level of autonomy and self-learning
  • Ability to influence stakeholders in the organization
  • Ability to manage multiple tasks and working to tight deadlines.Takes accountability for actions and supports others in taking responsibility.
Every day, Lonza’s products and services have a positive impact on millions of people. For us, this is not only a great privilege, but also a great responsibility. How we achieve our business results is just as important as the achievements themselves. At Lonza, we respect and protect our people and our environment. Any success we achieve is no success at all if not achieved ethically.
People come to Lonza for the challenge and creativity of solving complex problems and developing new ideas in life sciences. In return, we offer the satisfaction that comes with improving lives all around the world. The satisfaction that comes with making a meaningful difference.

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