Global Supply Chain Planner (Maternity Cover till Dec 2025)

The Pharma supply chain planning ambition is to deliver a supply chain that continues to achieve faster launches for our new product portfolio, better responsiveness, lower inventory and enhanced resilience so that supply chain remains off the critical path.  To support this we are leveraging technology, driving integrated, efficient end to end planning and building a high performing planning team.

Our team collaborate and partner with the manufacturing sites to ensure supply plans can be successful fulfilled by monitoring capacity, key components availability and actively mitigating and resolving any product supply and/or customer service challenges. Global Supply Chain Planner manages inventory levels and the deployment of API according to customer demands and company objectives. You will be responsible for ensuring product continuity of supply for all products that fall under assigned portfolio, both for internal and external Sites.

Responsibilities

• Develop an optimal, achievable supply plan for an API subset, aligned to a manufacturing resource, or group of resources, for the full planning horizon according to demand, production capacity and availability of materials.

• Manage the  supply of API to receiving sites within the network. Monitor system alerts for supply issues throughout the global network.  Makes recommendations to provide timely resolution with minimum impact to customers.

• To manage the pedigree complexities and incorporate the impact in Supply Review Meetings throughout the supply chain nodes such that API/Secondary network/site rough cut capacity plans and inventory plans are targeted to meet the demand/net requirements/strategic stocks for every pedigree

• Manage the E2E primary/material inventory which include budget glidepath setting, monthly report, interacting with site SLOBs progressions, scenario planning 

• Be responsible for delivery optimization and accuracy of master data settings for planning and supply relevant to direct delivery and replenishment processes throughout global systems. 

• Perform capacity levelling within the planning horizon and leads the handover of the Supply Plan to Site production and Scheduling.

• Support Life Cycle Management for product launches, transfers, divestments and discontinuations. 

• Collaborate on continuous improvement initiatives through problem solving.

• Provides input to Core Commercial Cycle forums.

• Evaluate supply planning performance and trends for its SKU subset, and investigates the root cause of issues of KPIs deviations and recommends actions to prevent reoccurrence in line with Segmentation principles

Knowledge, Skills & Experience

Qualifications & Skills:

• Practical experience in supply planning

• Experience in a pharmaceutical, medical device, chemical or FMCG environment including interaction with sites, regional commercial operations

• Ability to work independently

• Proficiency in English

• Ability to work with data – advanced Excel skills

•  University degree

Preferred Qualifications & Skills:

• Knowledge of Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients – nice to have

• Experienced in the use of SAP APO or SAP ECC and analytics tools

Why GSK?

Uniting science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together.

GSK is a global biopharma company with a special purpose – to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together – so we can positively impact the health of billions of people and deliver stronger, more sustainable shareholder returns – as an organisation where people can thrive. We prevent and treat disease with vaccines, specialty and general medicines. We focus on the science of the immune system and the use of new platform and data technologies, investing in four core therapeutic areas (infectious diseases, HIV, respiratory/ immunology and oncology).

Our success absolutely depends on our people. While getting ahead of disease together is about our ambition for patients and shareholders, it’s also about making GSK a place where people can thrive. We want GSK to be a place where people feel inspired, encouraged and challenged to be the best they can be. A place where they can be themselves – feeling welcome, valued, and included. Where they can keep growing and look after their wellbeing. So, if you share our ambition, join us at this exciting moment in our journey to get Ahead Together.

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