VACANCY FOR A SUPPLY CHAIN ANALYST (one year contract employment- Job Ref: ‘SCA-1YC’)
Our client is a multinational pharmaceutical organization.
Job Purpose

Coordination, Support and Supervision of supply chain processes for country.
Improve operational excellence and performance of the organization’s supply chain on operational level between 3rd party customers/agents and sites. Drive this performance through delivery of support and training in key processes, facilitation of key supply chain parameters and performance management.
Implement Global SCM and Regional SCM strategy to improve service, supply and cost effectiveness for the country/region.
To coordinate effective demand forecasting and inventory management for the business, and develop sales and operation planning processes to meet the demand.
Manage all pricing issues for the individual country products within the country/region.
Manage any NGO business for the organization in region if applicable.

Major Accountabilities

Your primary responsibilities would include:

• Leading the demand and supply management processes and ensuring that they are in line with the agreed business targets.

• Ensure effective inventory management in the local organizations.

• Inventory and write off management of the country/region.

• Ensuring commercial/site team compliance of the invoicing policy.

• Negotiation of supply plan with suppliers.

• Ensuring demand forecasting data generated in finance, marketing and sales with support of the Country Head.



• Ensuring demand analysis and consumption tracking is carried out on behalf of the business.

• Support launches and new products supply set ups

• Pricing negotiations for (TPC, SPR requests) private and tenders pricing

• Provide link between 3rd party customer and sites, payment and LC follow-up

• Support site registration processes in countries

• Support new markets development

• Responsible for measuring forecasting accuracy and feeding trends to marketing.

• Drive improvements in working capital management.

• Facilitate best practice sharing/standardized processes.

• Monitor and improve Global SCM KPI’s for country/region (such as PA, Sales Forecast Accuracy, stock out, write-off).

• Identify, kick-off and support SC projects to improve the regional performance.

• Implementation, support as well as training of new tools within the region (e.g. NRC). Ensure proper tool usage in operational environment.
• Process owner and Expert of dedicated supply chain and forecasting processes to ensure process adherence within supply chain and related functions.

Pricing:

• Obtain transfer price from Finance Departments

• Prepare and submit pricing documentation to relevant authorities

• Establish target prices for products in the country/region

• Establish target prices for tender businesses in the country/region

• Establish rules for rebates, discounts and tenders.





Key Performance Indicators

• Stock out avoidance, Product Availability

• Inventory management and gap analysis , write off management

• Clear process definition, documentation, implementation and adherence

• Efficiency of supply processes across the country/region.

• Cost efficiencies achieved for country/region.

• Price efficiency

Ideal Background
• University degree in business, finance, statistics, economics, or related degree
• 3 – 5 years work experience in a similar position; must be a hands-on person (ready to roll up sleeves and be involved in the distribution
• Proven ability to communicate and collaborate effectively across a global, matrixed company
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• Excellent analytical ability
• Good understanding of pricing environment in the region
• Strong sense of responsibility and dedication
• Strong ability to build relationships at all levels of the organization
• Adaptability, ability to work under pressure
• Pharmaceutical & distributorship sector experience is high desired
Salary
Negotiable

Application
• Candidates with similar background who do not hold permanent employments should forward CVs to ‘recruitment@stresertservices.com’ using ‘SCA-1YC’ as the subject of mail before 15th June, 2019. Applicants without the aforementioned background and experience need not apply.