Supply and Production Planning Manager

About Haleon:

Hello. We’re Haleon. A new world-leading consumer healthcare company. Shaped by all of us. Together, we’re improving everyday health for millions of people. By growing and innovating our global portfolio of category-leading brands – including Sensodyne, Panadol, Advil, Voltaren, Theraflu, Otrivin, and Centrum – through a unique combination of deep human understanding and trusted science. What’s more, we’re achieving it in a company that we’re building together. In an environment that we’re co-creating. And a culture that’s uniquely ours. Care to join us. It isn’t a question.

Job Purpose:

Lead and manage Supply Planning and scheduling function including Inventory management. Leading the team to translate business requirement into integrated supply plan and for meeting the stretch inventory plans, considering optimal resource allocation and inventory policies and to ensure supplies of finished products at highest level of OTIF in accordance with the demand provided by commercial.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage optimization of inventories as per targeted inventories with no stock outs.
• Actively participate and lead in the S&OP process / meetings with commercial and CMO.
• Frequent review of MRP/ MPS, and ordering parameters to optimize inventory levels.
• Ensure and monitor capacity utilization and resource planning for better plant recoveries.
• Ensure and monitor material ordering as per ordering policies for having smooth operations.
• Mange timely creation and updating of item master in accordance company guidelines.
• Coordinate and collaborate strongly with other departments to align activities and resource requirements to meet the site’s production and financial plans.
• Develop and manage long-term and short-term production plans for Jamshoro to utilize optimal resources in accordance with the SRM process and order fulfillment meetings.
• Communicate effectively for impactful participation in weekly forums on local and regional supply chain issues with regional heads
• Ensure the highest OTIF (On-Time In-Full) performance.
• Maintain CTP, CTV and CTR as per their targets.
• Conduct OFM and SRM process with production, quality and Finance.
• Lead the LTCP (Long term capacity planning) for 5-10 years, identifying CAPEX requirements, suggesting alternates alternatives in case of capacity shortfalls in production and warehousing
• Comply and ensure compliance to GMP (Good Manufacturing Practices), Quality and other related policies, guidelines and requirements as applicable by law and Corporate Guidelines.
• Comply and ensure compliance to Environment, Health and Safety policies, guidelines and requirements as applicable by law and Corporate Guidelines.
• Perform any other responsibilities assigned from time to time as per business requirements.

Scope of Accountability:

• Net company sales (In terms achieving production and supply targets)
• Site sales driven by third party manufacturing.
• Production absorption based on production and demand plan.
• Meeting the yearly targets of PPV and inventory, reduction in cost of logistics without compromising the production targets and sales.
• Warehousing space management
• Control of demurrages and detention expense.
• Improvement in YoY site’s volume
• Increase of Export and tender volumes at site
• Reduction of inventory write offs.

Skills and Competencies:

• Minimum Bachelor’s degree in supply chain, Industrial Engineering, or related field Or Science graduate (Pharmacy) with supply Chain (Supply Planning, Purchasing and shipping Experience)
• 8-10 years of relevant experience, preferably in pharmaceutical industry
• End to end Supply Chain, SAP master data setups, Export trade route setups, Purchasing and shipping and custom clearance management.
• SNP APO /SAP-ECC knowledge
• Advanced knowledge and use of Microsoft Excel and Power BI
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills in English
• Strong analytical skills, Continuous Improvement mindset
• Customer / Patient Focus, developing self and others, team player.
• Advance communication skills
• Certified in Production and Inventory Management, CPIM (Preferred)
• Six Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt Certified (Preferred)

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Why Join Us?

The future of everyday health is changing. And we’re the people changing it. In front of us is an incredible opportunity to go beyond what any of us have done before. And make everyday health more achievable, more inclusive and more sustainable. For more and more people. ​

So join us, as we build one of the world’s leading consumer healthcare companies. Join us to innovate our category-leading brands. To better understand people’s everyday health needs. To tackle the biggest barriers that stand in their way. To change individual and societal behavior. 

In our efforts to further tackle barriers that may be standing in our way, we have implemented what we call a Hybrid Working model, known as Home office. Home office in the country of employment is permitted for all employees whose position allows it. The employee and the manager agree on the circumstances in which working from the office is required and in which the employee can work remotely or specific local arrangements. This helps us with ensuring that we maintain a healthy work-life balance, and give our best to our people.

Join us to work with colleagues who share your restless energy. To explore your interests. To stretch yourself to do the best work of your career. And join us, as together we build a working experience that encourages us all to lead happier, healthier, more productive lives. ​

The way we see it, every day is an opportunity for better. And we’re going all in to realize it. 

Care to join us. Find out what life at Haleon is really like www.haleon.com/careers/

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