The actual location of this job is in Visp, Switzerland. Relocation assistance is available for eligible candidates and their families, if needed.
Our team at Lonza AG in Visp, Switzerland is growing! The Director 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 flawless execution of supply chain planning and fulfilment, ensuring high customer service levels, efficient inventory levels.
Curious about what a life at Lonza in Visp could look like for you? Watch this short video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBoAVhfTkTQ to find out more.
What you will get:
An agile career and a dynamic work culture.
An inclusive and ethical workplace.
Compensation programs that recognize high performance.
In addition to a competitive salary, you can expect numerous lifestyle, family, and leisure benefits. Our full list of tailored local benefits can be found below.
Benefits in Visp: https://bit.ly/3wjkoFi
Key responsibilities:
Integrate Demand and Supply Plans: Collect 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 efficient level of intermediate inventory that enables flawless 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
Collaborator Engagement: Present data to key collaborators, 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 improve 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 or equivalent experience in Engineering or Business Administration required and APICS qualification desired
Shown experience of working in the pharmaceutical industry and a general understanding of the environment.
Proven track record in supply chain planning, logistics, or a related field and handling end-to-end supply chain processes.
Experience of working within a sophisticated matrix environment and a strong understanding of the Pharma/CDMO industry
Familiarity with advanced planning systems and tools, such as SAP Integrated Business Planning and understanding of supply chain principles and standard methodologies
Effective communication skills as well as Customer facing skills
Collaborative and used to working in teams and the ability to influence collaborators in the organization
Self-starter able to work with minimal direction; high level of autonomy and self-learning
Ability to prioritise multiple tasks and working to tight deadlines. Takes accountability for actions and supports others in taking ownership.
About Lonza
At Lonza, our people are our greatest strength. With 30+ sites across five continents, our globally connected teams work together every day to manufacture the medicines of tomorrow. Our core values of Collaboration, Accountability, Excellence, Passion and Integrity reflect who we are and how we work together. Everyone’s ideas, big or small, have the potential to improve millions of lives, and that’s the kind of work we want you to be part of.
Innovation thrives when people from all backgrounds bring their unique perspectives to the table. At Lonza, we value diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. If you’re ready to help turn our customers’ breakthrough ideas into viable therapies, we look forward to welcoming you on board.
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What We Do
At Lonza, we enable A Healthier World by supporting our healthcare customers on the path to commercialization. Our community of 16,000 talented employees work across a global network of more than 30 sites to deliver for our customers across the pharma, biotech and nutrition markets.
