Job Description Summary
Responsible for all Supply Chain activities in META cluster for both inter-company and external supply products, in all process/business units and associated support functions such as demand & supply planning, order fulfilment, logistics, customs and foreign trade. Lead a team to support functions and is responsible for SCM Processes and SCM Performance in line with valid SOP’s, HSE and GMP rules. Establish clear and effective Business Process ownership within the organizational unit in line with Sandoz Operational Standard for Supply Chain Excellence. Member of the META cluster Leadership team.Job Description
Major Accountabilities
- Responsible for timely supply and distribution of the products, and achieving the optimum balance between customer satisfaction, cost, cash flow and flexibility through modern & efficient E2E SCM processes
- Customer Centricity: Execute the best-in-class service through interactions with customers to ensure customers’ business needs are fulfilled and sales targets are met in partnership with the commercial organization
- License to operate & Sustainability: Ensure norms and laws are compliantly adhered to in the E2E supply chain processes. Engage team on safe behaviors, compliant trade/logistics operations and on achieving safety targets
- Cash flow focus: Optimize cluster inventory minimizing slow movers/write offs and balancing flexibility and capital efficiency according to targets set. Drive the local distribution strategy and W&D cost optimization within the cluster
- Integrated planning, execution and decision making: Engage, collaborate and improve cross S&OP processes, while translating sales forecast into an integrated commercial-financial supply plan
- E2E SCM performance & excellence: Own the end-to-end cluster SC operations vision and roadmap. Enable enterprise priorities and required investments to drive the cluster roadmap, including SC improvement initiatives and projects, digitalization
- Aligns business priorities with commercial and ensures alignment with SIR SCM functions.
- Inspire and coach a high-performance cluster SC team to pursue a best-in-class E2E Supply Chain organization and drive a continuous improvement “Sandoz Way” culture
Key performance indicators
- Forecast Accuracy and Bias
- Customer Service Level, Stock-outs
- Inventory targets
- SC Costs
- Write offs
What you’ll bring to the role:
- University degree, preferably with focus on SCM or Logistics, MBA is a plus; alternatively equivalent experience12+ years of experience with Strong expertise in Supply Chain, Customer Service and Logistics processes.
- Geographic experience in Egypt, Middle East, Africa, Turkey or similar market Archetypes.
- Leadership role experience is required
- Key competencies: Collaborates, Customer Focus, drives results, Strategic Mindset, manages complexity/ambiguity, Builds Effective Teams
- Outstanding communication, organization and coaching skills
- Strong influencing skills (leading without authority)
- Product Life Cycle Management
- Inventory Management
- Best practice sharing
- Good track record in talent development
- Fluency in local language of country LT & English required
Sandoz is the global leader in Biosimilar and Generic medicines, a segment of the healthcare industry that delivers 80% of the world’s medicines at 30% of the cost, touching the lives of more than 1 billion people across 100+ countries! While we are proud of our achievements, we have an ambition to do more so that everyone can achieve the basic human right of good health.
With investments in new development capabilities, production sites, new acquisitions, and partnerships, we have the opportunity to shape the future of Sandoz and help even more people gain access to low-cost, high-quality medicines, sustainably.
Our momentum is powered by an open, collaborative culture driven by our talented and ambitious colleagues, who, in return for applying their skills, experience an agile and collegiate environment with impactful careers, where diversity of thought is welcomed and where personal growth is supported!
Join us, help us make healthcare fairer and faster.
Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion:
We are committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams representative of the patients and communities we serve.
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Skills Desired
Continual Improvement Process, Cost Reduction, Curiosity, Customer Service, Efficiency, Global Supply Chain Management, Inventory Management, Leadership, Manufacturing Production, Operations, Order Fulfillment, Planning , Procurement, Product Distribution, Sales Operations, Supply-Chain Management, Supply PlanningSkills Required
- 12+ years experience in Supply Chain, Customer Service and Logistics processes
- University degree (preferably in SCM or Logistics) or equivalent experience
- MBA
- Geographic experience in Egypt, Middle East, Africa, Turkey or similar market archetypes
- Leadership role experience managing regional teams
- Fluency in the local language of the country and English
- Strong expertise in demand & supply planning, order fulfilment, logistics, customs and foreign trade
- Knowledge of GMP, HSE and compliant trade/logistics operations
- Experience in inventory management and product life cycle management
- Strong communication, coaching, influencing and talent development skills
Sandoz Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Sandoz and has not been reviewed or approved by Sandoz.
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Healthcare Strength — Health, dental, vision, and prescription coverage are consistently described as core components across U.S. roles and materials. Feedback suggests the medical offering is broad and a standard pillar of the package.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) plan with a company match described as generous is commonly included for U.S. roles. This savings support is positioned alongside other primary benefits as part of total rewards.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — Equity eligibility is noted for many positions and a global all‑employee share program is being introduced from 2026. These elements add upside beyond base salary and annual bonus.
Sandoz Insights
What We Do
Sandoz is the global leader in generic and biosimilar medicines. Our Purpose is to pioneer access to medicines for patients globally. We are on a mission to drive innovation in the healthcare industry by freeing up resources sustainably and responsibly while continuing to address global health challenges such as antimicrobial resistance. We are present in more than 100 countries and our medicines serve some 500 million people every year. We have two main global businesses: Generics - divided between standard generics and complex generics - and Biosimilars.
