Supply Chain Manager

Abbott


Date: 3 weeks ago
City: Jeddah
Contract type: Full time
About Abbott

Abbott is a global healthcare leader, creating breakthrough science to improve people’s health. We’re always looking towards the future, anticipating changes in medical science and technology.

Working at Abbott

At Abbott, You Can Do Work That Matters, Grow, And Learn, Care For Yourself And Family, Be Your True Self And Live a Full Life. You Will Have Access To

  • Career development with an international company where you can grow the career
  • A company recognized as a great place to work in multiple countries around the world and named one of the most admired companies in the world by Fortune.
  • A company that is recognized as one of the best big companies to work for as well as a best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.

The Opportunity

This position works out of our [Jeddah Office] in the Established Pharmaceutical Division where we are committed to bringing the benefits of our trusted medicines to more people in the world’s fastest-growing countries. Our broad portfolio of high-quality and differentiated branded generic medicines reaches across multiple therapeutic areas including gastroenterology, women's health, cardiometabolic, pain management/central nervous system, and respiratory.

As the Saudi Arabia Supply Chain Manager, you’ll work closely with commercial team, regulatory, quality, finance & operations teams/departments, as well as third party logistics, cluster, area & global colleagues in the EPD division.

What You’ll Do

  • Partner with affiliate Leadership team to drive sales, growth and margin improvement
  • Responsible for developing and implementing country supply chain strategies supporting all financial, operational, quality and regulatory aspects
  • Build up and maintain supply chain country strategic roadmap, ensure that processes meet and reflect EPD overall expectations
  • Responsible for implementing all Supply Chain planning policies: procedures and practices in the market.
  • Responsible for driving supply chain effectiveness, with full accountability on E2E SC process.
  • Key contributor in Biosimilars localization projects evaluation and implementation.
  • Work with TPM leader on TPM selection, capacity reservation to ensure supply security.
  • Partner with TPMs to ensure supply security while building a strong relationship with internal & external stakeholders.
  • Monitor stock levels of APIs & bulk items at TPMs to avoid out-of-stock situations and ensure safety stocks are maintained.
  • Regularly monitor shipments to ensure on-time delivery of materials from APO to TPMs.
  • Plan and optimize the monthly supply replenishment : Monthly planning of production orders & updating the replenishment plan on SAP, ensuring alignment with business objectives, demand forecast, and inventory strategies for all products (API, finished products & bulk items).
  • Monitor demand changes to ensure supply plans are realistic, adequate and includes contingency plans in such a challenging environment.
  • Supply Review and Communication: Lead the monthly supply review and share updates with concerned departments.
  • Lead all communications with Planning Centers & supply planners as the main operating link with the Commercial Affiliate.
  • Backorder Management: Weekly backorder reporting and follow-up with planners for BO resolution.
  • Coordination with RA Department: on annual importation plans, special import permits, and artwork changes to ensure supply is uninterrupted.
  • Tender business : Supply Planning to ensure timely deliveries under strict authorities, penalty risk.
  • Ensure Safety-stocks are adequate to avoid stockout or expiries & align with concerned departments like Finance, Trade and Operations to meet cash flow goal.
  • DI Management : Partner with commercial, Demand and finance teams on Distressed inventory forecasting and monitoring, mitigation of risks ex: communication of short dated stocks to mitigate write offs.
  • Inventory Reconciliation: Manage inventory levels and stock reconciliations by ensuring system parameters are correctly set up.
  • Acts as a key business partner with commercial team to ensure a cost effective & agile supply chain is maintained, ex: freight mode, warehousing, container utilization, discontinuation initiatives, change of source, MOQ revision, ….
  • Support in monthly LBE achievement, proactively highlights risks & provide gap mitigation recommendations.
  • Provide shipment plan to APO in M-1 to secure containers booking and align on risk/opportunities and Weekly Call alignment on progress.
  • Monitor Supply Chain Indicators and metrics to measure TPMs performance (On-time In-full, Supply Adherence, Capacity Constraints) in accordance with SOPs.
  • Work collaboratively with colleagues at all levels to achieve organizational goals
  • Accountable on compliance with applicable audit and divisional policies and procedures.

Required Qualifications

  • Bachelor degree in Supply Chain Management, Logistics, Statistics, Pharmacy or Business Administration.
  • 10-12 years’ experience in the Supply chain field with Minimum 3 years of managerial experience
  • Strong experience in Supply Planning & logistics
  • Excellent command of both written and spoken English.
  • Excellent communication & leadership skills
  • Proactive internal and external stakeholder communication, coordination and collaboration
  • Ability to work efficiently in complex and deadline-driven operations, not losing focus on accuracy and quality
  • Analytical and Problem-solving skills.
  • Highly Experienced in presenting to senior management.
  • Advanced Excel and database skill is a must
  • SAP knowledge & experience is a plus

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