ESO Supply Operations Manager

Job description

Job Description

MULTIPLE POSITIONS ARE AVAILABLE. POSITION LOCATION MAY BE PRINCETON OR EAST HANOVER.

PURPOSE
Within Supplier Relationship Teams drive detailed planning, scheduling and order management to assure agreed delivery performance level to CPO’s. Develop and manage the relationship with External Suppliers and to customers for all supply related matters, such as demand/supply planning and analysis and order management to guarantee high customers service levels including stock management for free of charge customer-supplied components.
RESPONSIBILITIES
 Meet with CMO's to discuss NOSSCE and business KPI's to provide performance feedback, root cause analysis and implement improvements
 Design and execute S&OP meetings with Suppliers based on frequencies outlines in the segmentation assessment
 Responsible for the goods receipt data entry of drug products into SAP. All receipts are completed on a timely basis.
 Data collection and analysis, inventory reconciliation, product inventory adjustments, destruction and EOL reports. (alternate SOM)
 Responsible for creating Non SAP PO’s for all destruction reports of product created from the SOM’s CMO reports.
 Analyze inventories to determine how to increase inventory turns, reduce waste / write off, or optimize KPI's / CSL
 Design and implement supply chain models that support business strategies which can adapt to changing market conditions, new business opportunities, or cost reduction strategies
 Participate in the coordination of engineering changes, product line extensions, or new product launches to ensure orderly and timely transitions of production flow
 Responsible for order fulfillment tasks for a products manufactured at assigned External Suppliers
 Establish and oversee an optimal supply plan, with the goal to balance customer service level, production capabilities at external supplier, inventory level and operational cost according to budget
 Responsible for timely order fulfillment including organization and management of physical shipment of goods in collaboration with freight forwarders.
 Transport invoice verification
 Maintain adequate planning & master data parameters (e.g. MOQ, Lead Times, order frequency) setting for active assortment in close collaboration with local master data mgt.
 Responsible for the Novartis TechOps inventories according defined target values
 Toll Reconciliation (if applicable for the accounts managed)
 Reconcile Novartis Pharma inventories at vendor with system inventory
 Create and maintain Bill of Materials
 Follow-up on inventory differences
 Communication to all stakeholders around supply
Posting Title

ESO Supply Operations Manager

Desired profile

Minimum requirements

Education (minimum/desirable): Bachelor of Science in Logistics, Business, Industrial Engineering or Operations Research preferred. APICS certification strongly desired.
Experience: 3-5 years planning experience in an industrial operations environment.
• Experience working in a GMP environment.
• Knowledge of pharmaceutical operations principles and supply chain practices.
• Supply Chain Principles – extensive knowledge and under-standing of Materials Management principles such as (but not limited to) MPS, MRP, CRP, DRP, SFC, purchasing, distribution, import/export, transportation, etc.
• Pharmaceutical Production – knowledge of pharmaceutical operations and industry practices, preferred
• Pharmaceutical GMP’s – strong knowledge of Good Manufac-turing Practices.
Commercial negotiations skills
Job Type

Full Time
Country

USA
Work Location

East Hanover, NJ
Functional Area

Technical Operations
Division

Novartis Technical Operations
Business Unit

NTO EXTERNAL SUPPLY
Employment Type

Regular
Company/Legal Entity

Sandoz Inc
EEO Statement

The Novartis Group of Companies are Equal Opportunity Employers and take pride in maintaining a diverse environment. We do not discriminate in recruitment, hiring, training, promotion or any other employment practices for reasons of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, marital or veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status.