Supply Chain Coordinator

Accord Healthcare; Newcastle upon Tyne; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Holiday allowance

Bonus

Pension scheme

Job summary

Accord Healthcare Europe is seeking a Supply Chain Coordinator to manage information flow into and out of the Fawdon Supply Chain team, acting as the main conduit between internal/external customers and third parties. You will drive orders from placement through planning, packing and batch release to support timely delivery.

You will lead meetings with internal stakeholders, monitor KPIs, address outages and ensure action owners are accountable, delivering a smooth end-to-end supply chain

Qualifications

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills across all levels.
• Strong organisational ability with clear prioritisation.
• Calm under pressure and adaptable to change.
• Team player eager to support colleagues to achieve goals.
• Experience using ERP systems and Microsoft Office.
• Attention to detail and process improvement mindset.
• Understanding of GMP requirements and Lean manufacturing.
• Excellent written and spoken English.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate information flow into and out of the Fawdon Supply Chain team.
• Facilitate smooth progression of orders from placement to batch release.
• Attend meetings with internal stakeholders; monitor KPIs and outages.
• Escalate issues and ensure action owners are accountable for delivery.
• Run out-of-stock reports and support rapid release of batches.
• Coordinate queries with Demand Planners, Markets and third parties.

Skills

Excellent communication

Strong organisation

Calm under pressure

Team player

Attention to detail

Problem solving

Lean mindset

GMP awareness

English proficiency

Tools

ERP systems

Excel

Word

PowerPoint

Job description

We are seeking a Supply Chain Coordinator to coordinate the information flow into and out of the Fawdon Supply Chain team acting as the key conduit of communication between Fawdon Supply Chain and its internal and external customers including third parties. You will facilitate smooth progression of orders from order placement, through planning, packing and batch release.

You will be facilitating and attending meetings with internal stakeholders ensuring the KPIs are monitored, outages are addressed and appropriate escalations are agreed and that action owners are held accountable for delivery so organisation is a key strength.

Duties include running out of stock reports, ensure that packed batches flow quickly through the review and release processes so that they can be sold to our customers as quickly as possible. As well as facilitating queries from Intas Demand Planners, Markets or third parties, ensuring that the communication flows properly between these customers and the Fawdon Supply Chain team so that Planners are aware of requests and Demand Planners Markets and third parties are aware of our efforts to fulfill these.

The Person:

Understanding of the Order to Release process and an ability to identify barriers to packing and release on time. Driven to deliver excellent customer service to internal and external stakeholders.

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills – able to liaise with all authority levels, navigate cultural differences and use persuasion, negotiation and diplomacy abilities to constructively challenge. Able to facilitate meetings confidently and clearly
• Strong organisation skills, confident managing your own workload, balancing risks and setting clear priorities to meet deadlines.
• Calm under pressure, comfortable working in a changeable work environment and used to thinking on your feet to resolve problems.
• Good team player, always ready to help your colleagues to achieve collective goals.
• Experience of using ERP systems
• Comfortable using Microsoft Office programs particularly Excel, Word and Powerpoint
• Attention to detail
• Ability to challenge existing processes and effectively structure, draft and present improvement proposals.
• GMP environment and an understanding of those requirements
• Excellent written and spoken English.
• Good understanding of continuous improvement Lean manufacturing.

The Rewards:

In return, we offer a competitive salary and rewards package (including holiday, bonus and pension scheme). Not to mention the opportunity to genuinely make a difference in a new and dynamic role within a progressive and expanding business, at an exciting time of growing international reach.

The closing date is 23/08/26.

About us:

Accord Healthcare Europe is one of the fastest growing pharmaceutical companies in Europe. Accord has one of the largest market footprints of any European generic and biosimilars companies selling generic medicines in over 80 countries around the world. This global footprint enables us to deliver vital, affordable medicines to national health systems supporting healthcare professionals to transform patient lives worldwide. The approach of Accord is agile and inventive, always seeking to improve products and patients' access to them. Accord are driven to think differently and deliver more for the benefit of patients worldwide.

To continue our growth, we’re looking for the best and brightest technical minds and forward-thinking business professionals. Keeping our people at the heart of all we do, we offer rewarding opportunities for those looking for continued personal and professional growth, investing in training and development tailored to each individual’s focus. So, if you’re looking for an inclusive company to take your career to the next level, you’re certainly in the right place; come and join us to make it better.