Regional Supply Chain Coordinator

Novartis; Selangor; Hybrid; MYR 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Novartis in Selangor, Malaysia is seeking a Regional Supply Chain Coordinator to support regional operations across APMA. You will work with country teams and Global Supply Chain stakeholders to ensure accurate reporting and strong performance in Customer Service, Inventory, and cost disciplines.

The role emphasizes end-to-end planning, KPI dashboard maintenance, risk mitigation, and onboarding new hires. You will participate in continuous improvement and coordination across sites, ESO, and E2E

Qualifications

• University degree in Business Administration, Operations, or related field.
• Fluent written and spoken English.
• Minimum 3 years in demand and supply planning or related supply chain roles.
• Strong data analytics and KPI reporting skills.
• Experience with regional supply chains is a plus.
• Ability to coordinate across country teams and global functions.

Responsibilities

• Support delivery of regional supply chain KPIs including service level and forecast accuracy.
• Refresh and generate monthly regional KPI dashboards.
• Track monthly PCE and FTE vs targets and support budget reviews.
• Coordinate planning parameter reviews (MOQ, lead time, safety stock).
• Collaborate with country teams and global functions to resolve supply issues.

Skills

English communication

Stakeholder management

Data analytics

End-to-end supply chain understanding

KPI reporting

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business Administration / Operations / Supply Chain Management

Tools

ERP Systems

MRP

SAP

Job description

Job Description Summary

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Location: Selangor, Malaysia

Ready to make a measurable impact across a complex regional supply chain network? As a Regional Supply Chain Coordinator, you will support support efficient and effective supply chain operations across the APMA region. In this role, you will work closely with country supply chain teams and Global Supply Chain stakeholders - manufacturing sites, external supplier operation, end to end planning, analystic reporting team and operation finance to ensure accurate reporting, strengthen regional processes, support cost discipline and enable strong performance across Customer Service, Inventory, Write-Offs, Harmonized Forecast Accuracy and Personnal Cost Expenditure.

Job Description

Key Responsibilities

• Support delivery of regional supply chain Key Performance targets, including Customer Service Level, Harmonized Forecast Accuracy, Bias, Inventory, Write-Offs, PCE and FTE targets.
• Prepare, refresh and generate monthly regional KPI dashboard reports, including performance analysis and follow-up actions with APMA country organizations.
• Track monthly PCE and FTE actuals versus targets, support budget reviews, validate regional cost center spending and contribute to productivity discussions.
• Consolidate and validate results to generate monthly Customer Service Level result to report MTD and YTD performance, projected future supply risks and presentation materials for global review meetings.
• Weekly refresh regional supply risk files, govern backorder lists and drive bottleneck discussion on order prioritization or issue resolution to mitigate supply backorder risks.
• Collaborate with country supply chain teams, manufacturing sites, ESO, customer service and E2E planning teams to address supply concerns and provide order status updates.
• Support lifecycle management activities such as launches, site transfers and pruning in coordination with global platforms.
• Coordinate planning parameter reviews, including MOQ, lead time, safety stock and remaining shelf-life, ensuring timely validation with country teams.
• Support onboarding of new hires with access to relevant applications, regional reporting processes and standard ways of working.
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives to strengthen supply chain processes, reporting quality and regional collaboration.

Essential Requirements

• University degree in Business Administration, Operations, Supply Chain Management, or a related field.
• Fluent written and spoken English, with the ability to communicate effectively across international teams.
• Minimum 3 years of experience in demand and supply planning, or broader supply chain operations.
• Strong end-to-end supply chain understanding, with the ability to review demand and supply gaps, monitor backorder risks and support mitigation actions.
• Strong data analytics and reporting skills, including KPI dashboard refresh, data validation, trend analysis and preparation of clear regional performance insights.
• High attention to detail and commitment to accurate, reliable reporting.
• Effective stakeholder management skills, with the ability to coordinate across country teams, sites and global functions to resolve supply issues and align actions.
• Fluent written and spoken English.

Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

Novartis is committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams representative of the patients and communities we serve.

Skills Desired

• Bill of Materials (BOM)
• Business Networking
• Business Scenario Planning (Inactive)
• Change Controls
• Efficiency (Inactive)
• Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Systems
• Flexibility (Inactive)
• General Hse Knowledge (Inactive)
• Including Gdp (Inactive)
• Inventory Management
• Knowledge Of Gmp (Inactive)
• Master Data
• Materials Requirements Planning (MRP)
• Order Management
• Product Distribution
• Risk Management
• Supply Chain
• Supply Chain Management (SCM)
• Supply Management
• Supply Planning
• Transportation (Inactive)
• Warehouse Management
• Workforce Planning