Supply Chain Head Philippines

Opella; Taguig; On-site; PHP 6,000,000 - 9,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Opella Philippines is seeking a Supply Chain Head to define and drive the local supply chain strategy from Taguig, serving as the SPOC for all supply chain matters in the country. This role anchors the Philippines market within Opella’s global operations.

The position leads IBP, drives demand planning, and optimizes service at cost while building a high-performing team and ensuring regulatory readiness. Reports to the ASEA CHC Supply Chain Head and partners with regional teams.

Qualifications

• Strategic and operational S&OP experience.
• Proven ability to influence and shape decisions beyond supply chain.
• Strong leadership to grow teams, 3PLs and distributors.
• Excellent communication to motivate senior management.
• Proven negotiating skills for regional changes.
• Deep knowledge of forecasting, distribution, cost and compliance.
• Excellent analytical and organizational skills in dynamic projects.
• Good command of English; knowledge of Philippine regulatory environment is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead the IBP process for the Philippines to best-in-class standards and robust forecasting.
• Drive demand planning using sell-in/sell-out/stock data across channels and intelligence to forecast.
• Deliver service excellence at optimum cost and manage supply risks with timely communication to key partners.
• Identify and execute sourcing, warehousing, logistics and distribution strategies to improve efficiencies and costs.
• Anticipate regulatory events (FDA registrations, variations, labeling) with Regulatory teams.
• Lead supply chain transformation streams including changes to distribution model and 3PL partnerships.
• Collaborate with Finance and Commercial to align demand, forecast, volume and value.
• Manage risk and arbitration with key stakeholders (GM, Commercial, Finance, Science Hub).
• Work with ASEA regional teams on Operational Excellence opportunities.

Skills

S&OP leadership

Change leadership

Stakeholder management

Communication

Negotiation

Forecasting & analytics

Regulatory knowledge

English proficiency

Job description

Job Description:

• Position: Supply Chain Head, Philippines
• This role reports to ASEA CHC Supply Chain Head.
• Location: Taguig City, Philippines

Opella is the self-care challenger with the purest and third-largest portfolio in the Over-The-Counter (OTC) & Vitamins, Minerals & Supplements (VMS) market globally.

Our mission: to bring health in people’s hands by making self-care as simple as it should be for over half a billion consumers worldwide.

At the core of this mission is our 100+ loved brands, our 11,000-strong global team, our 13 best-in-class manufacturing sites and four specialized science and innovation development centers.

Headquartered in France, Opella is the proud maker of many of the world’s most loved brands, including Allegra, Buscopan, Doliprane, Dulcolax, Enterogermina, Essentiale and Mucosolvan. B Corp certified in multiple markets, we are active players in the journey towards healthier people and planet.

Find out more about our mission to bring health in your hands at www.opella.com.

Net Sales: 96 million Euros

Market Scope: Single market, Philippines

Team size: 2 direct reports

JOB PURPOSE

• Define and drive the Supply Chain strategy to support and attain the top-line and bottom-line growth ambition of the Philippines business
• Lead Supply Chain Team transformation towards becoming a highly engaged, high performing future-ready team with the right operating model to support the Philippines growth & objectives
• Serve as the single point of contact (SPOC) to the business on all matters related to ensuring supply chain for the Philippines
• Develop high talented supply chain team with the right culture to outpace company objectives.

KEY TASKS & ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Lead the IBP process for the Philippines to best-in-class standards to ensure that sales and profitability targets are achieved, and accountable for a robust process.
• Drive demand planning excellence leveraging available data/information such as sell in, sell out and stock in trade data across key channels (drugstore chains, modern trade, distributors) and business or trade intelligence to develop a robust forecast
• Deliver service excellence at optimum cost. Proactively manage risks or opportunities on product supply from internal or external manufacturing with appropriate and timely communication to key business and operations partners and manage arbitration with key stakeholders (GM, Commercial, Finance, Science Hub, etc.).
• Identify and execute the appropriate sourcing, warehousing, logistics and distribution strategies across the Philippine archipelago to continuously drive efficiencies and cost optimisation, while ensuring sustainable supply and delivering service excellence
• Anticipate and surface potential consequences of regulatory events (Philippine FDA registrations, variations, labelling changes) relating to new product launches and site transfers, in collaboration with Regulatory and other stakeholders.
• Lead supply chain transformation streams for the Philippines, including changes to the distribution model, 3PL and distributor partnerships.
• Closely working with Finance and Commercial community to ensure one set of data for demand, forecast in term of volume and value.
• Proactively manage risk on product supply with proper communication to key business partners and manage arbitration with key stakeholders (medical, regulatory, finance, commercial, GM, etc)
• Work on Operational Excellence opportunities across the Philippines supply chain, in collaboration with ASEA regional teams.

People Management

• Develop & keep growing capabilities of a high performing team that can support business stakeholders and key operations.

Compliance

• Ensure all supply contracts comply with relevant Acts, legal demand and ethical standards.
• Regularly update SOPs and internal procedures to ensure adherence across the organization.

Health, Safety and Environment

• Identify and correct unsafe conditions or behaviors and immediately notify any serious incidents
• Promote / role model healthy and safe workplace environment and policy in distribution centers, warehouses, distributors, office.

ESSENTIAL SKILLS/ KNOWLEDGE

• The position is both strategic and operational and requires somebody with strong experience in S&OP and change management.
• The role holder must be a key member of the Philippines Leadership Team, with a proven ability to challenge, influence and shape business decisions beyond supply chain, raising risks early and driving fact-based trade-offs between service, cost and cash.
• Strong leadership skills to engage and grow teams, 3PLs and distributors toward a culture of high performance and collaboration
• Articulate and possess excellent communication skills to cascade and motivate and interact with senior management teams
• Proven influencing and negotiation skills to influence and drive changes in a regional
• In depth knowledge of key supply chain processes (forecasting, customer care, distribution, cost, compliance) & current best practices
• Excellent analytical and organizational skills, including the proven ability to adapt to a dynamic project environment and manage multiple projects
• Good command of English; knowledge of the Philippine regulatory, import and trade environment is an advantage

Why us?

At Opella, you will enjoy doing challenging, purposeful work, empowered to develop consumer brands with passion and creativity. This is your chance to grow new skills and be part of a bold, collaborative, and inclusive culture where people can thrive and be at their best every day.

We Are Challengers.

We are dedicated to making self-care as simple as it should be. That starts with our culture. We are challengers by nature, and this is how we do things:

All In Together: We keep each other honest and have each other's backs.

Courageous: We break boundaries and take thoughtful risks with creativity.

Outcome-Obsessed: We are personally accountable, driving sustainable impact and results with integrity.

Radically Simple: We strive to make things simple for us and simple for consumers, as it should be.

Join us on our mission. Health. In your hands.

www.opella.com/en/careers

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