Jobs in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

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