Kinaxis/RapidResponse Supply Chain Manager

Aequor; United States; Remote; USD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Aequor is seeking a highly capable Supply Chain Manager to lead pharmaceutical supply chain planning in a fully remote role. You will align business requirements with Kinaxis-based solutions, drive process improvements, and partner with Planning, Operations and Project Management teams to assess opportunities.

The role emphasizes analytics, cross-functional collaboration, and change management to enable efficient planning across the network, with a focus on pharma/biotech industries and 12-month

Qualifications

• Educational requirement per ad: various combinations up to 10 years experience.
• ASCM CPIM/CSCP and Kinaxis certification preferred.

Responsibilities

• Consultative role on business support areas, develop business impact measurements to facilitate prioritization of system enhancement work.
• Partner with technical support teams to support planning across the network address planning and system issues and enhancement requests.
• Facilitate system design, solution testing, and implementation activities including documenting functional user-requirements and providing timely updates to management.
• Champion use of analytics and Operational Excellence principles to support process improvement and adoption of new processes/capabilities

Skills

Supply Chain Planning

Pharma/Life Sciences

Education

Master’s degree + 2 years experience

Bachelor’s degree + 4 years experience

Associate’s degree + 8 years experience

High school diploma / GED + 10 years experience

Tools

Kinaxis

ASCM CPIM/CSCP

Job description

Title: Supply Chain Manager (Remote Job)

Location: 100% Remote

Terms: Contract W2 Only

Duration: 12 Months Contract assignment (with possible extension)

Description:

Note: Fully Remote

Working Hours: 8 -5 Standard Working Hours

The Global Supply Chain Digital Platform Organization is seeking a highly motivated individual to join our Kinaxis Business Owner Team as a Supply Chain Manager

• The role is primarily responsible for ensuring alignment of business requirements and system designs to meet current and future needs.
• Partner with the Planning, Operations and Project Management Teams to support business case assessments for process and system improvement opportunities.
• Support day-to-day operations and obtain an understanding of the 'to-be' business process to assist and advise in the alignment of technology to facilitate these business processes.
• Troubleshoot, analyze, develop conclusions and make recommendations on a variety of complex supply chain planning system related issues.
• Prepare documentation impacting major projects, maintain and demonstrate knowledge of resources throughout multiple department/functional areas, facilitate process mapping sessions, collect user requirements and drive consensus building on planning system enhancements.
• Experience as a participating team member on major business process improvement initiatives in the pharmaceutical industry
• Strong reporting and analysis skills
• Strong organizational and multi-tasking skills ; ability to adapt to shifting priorities, demands and timelines through analytical and problem-solving capabilities
• Demonstrates an urgency to achieve goals and can be relied upon to deliver results
• Ability to synthesize multiple data sets and sources of information, distill key points drawing practical conclusions translating into strong business cases and clear requirements.

Basic Qualifications

• Doctorate degree or Master?s degree and 2 years of experience or Bachelor?s degree and 4 years of experience or Associate?s degree and 8 years of experience or High school diploma / GED and 10 years of experience
• ASCM CPIM/CSCP and or Kinaxis certification preferred.

Top 3 Must Have Skill Sets:

• Supply Chain Planning Experience
• Pharma / Biotech / Life Sciences Industry Experience

Responsibilities include:

Business Analysis and network collaboration:

• Consultative role on business support areas, develop business impact measurements to facilitate prioritization of system enhancement work.
• Partner with technical support teams to support planning across the network address planning and system issues and enhancement requests.
• Facilitate system design, solution testing, and implementation activities including documenting functional user-requirements and providing timely updates to management

Champion Change Management:

• Provide early identification of planning and system issues, and establish the path for escalation and ownership of decision making.
• Champion use of analytics and Operational Excellence principles to support process improvement and adoption of new processes/capabilities