Associate Director - West Point, United States - MSD

MSD

Verified Company

West Point, United States

3 weeks ago

Posted by:

Mark Lane

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Description

Vaccine End to End Planner (Associate Director)

This Associate Director (P4) position as an End to End Planner supporting Vaccines will be responsible for supply planning to meet customer demand, meeting inventory targets, and partnering with manufacturing sites and commercial teams to manage supply and demand issues for their respective product(s).

The Vaccine Planning team coordinates all aspects of supply through supply planning, sourcing, making, inventory management, packaging and delivery.

We partner across the Marketing, Finance and Manufacturing organizations to build a robust demand and supply plan and ensure we get products to the right customer, at the place, at the right time.

This role will routinely interact with Site planning and operations personnel as well as Commercial partners via the integrated business process.

Depending on the scope of the assigned product(s) the End to End planner may serve as the primary point of contact for our Manufacturing Division and Commercial stakeholders or support an aspect of a more complex product (example HPV and PCV).

This role routinely partners with Operations leads, site and functional leads, site and regional planners, ExM operations and functional leads, Value Chain leaders, VCM Product leaders and Centers of Excellence to achieve their priorities.

This role is responsible for supply planning within the 0-36 month horizon, while supporting tactical escalations and strategic decision making as required.

Responsibilities

Lead the End to End (E2E) Product Supply Team for assigned product. Develop and articulate supply plans and scenarios, with impact on revenue, product cost, inventory, and transfers. Understand production rhythms and plant shop floor challenges
Understand, balance & integrate dependent demand across nodes/regions and allocate as appropriate to optimize business benefits (inventory, tax, capacity, P&L, etc.)
Address and mitigate supply issues and bottleneck situations, while enabling resiliency and responsiveness within the supply chain. Key activities include connecting the various nodes of the supply chain, engaging sites and DS/DP/packaging network in supply chain improvements
Drive Product Inventory Plan performance
Partner with Commercial Team & Value Chain Management Team to integrate Regional and Global Brand Strategies into supply plans within the 036 month planning horizon, as appropriate
Lead product Profit Plan and Inventory Plan for their product. Provide overall strategic guidance including flavor management strategy to the sites. Approve targets for endtoend supply chain for Drug Substance through Finished Goods
Own supply execution strategies for global source changes including regional allocations, transition timings, to ensure supply, minimize discards, & minimize inventory
Follow established planning processes and generate new processes when there is a gap
Lead and participate planning projects focused on continuous improvement
Manage issues utilizing strong communication skills and stakeholder management
Assembling and analyzing data, identifying problems and developing recommendations which support supply chain operations and planning
Demonstrates a sense of urgency and ownership while working for the common good
Collaborate and create a positive environment within their product planning team

Education Requirements

Bachelor Degree
MBA preferred

NOTICE FOR INTERNAL APPLICANTS

If you have been offered a separation benefits package, but have not yet reached your separation date and are offered a position within the salary and geographical parameters as set forth in the Summary Plan Description (SPD) of your separation package, then you are no longer eligible for your separation benefits package.

To discuss in more detail, please contact your HRBP or Talent Acquisition Advisor.

**Employees working in roles that the Company determines require routine collaboration with external stakeholders, such as customer-facing commercial, or research-based roles, will be expected to comply not only with Company policy but also with policies established by such external stakeholders (for example, a requirement to be vaccinated against COVID-19 in order to access a facility or meet with stakeholders). Please understand that, as permitted by applicable law, if you have not been vaccinated against COVID-19 and an essential function of your job is to call on external stakeholders who require vaccination to enter their premises or engage in face-to-face meetings, then your employment may pose an undue burden to business operations, in which case you may not be offered employment, or your employment could be terminated. Please also note that, where permitted by applicable law, the Company reserves the right to require COVID-19 vaccinations for positions, such as in Global Employee Health, where the Company determines in its discretion that the nature of the role presents an increased risk