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   Demand Planning Manager

ABOUT ASTRAZENECA

AstraZeneca is a global, science-led, patient-focused biopharmaceutical company that focuses on the discovery, development, and commercialisation of prescription medicines for some of the world’s most serious diseases. But we’re more than one of the world’s leading pharmaceutical companies.

ROLE SUMMARY

Demand Planning position is responsible for all forecasting activities associated with customers and products. The Demand Planner creates and maintains forecast models for their customers, incorporating business intelligence and forecast information gathered from sales, marketing, finance, and replenishment analysis. This position leads the dialogue each month for their respective customers and products with key counterparts in Sales, KAM, Finance and Marketing.

What you’ll do

Demand Planning:

• Working with all stake holders to achieve the MC yearly target in accordance with inventory agreement level.

• Ensure product availability as per the agreed month of coverage between AZ and distributors.

• Requesting the rolling 12 months forecast from in-market commercial teams on monthly basis to be used in the        DRM & CCC meetings.

• Managing monthly Demand Review Meeting (DRM) and CCC with required stake holders from Sales, Marketing, Market access, Tender manager, and other functions for cross-functional alignment of in-market sales forecast.

• Updating the DRM & CCC tools on monthly basis.

• Comparing the in-market sales forecast versus AZ budget numbers.

• Analyse the in-market sales forecast accuracy and bias on monthly basis versus actual demand to be discussed in the DRM and CCO meeting.

• Sharing and follow up the meeting minutes resulted from DRM or CCC meeting until completion.

• Analyse stock aging and OTIF on monthly basis to be presented & highlighted in the DRM and CCC meeting.

• Scheduling and planning activity for monthly required purchase orders according to the current inventory levels.

• Order proposal will be discussed in the DRM and CCC meeting and requested from the distributor.

• Reviewing the total expired value versus the planned FOC orders and report any expected variance.

• Analyse the available PPG shelf life and take the required action.

• Participate in weekly meeting with Ops team to discuss the outstanding issues and monthly orders alignment.

• Manage + or – order tolerance produced by supply site with local distributor to ensure smooth clearance.

• Confirm the upcoming orders for the current month & +2 months during monthly MMF meeting with Ops team.

• Discuss and align Tabuk FCST and V4CAST files with Supply & Logistics Team.

• Develop and maintain demand forecasts (operational forecasts) at multiple levels of aggregation for multiple time horizons as part of a demand planning function.

• Review historical sales trends, research demand drivers, prepare forecast data, develop statistical forecast models, and evaluate forecast results.

• Coordinate cross-functional research activities to reconcile significant variances and refine the forecast model to reflect updated sales and marketing assumptions.

• Interact with Commercial, Finance and Distributors to understand demand forecast drivers.

• Utilize a collaborative and consensus approach by working with Commercial, Finance and Distributors drive improvements in forecasting to minimise the expiry risk at distribution hub.

• Review monthly the distributor stock levels at SKU level, estimate rolling monthly stock levels and propose replenishment orders to the distributor. Track batch utilisation by distributor and assess expiry risk.

• Manage and improve quality of forecasting accuracy and BIAS by partnering with cross-functional activities to reconcile significant variances and refine the forecast model to reflect updated sales and marketing assumptions.

• Provide input to the Supply Planning organization in developing inventory strategies on existing items, new products, and product phase-outs.

• Closely coordinate and communicate AZ distributor action plans with supply planning team.

• Preparation of Tabuk ESF file and communication to Ops on monthly basis.

• Preparation & uploading ESF in V4cast on monthly basis.

Order Management:

• Private orders:

• Aligning with AZ stake holders (Finance, commercial, sales and marketing) for required orders.

• Meet the distributor to negotiate the required private orders ( charged, FOC and FOCS orders) for full year.

• Request the agreed private orders from the distributor through email.

• Verify private PO details received from local distributors with the agreed plan.

• Request any additional private orders if required to meet AZ target considering the stock levels

• Ensure all orders are aligned with both MOQ and shipper size and for any differences the distributor will be communicated for any changes

• Prepare MC purchase orders as per the SOP, and ensure the order is financially approved via Adobe e-sign.

• Forward orders to operations team for processing.

• Provide distributer approval for any changes in the volumes of any orders resulted from manufacturing batch running differences.

• Public orders:

• Verify tender PO details received from local distributors and send it to tender manager for validation

• Insure the availability of customer order with distributor orders for the direct purchase requests

• Advising source of supply and lead-time to public team.

• Advising public team for any orders not matching the MOQ to be considered from LS and to communicate the same message to distributer.

• Communicate public team for any delay in supply.

• Request FOC check template from tender manager for single line FOC tender orders.

• Request import permit when needed to be shared along with the MC PO.

• Ensure the PO is forecasted, or highlight any un-forecasted orders before sharing with Ops team.

• Prepare MC purchase orders as per the SOP, and ensure the order is financially approved via Adobe e-sign.

Stock Management:

• Monitoring stock levels and reporting stock aging on monthly basis to ensure healthy inventory.

    Managing expiries and meeting the desirable expiry percentage from total

Ex-factory sales.

• Ensure the expiry value is matching to the AstraZeneca records.

• Analyse the expiry report provided by distributor comparing to AstraZeneca files.

• Ensure the accuracy of distributor stocks report.

• Insure goods receiving at distributor system correctly.

• Correct any receiving issues at distributor level.

Finance interactions:

• Check on monthly basis the debit and credit note for price different provided by finance team.

Corporate responsibilities:

• Maintains highest ethical standards and work in a spirit of AstraZeneca Code of Ethics, following rules & norms set by corporate policies.

• Ensures that all conducted activities are done in accordance with local legislation and corporate standards.

• Timely reports (as per respective procedures): health/environment/wellbeing related accidents; adverse events that you became aware about; change in status of your Conflict of Interest.

• Working in accordance to Supply chain/Logistics SOP.

Only applications based in KSA will be considered.

Essential for the role

• BSc/BA in pharmacy, business administration, supply chain management, industrial engineering or relevant field.

• Minimum 3-4 years of experience in supply chain, planning and logistics environment, preferably multinational pharma environment

• Solid knowledge at Logistic, Demand and forecasting, User of systems SAP / JDE / ModCF

• Outstanding organizational and coordination abilities.

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

• Ability to meet strict deadlines

• High ability in problem solving and analytical thinking

• Excellent command of spoken and written English.

• Advanced Microsoft user

Desirable for the role

• Strong Microsoft Office skills.

• Commercial awareness and numeracy skills.

• Ability to work with little supervision and track multiple tasks.

Why AstraZeneca?

At AstraZeneca we’re dedicated to being a Great Place to Work. Where you are empowered to push the boundaries of science and unleash your entrepreneurial spirit. There’s no better place to make a difference to medicine, patients, and society. An inclusive culture that champions diversity and collaboration, and always committed to lifelong learning, growth, and development. We’re on an exciting journey to pioneer the future of healthcare.

So, what’s next?

• Are you already imagining yourself joining our team? Good, because we can’t wait to hear from you.

• Are you ready to bring new ideas and fresh thinking to the table? Brilliant! We have one seat available, and we hope it’s yours.

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Closing Date

11-يونيو-2023

AstraZeneca embraces diversity and equality of opportunity.  We are committed to building an inclusive and diverse team representing all backgrounds, with as wide a range of perspectives as possible, and harnessing industry-leading skills.  And We believe that the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be.  We welcome and consider applications to join our team from all qualified candidates, regardless of their characteristics.  And We comply with all applicable laws and regulations on non-discrimination in employment (and recruitment), as well as work authorization and employment eligibility verification requirements.