Associate Director, Animal Health Global Supply Chain Regional Operations - North America

Job DescriptionPosition OverviewThe Global Supply Chain Management Regional Operations team is responsible for ensuring inventory is consistently available to meet customer demand using data analytics. The role requires partnership with numerous stakeholders including but not limited to Commercial, Site Operations, Finance, and other manufacturing and supply chain support functions, all in order to build robust demand and supply plans to ensure customers receive the right amount of product at the right place, at the right time.The Associate Director, Animal Health Global Supply Chain Regional Operations will be the single point of contact for relevant site(s) as well as key Commercial stakeholders. Responsibilities include influencing, managing and prioritizing business requirements to ensure supply in the 0-to-36-month horizon. This includes determining short and mid-term needs, managing aspects of the integrated business planning process, supporting the 5 Year Plan and Assumptions Based Review process, and providing support to implementation of Supply Chain Strategies.Primary activities include, but are not limited to:Regional/Market (Commercial) facing:

Primary point of contact for Regional Commercial teams (US+Canada). Understands regional and market strategy and translates into supply needs. Proactively evaluates supply risk visibility and assesses and implements opportunities.

Builds partnerships with key commercial stakeholders including brand managers, demand planners, sales directors, and business unit leads to drive business outcomes and support improvement activities.

Engages Market Demand Reviews; evaluates trends and forecasts, monitors market/product inventories, and aligns market strategies with operations.

Leads S&OP process connected to Commercial Business Unit (Species), driving process standardization.

Manages supply issues (demand and/or manufacturing driven) in accordance with escalation and allocation principles. Works with region/market on supply issue communication/management

Coordinates proactive resolution of cross species/product resource conflicts.

Engages Regional distribution planning & management.

Site (Manufacturing) facing :

Primary GSCM point of contact for select manufacturing sites within region.

GSCM point of contact / planner for key CMO in NA region. Responsible for providing scheduling and allocation guidance to CMO in order to optimize inventory for key product.

Works closely with Site Planning to align manufacturing plan to meet customer needs. Maintains alignment with Site Directors, Site Planners, IPT leads, etc. Periodic site visits sites to foster knowledge and relationship management.

Facilitates business cases, capacity investment proposals, program roll outs and strategy integration as required.

Manages supply issue communication and partners with the site to develop recovery plan when impact exceeds defined dollar and duration thresholds. Works with sites to proactively identify supply risks.

Supports and/or leads aspects of the integrated business planning process. Supports site supply and regional supply review processes. Facilitates Sales and Operations Planning Process (S&OP) including coordination of site involvement. Supports other planning processes/forums as required.

Interfaces w/ site Tier and engages sites regarding metrics (customer service level, backorders, lost sales, inventory of questionable value (IQV), Months of Supply (MOS), etc.) as they relate to market needs.

Works with GSCM Business Process Team and site planning in local/regional SCM process roll out, management and maintenance (i.e. Mid Term Planning MTP)

Works with Value Chain Team on regional requirements for product launches relative to site/market.

Manages Regional/local siting and sourcing requirements.

Supports Local/Regional 5YP/10YP development and assists with annual Assumption Based Review (ABR) Process to identify and mitigate identified long term capacity constraints.

Participates in Value Chain Governance Events as applicable to specific site/product in scope.

Manages product Lifecycle of local/regional products to support segmentation efforts.

Qualifications

B.S. degree required with an advanced degree or equivalent desirable.

Minimum of 5 years relevant work experience in supply chain management, planning, market or site operations required.

Previous SAP and Aera experience preferred.

APICS certification preferred.

Demonstrated ability to influence others, especially those of peer groups, leadership, and those outside of immediate organization.

Candidate must have strong cross functional relationship skills, project management, business, and/or operations experience, and deep knowledge of the Supply Chain business.

Desired skills include proactive mindset, ability to make complex problems understandable by various other groups and ability to communicate in a clear and concise manner.

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