TMS CHC SC Business Partner, Supply Chain

Job description

To lead & manage the overall supply chain for CHC( Consumer HealthCare) business for the TMS region (Thailand Malaysia Singapore Brunei Myanmar). Act as a business partner function to control and optimize local inventory levels to meet business requirements, ensuring effective forecasting which guarantee reactivity to the demands of the market, and ensure stocks are well managed in information system & at distributors warehouse.

General Management

·  Represent the TMS region as the key Supply Chain interface person for your portfolio, both internally and externally to the company, acting as the primary contact for that country in the regional and global Supply Chain organization
·  Continuously review and recommend changes in the Supply Chain procedures; contribute to the company's cost optimization through project generation and implementation, working practices and systems improvement
·  Optimize cross-functional support needs in the local organization, ensuring effective communication between direct reports and with other teams serviced or impacted by the Supply Chain function, in particular Quality Operations, Sales & Marketing, Regulatory Affairs and Finance
·  Set up appropriate management control tools to monitor performance Customer Services, Inventory management and identify areas of continual improvement, and propose corrective actions where necessary
·  Direct and manage all activities of the Supply Chain team, ensuring that staff are qualified and competent, properly coached, given the opportunity to develop in the company and continually motivated to handle the demands of their jobs and achieve their objectives
·  Plan and control local expenditure, ensuring cost-efficiency at all times within the Supply Chain function, with particular focus on controllable expenses

Inventory Management

·  Manage, control and optimize local inventory levels
·  Review Inventory holding & take actions for stock optimization
·  Managing/Monitoring the inventory to the achieve local/regional KPIs

Demand Planning and Supply(stock items)

·  Lead the executive S&OP meeting
·  To manage a demand plan for importation/3rd parties that will ensure on-time availability of quality product and samples
·  Liaise with Sales & Marketing and Finance to ensure an effective rolling-forecast process is in place; establish and implement directives and SOPs for inventory control to conform to both long and short range finished good requirements
·  Liaise with third party manufacturers and distributors with regard to production requirements and deliveries of finished goods
·  Ensure effective inventory management processes are in place to predict and anticipate delivery, short-supply and bottle-neck issues; implement and maintain a Key Product physical flow map / tracking system

Sourcing(stock items)

·  Ensure local coordination on all sanofi-aventis Group (internal) and third-party (external) sourcing issues
·  Manage the implementation of all sourcing decisions (new product; manufacturing source changes) and liaise with the appropriate management (Regulatory Affairs, Ind Ops) as necessary
·  Prepare appropriate Sourcing proposals / action-plans for submission to SC and Zone management
·  Track and coordinate all sourcing / pack / labelling changes to ensure that appropriate safety stocks are maintained during the transition phase

Marketing/Regulatory

·  Collaboration with marketing for demand planning, new launches, promotions
·  Collaboration with Regulatory on artworks, new packs, etc

Distributor

·  To manage the Distributor KPIs
·  Provide logistical expertise within the local organization, ensuring complete adherence to local legislation and guidelines and implementation of sanof-aventis policies and procedures; be proactive in local legislation formulation and simplification

Plants / 3rd party suppliers/ Forwarders

·  Ensure compliance on order processing, timely release, and delivery of shipments to third-party manufacturer and distributors
·  Liase with plants, regional export centre & 3rd party distributors on ordering & delivery of stocks
·  Liase with forwarders to ensure delivery & collection of orders.

Brand Team Partnership/ Leadership

·  Be an active and proactive key member of the core and extended brand team.
·  Manage demand planners in the countries of TMS

Health, Safety and Environment

·  Take reasonable care of the health and safety of yourself and others.
·  Cooperate with sanofi-aventis management in the provision of a healthy and safe workplace.
·  Identify and correct unsafe conditions or behaviours and immediately notify the Manager of any serious incidents; complete an Incident / Injury Report and forward to Human Resources within 48 hours where necessary.
·  Undertake duties in accordance with the current sanofi-aventis Policies and Procedures.
·  Report non-conformance in accordance with the requirements of the sanofi-aventis quality system.

At Sanofi diversity and inclusion is foundational to how we operate and embedded in our Core Values. We recognize to truly tap into the richness diversity brings we must lead with inclusion and have a workplace where those differences can thrive and be leveraged to empower the lives of our colleagues, patients and customers. We respect and celebrate the diversity of our people, their backgrounds and experiences and provide equal opportunity for all.