Supply Chain Planner

Pfizer Inc.

Rocky Mount, NC

Job posting number: #7135282 (Ref:pf-4880683)

Posted: March 21, 2023

Application Deadline: Open Until Filled

Job Description

Why Patients Need You 

Our manufacturing logistics and supply team makes sure that customers and patients have the medicines they need, when they need them. You will help bring medicines to the world even faster by embracing challenges, imagining what’s possible and taking action.

What You Will Achieve

Manage supply planning activities to ensure reliable product supply to markets in line with customer service and inventory targets. Leverage digital tools (SAP, Tableau, BOBJ etc) to enhance supply visibility to the markets and to simplify planning process through automation initiatives. Partner with site supply chain team and above site teams (AMP, BSL) and provide optimal supply solutions to demand supply changes. Responsible for system parameterization, supply assurance, rough cut capacity analysis, scenario analysis, supply prioritization and supporting special projects. The role requires strong cross-functional collaboration, proactive problem identification and resolution, issue escalation to site planning / AMP teams and effective communication and management of issues and recovery plans to key stakeholders.

It is your hard work and commitment that will help in making Pfizer ready to achieve new milestones and help patients across the globe.

How You Will Achieve It

  • SAP APO / IBP system maintenance: Define and maintain planning master data parameters in SAP APO / IBP to optimize supply.
  • Supply Planning: Manage and coordinate supply chain activities to ensure reliable product supply to markets consistent with Pfizer objectives, customer service levels and inventory management targets.
  • RCCP & Capacity Review: Prepare rough cut capacity projections for assigned resources; Collaborate with Site Planning Team to resolve asset capacity balancing trade-offs ensuring sufficient supply performance; Aggregate capacity constraints and ensure balanced Plan of Record for network review of capacity issues
  • Supply Management: Review high-level supply requirements across full planning horizon; Prioritize orders based on market inventory position, SKU segmentation, and site/above site production strategy.
  • Supply Governance: Monitor / control schedule break-ins. Develop/update manufacturing site production volume plan of record. Assess volume changes and escalate when potential issues arise.
  • Data Analytics: Track supply performance vs metrics, analyze demand supply changes, perform scenario analysis and provide optimal solutions to mitigate supply risks
  • Data visualization: Leverage available digital tools (Tableau etc) to effectively summarize the supply performance and optimal supply solutions.  Ensure alignment of data across systems and remediate errors.

Qualifications

Must-Have

  • Applicant must have High School Diploma (or Equivalent) with eight years of relevant experience;
  • OR an Associate's degree with six years of experience;
  • OR a Bachelor’s degree with at least three years of experience;
  • OR a Master’s degree with more than one year of experience.
  • Relevant experience in supply / production / demand planning
  • Strong computer skills, including MS Office applications with advanced strengths in Excel and PowerPoint
  • Strong knowledge and understanding of Supply Chain concepts and application.
  • Exposure to SAP APO or Kinaxis Rapid Response (preferred)
  • Strong analytical skills

Nice-to-Have

  • APICS CPIM or CSCP Certification
  • Relevant experience within Pharmaceutical Industry and/or manufacturing and packaging activities
  • Exposure to advanced analytics like predictive modelling / algorithm planning
  • Exposure to Tableau / BI tools

  
 

PHYSICAL/MENTAL REQUIREMENTS

  • Problem solving / decision making: Ability to interpret/ analyze data, draw meaningful conclusions / provide comprehensive solutions
  • Networking & collaboration: Build and maintain successful working relationship with others. Appreciate diversity of others
  • Communication skills: Ability to use a variety of communication tools and techniques to explain difficult issues and work to establish consensus
  • Influencing / Negotiation skills: Ability to work with cross functional team and influence key stakeholders

NON-STANDARD WORK SCHEDULE, TRAVEL OR ENVIRONMENT REQUIREMENTS

  • First shift (M-F)
  • Must be able to support non-scheduled business hours as needed

Work Location Assignment: Flexible

Relocation Support Availability: NO

Last date to apply: 3/31/2023

Relocation assistance may be available based on business needs and/or eligibility.

Pfizer requires all U.S. new hires to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 prior to the first date of employment.  As required by applicable law, Pfizer will consider requests for Reasonable Accommodations.

Sunshine Act

Pfizer reports payments and other transfers of value to health care providers as required by federal and state transparency laws and implementing regulations.  These laws and regulations require Pfizer to provide government agencies with information such as a health care provider’s name, address and the type of payments or other value received, generally for public disclosure.  Subject to further legal review and statutory or regulatory clarification, which Pfizer intends to pursue, reimbursement of recruiting expenses for licensed physicians may constitute a reportable transfer of value under the federal transparency law commonly known as the Sunshine Act.  Therefore, if you are a licensed physician who incurs recruiting expenses as a result of interviewing with Pfizer that we pay or reimburse, your name, address and the amount of payments made currently will be reported to the government.  If you have questions regarding this matter, please do not hesitate to contact your Talent Acquisition representative.

EEO & Employment Eligibility

Pfizer is committed to equal opportunity in the terms and conditions of employment for all employees and job applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, gender identity or gender expression, national origin, disability or veteran status.  Pfizer also complies with all applicable national, state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment as well as work authorization and employment eligibility verification requirements of the Immigration and Nationality Act and IRCA.  Pfizer is an E-Verify employer.

Logistics & Supply Chain Mgmt



Pfizer is committed to equal opportunity in the terms and conditions of employment for all employees and job applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, gender identity or gender expression, national origin, disability or veteran status. Pfizer also complies with all applicable national, state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment as well as work authorization and employment eligibility verification requirements of the Immigration and Nationality Act and IRCA. Pfizer is an E-Verify employer.


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