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Analyst, Supply Chain

Job Description:

As a privately-owned, biopharmaceutical company, Ferring pioneers and delivers life-changing therapies that help people build families and live better lives. Our independence helps us cultivate an entrepreneurial spirit and long-term perspective that enables us to achieve growth and scale, while remaining agile and true to our ‘people first’ philosophy. Built on a 70-year plus commitment to science and research, Ferring is relentless in its pursuit of science that drives powerful discoveries and therapies to help people build families, stay healthy, and stand up to the world’s oldest enemy: disease.

Ferring US is Great Places to Work® Certified. Earning this certification means that Ferring US is one of the best companies to work for in the country. Our people are at the core of what makes Ferring a great place to work. Putting people first, strengthening our workplace culture, and ensuring that it is a safe, equitable, and welcoming place to work is a priority at Ferring, and it always will be.

Ferring + you

At Ferring, we offer competitive total compensation along with an exceptional range of flexible benefits, personal support and tailored learning and development opportunities all designed to help you realize your full potential both in life and at work. From working hours that respect your lifestyle, a culture that is welcoming and equitable, and the chance to work with the industry’s most impressive people, these are just some of the ways we live our "People First" philosophy.

Responsibilities:

The role of this position is to contribute/run the Demand planning processes as well as monitoring order-to-cash process for attributed portfolio. The Demand planning is about ensuring full visibility of future demand, sales forecast & opportunities (including tenders), via the use of specific tool/meeting (e.g. Rapid Response or Central Demand Review). The position is also to ensure that all products required by customers are available with the right level of inventory in order to achieve business targets of marketing, sales, finance and operations. Ensure good and smooth coordination between the department and all internal and external customers.

Demand Planning

Understand and keep current track on changes of all products in the marketplace, focusing on:
Brand management
Marketing strategies
Life cycle management
Manage day-to-day use of System Forecast tool Generate statistical forecast. Encourage the M&S to update and maintain the country forecast with monthly detail.

Central Demand Review

Sanity check of forecast before transmission into Supply Planning tools
Alert Supply Planning colleagues of any major changes
Review of Forecast performance/trend
Document reviews and develop escalation point for Global S&OP

Customer Service

Communication and products requirement alignment with supply chain actors, sales orders management, participation to the new product launch activities
Review sales planning per customer to adjust sales forecast when needed
Ensure that delivery, transportation and distribution occur properly and timely with the right shipping documentation, whilst optimizing costs
Central point of contact for quality issues and plan of action for recall, quality investigation, traceability inquiry, repack and other pharmaceutical operations

Requirements:

University degree Logistics/Supply chain or equivalent education in Business administration
At least 5 years’ experience in Pharmaceutical manufacturing and/or Supply Chain
Understanding of Demand Planning and Marketing in Pharmaceutical business or Supply Chain
Familiar with Sales Forecasting Applications
Knowledge of import/export/logistic/distribution and customer service
Experience in ERP (Oracle, SAP or other) is required
Experience with Access & SQL is a plus
Experience with Power BI is a plus
Excel technical knowledge and skill is required
Strong analytical, and problem-solving skills
Proficient in Microsoft Office
Excellent communication and organization skills required

Join our team and your voice will be heard, and your contributions will be valued. If you love to come up with new ways to make a positive difference and see them through, you will fit right in.

We are proud to be an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer (including Disability/Protected Veterans). We maintain a drug-free workplace and perform pre-employment substance abuse testing.

Ferring offers a competitive total compensation package inclusive of but not limited to the following benefits: medical, dental, vision, 401(k), vacation policy, paid holidays, sick days, paid maternity/paternity leave, tuition reimbursement, flexible savings accounts, short-term disability, long-term disability, life and AD&D insurance.

Location:

Parsippany, New Jersey

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CEO of Ferring Pharmaceuticals

Frederik Paulsen

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By Ferring Pharmaceuticals

Driven by its entrepreneurial spirit and enabled by a decentralised organisational setup, Ferring will harness its world-class competencies in science and business with other innovative technologies to create solutions for patients and doctors. By...

16 jobs

FUNDING

Private

INDUSTRY

Biotech & Pharmaceuticals

TEAM SIZE

5001-10000

LOCATION

Hybrid, based in Saint-Prex, Switzerland

DATE POSTED

June 9, 2023