Senior Demand & Supply Planning Manager

Are you passionate about Demand and Supply Planning? Do you want to ensure the delivery of first-class pharmaceutical products and contribute to improving the lives of our patients? If yes, then you are the Senior Demand & Supply Planning Manager we are looking for! Apply today for a life-changing career!

About the department

Novo Nordisk is a global healthcare company with more than 100 years of innovation and supervision in diabetes care. This heritage has given us experience and capabilities that also enable us to help people defeat obesity, haemophilia, growth disorders and other serious chronic diseases.

Our organization has been globally recognized as the Best Place to Work, topping the ranks for two consecutive years in 2022 and 2023. It is an exciting time to join Novo Nordisk and be part of a dynamic company in an even more dynamic industry, helping us achieve our aspirations to establish a global presence.

The position

As the Senior Demand & Supply Planning Manager, you will lead demand planning and collaborate with Business Units and Finance to establish a sales forecast at material level including work on statistical baseline, analytics and market trends. You will work with Local manufacturing site on supply planning and inventory management. Additionally, you will also focus on business support, reporting and compliance, continues improvement on Demand & Supply Planning performance.

Key responsibility tasks include, but are not limited to:

Manage the outlier cleansing and history correction process based on the market insights gathered. Identify the appropriate demand planning strategy and run statistical forecast based on the models and parameters defined by the system – challenge and adjust the parametrization when required. Gather market insights and assumptions to strengthen the statistical forecast and generate a strong and robust commercial forecast.
Drive performance management as per KPI trends and deep dives and drive a continuous improvement mindset around processes and systems. Drive the Regional Demand Review with relevant stakeholders e.g. Supply Chain Heads, Business units (BUs), Local manufacturing site (KFA), Regional office, Finance & Operations, and etc. to ensure the Global Sales Forecasting (OMP) is up to date and of the highest possible accuracy.
Ensuring timely collaboration for launches of new products & discontinuation of withdrawal products in with relevant stakeholders such as Business Units, KFA and Regulatory and ensuring a regional overview. At the same time, in charge of Demand Planning Tool (OMP solution), together with Global Demand Planning team and drive the implementation of the Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) process.
Reviewing and optimising stock levels in collaboration with KFA in order to secure no stock out situation, ensure adequate local supply to all customers and regularly review inventory policy and key supply parameters together with KFA.
Business support: Act as the first point of contact for key stakeholders regarding Demand & Supply Planning activities within the global supply chain. Drive and/or participate in relevant projects, steering committees, task forces, etc. Ensure that documentation related to Demand & Supply Planning is created, stored, and compliant with the Demand & Supply Planning process and global deadlines.

Qualification

Minimum bachelor’s degree in supply chain management or a related field, along with experience working within an international organization.
Minimum 5-7 years of experience in supply chain management including expertise in demand planning, inventory management and Sales & Operation Planning.
Have a good commercial understanding and ability to navigate in complex environment and recommend feasible solutions.
Have strong analytical, stakeholder management, communication, and meeting facilitation skills.
Fluent in both English and Japanese at business level in both written and spoken form.

Working at Novo Nordisk
At Novo Nordisk, we don’t wait for change. We drive it. We’re a dynamic company in an even more dynamic industry, and we know that what got us to where we are today is not necessarily what will make us successful in the future. We embrace the spirit of experimentation, striving for excellence without fixating on perfection. We never shy away from opportunities to develop, we seize them. From research and development, through to manufacturing, marketing and sales – we’re all working to move the needle on patient care.

Contact

Kindly upload your CV to our online career page (click on Apply and follow the instructions).

Deadline
Until the completion of recruitment.

Applications will be screened on an ongoing basis, so you are encouraged to apply as soon as possible.

We commit to an inclusive recruitment process and equality of opportunity for all our job applicants.

At Novo Nordisk we recognize that it is no longer good enough to aspire to be the best company in the world. We need to aspire to be the best company for the world and we know that this is only possible with talented employees with diverse perspectives, backgrounds and cultures. We are therefore committed to creating an inclusive culture that celebrates the diversity of our employees, the patients we serve and communities we operate in. Together, we’re life changing.

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