Supply Chain Planning Manager

With its beginnings in a family run pharmacy in Correggio, Italy in the 1920s, Recordati is now a global pharmaceutical company, listed on the Italian stock exchange, with over 4,500 employees and turnover of over Euro 2bn.

We are a group of like-minded, passionate individuals who go to extraordinary lengths for our patients, customers, partners, investors and the people across the globe who we serve. We develop and commercialise medicines to serve people living with common diseases, as well as those living with some of the rarest, in around 150 countries.

At Recordati, our mantra is simple. We’ve always believed that health, and the opportunity to live life to the fullest, is a right, not a privilege. Whether that is for common diseases or the rarest – we want to give people the opportunity to be the best version of themselves.

This drive will never stop. Together, we will always be reimagining tomorrow – with new ideas, new technologies and new innovations to fight diseases.

Recordati. Unlocking the full potential of life.

Job Purpose

Manage the supply of Recordati Rare Diseases products to ensure that there is an optimized inventory level to cover global demand and distribution requirements.

This must be aligned to encompass company purchases, stock management, and oversight of all sub-contracting activities with Recordati Rare Diseases’ CMOs and partners

Key Responsibilities

Supply Chain strategy and Inventory management

• Manage Supply chain from a global perspective and monitor the execution of the outsourced manufacturing with CMOs.
• Evaluate stocks to determine how to decrease losses and optimize service to client.
• Establish stock targets and manage production from a cost and quantity perspective.
• Implement changes at the CMOs (packaging updates, new launches etc) in collaboration with regulatory and QA departments.
• Ensure serialisation of products are compliant with individual country requirement
  
  

Supplier/vendor management

• Negotiate services and costs with the vendors.
• Meet with suppliers to discuss performance results, production forecasts and any future potential change in the supply chain process.
• Monitor and evaluate CMOs and partners to ensure all activities are performed according to RECORDATI’s expectations.
  
  

Data maintenance

• SAP and IBP: ensure coherence of data and update when needed
• ERP tool: ensure data are updated accurately when new products/new countries are added.
• Ensure packaging information and changes are maintained in appropriate files
  
  

Quality

• Complete change controls and track deviations in Quality tool and ensure follow-up/completion with Quality team
  
  

Finance

• Establish and follow up Supply Chain budget
• Provide support for handling supplier invoices for purchased products and follow-up with Finance Dept
• Raise Suppliers Purchase orders for products and/or services.
  
  

Collaboration

• Collaborate with other departments i.e. Regulatory Affairs, Finance, Quality Assurance, Clinical Operations and Pharmacovigilance.
• Support Supply Chain Associate Director and the team in specific projects where needed.
  
  

Reporting and Dashboards

• Establish dashboards to measure, compare and evaluate the Supply Chain performance.
  
  

Required Education

A BSc or equivalent qualification in Supply Chain Management or a similar relevant field.

Required Skills And Experience

Ideally c7 years experience working in a Supply Chain role within the Pharmaceutical, Biotechnology environment or similar industry.

Technical Competencies

IT skills (SAP, IBP, XL, Power Point).

Required Behaviours And Competencies

• Demonstrates an interest in understanding of others.
• Establishes good relationships with customers and staff.
• Builds wide and effective networks of contacts inside and outside the organisation.
• Gains clear agreement and commitment from others by persuading, convincing and negotiating.
• Expresses opinions, information and key points of an argument clearly.
• Structures information to meet the needs and understanding of the intended audience.
• Makes rational judgments from the available information and analysis.
• Focuses on customer needs and satisfaction.
• Adapts to changing circumstances; accepts new ideas and change initiatives.
• Develops job knowledge and expertise through continual professional development.
• Produces workable solutions to a range of problems.
  
  

Required Languages

Fluency in English is required.

At Recordati we believe in people! Inspired by our purpose - unlocking the full potential of life - we are committed to creating a diverse environment and cultivating a culture of inclusion. We strive to continually lead with our values and beliefs, enabling our employees to bring their whole selves to work and develop their potential.

We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We recruit, develop and reward without regard to, amongst others, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, physical or mental ability, race, ethnicity, political or religious belief.

If you are looking to join a company where you can try new things, speak openly, and be bold, we invite you to apply today.