Job Description
Through the partnership with more than 1000 external suppliers, our network of 7 technology platforms provides our customers and patients in more than 150 countries with innovative, high-quality and affordable products - on time, every time, safely & efficiently.

Your key responsibilities:
・Create and update the coming 24 months inventory, inspection, packaging, and bulk importation plan throughout the collaboration with Production Unit, Quality Control Unit, Finance.
・Propose the coming 24 months plan to management team in monthly Sales & Operation Planning process. Give insight of what has changed from the previous month, and how the change might impact Site's financial performance as well as the agreed balance of QCD.
・Reflect the approved plan from Sales & Operations Planning process to SAP system and share the One Valid Plan to relevant stakeholders at Site (Production, Quality, Warehouse, Material Planning, etc.), which would also mean that it's the conversion from monthly planning to weekly or daily planning owned by each department.
・Place Purchase Order (PO) to Novartis internal supplying Sites and manage the stable delivery from those Sites. Collaborate with those Sites to achieve continuous improvement such as lead time reduction, Just In Time implementation, and etc.
・Manage the execution of weekly plan from Sales & Operations Planning process by leading the weekly standard process. In detail, confirm the weekly abnormal demand, progress and changes in plan for production, material goods receive date, as well as testing and release, and take necessary actions to correspond to the changes.
・Lead updating coming 5 years Long Term Capacity Planning (done once a year) and propose the plan to management team. Share the approved plan to global Supply Chain.
・Lead revision of Inventory Policy, such as goods purchasing or internal process lead time, with other Supply Chain colleagues and relevant departments, and update SAP parameter to automatically propose ideally balanced Master Production Scheduling and Material Requirement Planning in terms of QCD.
・Support Life Cycle Manager or Technical Transfer Lead to realize successful New Product Launch, Divestment, or Product Transfer (in and out) from operational point of view. For example, propose available slot in production line for Qualification, Cleaning or Packaging Validation and other relevant activities required from the project, launch or bridging stock plan, production batch size, inventory policy (safety stock and maximum stock), standard order lead time for customers, and etc.

Drive the Site by leading monthly inspection, packaging, testing, release, and replenishment planning discussion with management team, considering the ideal balance of QCD (Quality, Cost, and Delivery) and contribute in Site's mission: "Deliver high quality pharmaceutical medicine stably to Japan market". In addition, achieve financial budget and supply chain related KPI targets by leading the execution of the plan, endorsed by management team, and contribute in Novartis' performance improvement.

• 職務目的
品質・コスト・安定供給の最適なバランスを考慮した検査・包装計画並びに製剤輸入計画の立案及び工場のマネジメントチームへの提案を行い、「高品質な医薬品を効率的に安定供給する」という工場のミッション達成に貢献する。また、マネジメントレベルに承認された日程計画の実行を部門横断的にリードし、生産数量や在庫など、サプライチェーンマネジメント部が責任を担うKPIの目標達成を通じて、工場並びにノバルティス生産本部の予算目標達成に貢献する。

Minimum requirements
What you'll bring to the role:
・Understanding the basic method of PSI (Production, Sales, Inventory) or backwards planning
・Communication in English (TOEIC score 600 will be sufficient)
・Microsoft Office skill (mainly Outlook and Excel)
*Minimum requirement for Excel skill: VLOOKUP, SUMIF, COUNTIF; Pivot; Graph)
・Being proactive to speak up for problem and issue, and lead its solution.

Desirable:
・Experience outside pharmaceutical industry, especially from either Consulting, Automobile, and Consumer Goods.
・Experience of using SAP (R/3) system
・APICS CPIM certificate holder
・Experience of Business planning or Project Lead / Management
・Fluent English (TOEIC score more than 850)

[必須要件]
PSI（製造・販売・在庫）計画、生産計画策定業務の経験
英語での電話会議やメールコミュニケーション
（目安：TOEIC 600点以上）
Microsoft Officeの基本スキル（メール、Excelが基本）
(Excelは関数: VLOOKUP、SUMIF、COUNTIFなど、ピボット、グラフを主に使用）
自ら能動的に問題提起や課題解決を図っていける方

歓迎要件
医薬品業界外の方
(コンサルティングファーム、自動車業界、消費財業界出身者は特に歓迎)
SAP (R/3) 使用経験
英語でのビジネスプランニング、プロジェクトリード（目安：TOEIC 850点以上）
APICS CPIM資格保有者

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