Supply Planner

Catalent Pharma Solutions is the leading global provider of advanced delivery technologies and development solutions for drugs, biologics and consumer health products. With over 80 years serving the industry, Catalent has proven expertise in bringing more customer products to market faster, enhancing product performance, and ensuring reliable clinical and commercial product supply. 

For our site in Cham, Switzerland, we are currently looking for a Supply Planner.

The Supply Planner is responsible for the end-to-end Demand & Supply Planning operations for the Pharma and Consumer Health Business Units in close collaboration with the different manufacturing sites in scope.

The Role

The main responsibilities are the following:

Oversight the planning activity for the E2E supply chain, maintaining the communication flow between the different sites (internal or external) of the network.

Sharing the material/bulk requirement forecast with the sites

Responsible for the reconciliation of the Supply Plan upon input from the manufacturing site re. rough cut capacity planning

Responsible for monitoring production status vs. Supply Plans, anticipating potential issues, setting up priorities in alignment with key stakeholders, setting up contingency plans to ensure on-time and in-full delivery, and identifying root causes in case of delay to continuously mitigate risks

Responsible for timely and precise raw material purchasing placing orders to suppliers/customers planning to meet production/forecast demand

Analyze data for inventory support, demand planning, and S&OP process

Contribute to the monthly Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) process for the intercompany flows in close alignment with the manufacturing sites

Responsible for inventory management along the supply chain for the assigned portfolio

Support the customer-owned material purchasing process by leading the relationship with the customer

Communicate with suppliers and production sites, both via phone and e-mail, to ensure on-time delivery lead time accuracy

Responsible for the life cycle of the purchase orders, registering and follow-up

Monitors forecasts, and customer orders for unexpected changes and revises plans as required

Manage the relationship and performance monitoring with external manufacturers

Support cost reduction, lead time reduction, and inventory reduction programs with suppliers to support company goals.

Ensure compliance with the EU Good Manufacturing / Distribution Practices (GxP) for medicinal products and to the current Swissmedic regulations

Responsible for the master data accuracy of the business

The Candidate

Bachelor of Science Engineer, Supply or equivalent by experience

Minimum 3 years of experience in supply & planning

Good knowledge of ERP systems SAP, JDE will be an asset

Very good knowledge in Excel

Affinity with numbers

Analytical skills

Team player and self-starter, proactive

Customer oriented, frequent contacts

Result focused & Problem solving

Comfortable working in a dynamic environment

Active listening skills

Extremely collaborative

APICS certification a plus

Lean 6 Sigma certification a plus

Our Offer :

What we offer is an exciting role, a chance to grow and learn new skills in a global company, and in the most challenging quality environment within the pharma industry – a sterile business 

Multicultural environment in Cham 

Potential for personal development within an international company 

Defined career path and annual performance review and feedback process 

Competitive annual salary

Pension plan

25 days legal holidays

Catalent’s standard leadership competencies that are used to interview and for Performance & Development:

Leads with Integrity and Respect

Delivers Results

Demonstrates Business Acumen

Fosters Collaboration and Teamwork

Champions Change

Engages and Inspires

Coaches and Develops

Catalent offers rewarding opportunities to further your career Join the global drug development and delivery leader and help us bring over 7,000 life-saving and life-enhancing products to patients around the world. Catalent is an exciting and growing international company where employees work directly with pharma, biopharma and consumer health companies of all sizes to advance new medicines from early development to clinical trials and to the market. Catalent produces more than 70 billion doses per year, and each one will be used by someone who is counting on us. Join us in making a difference. 

Catalent is committed to the health and safety of its employees, visitors and the customers and patients we serve. As a result of the global pandemic, we have modified many of our recruitment and on-boarding processes to maintain everyone’s safety. The Human Resources teams will communicate all necessary safety processes and procedures throughout each stage.

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