Demand Planning Specialist

Reporting to the Demand Planning Manager, the Demand Planning Specialist is responsible for collaborating with the various functions of the supply chain to maintain adequate forecasts of pharmaceutical products and ensure availability for customer needs.

Your Key Responsibilities:

Your responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Ensure the efficiency of key processes & ensure compliance with the demand cycle.
• Manage the accuracy of sales forecast for a portfolio.
• Interact with Supply Chain & Commercial Groups to understand the various unforeseen factors of the demand.
• Participate in the development of new processes or current ones to be optimized.
• Support the team to identify complex deviations.
• Coordinate reporting activities on forecast performance & trends.
• Identify/propose/participate in the development of tools to support the Team.
• Develop and implement non-standard ad hoc analysis.
• Contribute to the smooth running of the BIR process activities (request for increase in demand).
• Participate from a Supply point of view in the various tender (RFP) activities.

What you’ll bring to the role:

Essential Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree completed in administration, Supply Chain or Marketing profile.
• 5-8 years of experience in a Supply Chain team.
• Advanced Excel skills required.
• Proficiency in the use of SAP is required, APO an asset.
• Fluency in oral and written French is mandatory. Due to the nature of our operations, oral and written fluency in English is required for regular communication with customers, partners, and/or colleagues, whether in Canada or internationally.

• Autonomy.
• Decision-making ability.
• Excellent attention to detail.
• Results-oriented and good ability to manage time.
• Ability to work in a dynamic environment and manage multiple initiatives simultaneously.
• Good communication skills and ability to work with multiple stakeholders.

You’ll receive:

• A minimum of three weeks’ vacation.
• Paid time off in addition to your annual vacation and statutory holidays.
• Time back between Christmas and New Year’s Day with full pay.
• Group pension plan with substantial employer contributions.
• Generous and flexible group insurance coverage through our private plan.
• Employee and family assistance.
• Hybrid work formula offered.
• Telemedicine services.
• Parental leave – supplemental top-up payments up to 100% of base salary, regardless of gender or sexual orientation.
• Career enhancement and development, including learning, training and professional recognition opportunities.

Why Sandoz?
Generic and Biosimilar medicines are the backbone of the global medicines industry. Sandoz, a leader in this sector, touched the lives of almost 500 million patients last year and while we are proud of this achievement, we have an ambition to do more!

With investments in new development capabilities, state-of-the-art production sites, new acquisitions, and partnerships, we have the opportunity to shape the future of Sandoz and help more patients gain access to low-cost, high-quality medicines, sustainably.

Our momentum and entrepreneurial spirit is powered by an open, collaborative culture driven by our talented and ambitious colleagues, who, in return for applying their skills experience an agile and collegiate environment with impactful, flexible-hybrid careers, where diversity is welcomed and where personal growth is encouraged!

The future is ours to shape!

Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion: We are committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams representative of the patients and communities we serve.

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