E2E planner

End to End Supply Planner

ICON plc is a world-leading healthcare intelligence and clinical research organization. We’re proud to foster an inclusive environment driving innovation and excellence, and we welcome you to join us on our mission to shape the future of clinical development.

As an E2E Supply Planner you will be responsible to drive the optimal planning of clinical supplies from an End-to-End perspective across all dimensions of the clinical supply chain.

You will be responsible for creating and maintaining critical master data for use within clinical trial forecasting and planning applications, maintaining data creation processes and supporting tools, data compliance monitoring and business analytic reporting. This individual will gather critical information and provides training and technical support in key areas of the clinical supply systems. This function alleviates aspects of systems admin from planning functions and enables greater efficiency and flexibility of the clinical supply chain.

What You Will Be Doing:

• You will be responsible for creating and maintaining critical master data for use within clinical trial forecasting and planning applications, maintaining data creation processes and supporting tools, data compliance monitoring and business analytic reporting.

• This individual will gather critical information and provides training and technical support in key areas of the clinical supply systems.

• This function alleviates aspects of systems admin from planning functions and enables greater efficiency and flexibility of the clinical supply chain.

• Defines the E2E planning configuration of the supply network

• Develops replenishment strategies and reviews alternative sourcing options

• Drives the development of the constrained E2E production and inventory plans

• Aggregates various demand types across trials and products in collaboration with Clinical Supply Chain Integrators, Trial Supply Leads and CMC Team members, to provide overall demand for Drug Product and API at the compound level.

• Translates the demand into DP and API requirements, including critical components and DP intermediates.

• Provides information to the Supply Network Planners team and Plant Schedulers to allow master scheduling of packaging and manufacturing campaigns in line with the requirements

• Manages the inventory allocation and expiration dates of Drug Products, API and critical components

• Develops scenarios to avoid or resolve potential supply constraints

Your Profile:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business or Science plus additional experience, Generally requires (5+) years related experience or Master’s Degree plus additional experience, Generally requires (2+) years related experience

• Supply Chain certification preferred (e.g. APICS)

• Experience with several of the following processes: inventory management, supply chain management, supply planning, Lean and 6sigma, systems (SAP R/3 or ERP), other cross-functional business processes common to the pharmaceutical or process industry

• Insight in a production environment, preferably in a pharmaceutical or process industry, its characteristics and constraints and Q&C requirements

• Demonstrates a good understanding of the E2E supply network, ensures understanding of the drivers impacting the supply network. Pro-actively identifies the need for scenarios and drives the process of scenario development and evaluation together with team.

• Experience with GMP and/or Quality management systems and processes

• Strong analytical skills: managing complexity and ability to identify process gaps based on data or root cause analysis, ability to predict risk/impact of supply related processes

• Demonstrated ability to work across organizational boundaries in an international environment through influencing, negotiating and partnering

• Ability to communicate complex issues and solutions to different levels of management for effective decision making

• Ability to understand global E2E Supply Chain and/or processes and interdependencies to optimize internal and external decision making

• Proven knowledge of project management and supply/demand management tools

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What ICON can offer you:
Our success depends on the quality of our people. That’s why we’ve made it a priority to build a diverse culture that rewards high performance and nurtures talent.

In addition to your competitive salary, ICON offers a range of additional benefits. Our benefits are designed to be competitive within each country and are focused on well-being and work life balance opportunities for you and your family.

Our benefits examples include:

• Various annual leave entitlements
• A range of health insurance offerings to suit you and your family’s needs.
• Competitive retirement planning offerings to maximize savings and plan with confidence for the years ahead.
• Global Employee Assistance Programme, LifeWorks, offering 24-hour access to a global network of over 80,000 independent specialized professionals who are there to support you and your family’s well-being.
• Life assurance
• Flexible country-specific optional benefits, including childcare vouchers, bike purchase schemes, discounted gym memberships, subsidized travel passes, health assessments, among others.

Visit our careers site to read more about the benefits ICON offers.

At ICON, inclusion & belonging are fundamental to our culture and values. We’re dedicated to providing an inclusive and accessible environment for all candidates. ICON is committed to providing a workplace free of discrimination and harassment. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

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Interested in the role, but unsure if you meet all of the requirements? We would encourage you to apply regardless – there’s every chance you’re exactly what we’re looking for here at ICON whether it is for this or other roles.

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