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Demand & Supply Manager

Pfizer
Cairo, Egypt
Posted 4 years ago
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Demand Planning:

  • To execute a collaborative process with the local teams in all activities surrounding generation of both short-term and long-term demand forecast.
  • Review, consolidate and submit a monthly forecast (36-month forward looking) in SAP APO-DP for private market and institutional demand segments in-line with defined planning timelines.
  • Optimize forecast accuracy both at the detail and aggregate level ensuring use of all available market intelligence (e.g. market trends, promotional activity, brand forecast review process), and fully leverage the FERCA process for root cause evaluation and exception management.
  • Proactively manage in-market sales in collaboration with commercial colleagues and conduct IMS/TMS conversions for budgeting and forecasting purposes.
  • Work in close collaboration with Commercial and Finance teams to ensure robust and ongoing reconciliation and alignment between the Operational forecast and Financial Planning process, in particular to support Op Plan and Latest Estimate updates.
  • Orchestrate and facilitate key forums to support demand plan generation including BFR meetings, Market S&OP, product change management and new product launch meetings, regulatory submission reviews as needed.
  • Proactively work with the Above Market Planners (AMP) to maintain correct master data, ensuring all supply chain agreements correctly reflect market requirements and ensuring all relevant SKUs are appropriately maintained in the demand planning system.

Supply Assurance

  • Work in close collaboration with AMP team ensuring the appropriate replenishment plans and inventory management for the market (incl. ELC and in transit inventories).  Ensuring optimal inventory according to agreed distributor inventory requirements and / or planning parameters for Pfizer in – market inventory.
  • Review and endorse supply chain agreements and all parameters therein in close collaboration with Above Market Planning (AMP) team.
  • Work closely with AMP team in managing aging inventory and work with Commercial, Finance and Regulatory colleagues to develop mitigation plans to minimize obsolescence risk.
  • Identify with AMP team root causes for supply/ obsolescence issues to ensure that corrective actions are put in place and embedded across the organization.   
  • Validate with AMP team the monthly supply plan that supports the business forecast considering lead time, safety stocks and shelf life requirements.

Demand Planning:

  • To execute a collaborative process with the local teams in all activities surrounding generation of both short-term and long-term demand forecast.
  • Review, consolidate and submit a monthly forecast (36-month forward looking) in SAP APO-DP for private market and institutional demand segments in-line with defined planning timelines.
  • Optimize forecast accuracy both at the detail and aggregate level ensuring use of all available market intelligence (e.g. market trends, promotional activity, brand forecast review process), and fully leverage the FERCA process for root cause evaluation and exception management.
  • Proactively manage in-market sales in collaboration with commercial colleagues and conduct IMS/TMS conversions for budgeting and forecasting purposes.
  • Work in close collaboration with Commercial and Finance teams to ensure robust and ongoing reconciliation and alignment between the Operational forecast and Financial Planning process, in particular to support Op Plan and Latest Estimate updates.
  • Orchestrate and facilitate key forums to support demand plan generation including BFR meetings, Market S&OP, product change management and new product launch meetings, regulatory submission reviews as needed.

Supply Assurance

  • Work in close collaboration with AMP team ensuring the appropriate replenishment plans and inventory management for the market (incl. ELC and in transit inventories).  Ensuring optimal inventory according to agreed distributor inventory requirements and / or planning parameters for Pfizer in – market inventory.
  • Review and endorse supply chain agreements and all parameters therein in close collaboration with Above Market Planning (AMP) team.
  • Work closely with AMP team in managing aging inventory and work with Commercial, Finance and Regulatory colleagues to develop mitigation plans to minimize obsolescence risk.
  • Identify with AMP team root causes for supply/ obsolescence issues to ensure that corrective actions are put in place and embedded across the organization.   
  • Validate with AMP team the monthly supply plan that supports the business forecast considering lead time, safety stocks and shelf life requirements.
  • Proactively manage the impact of supply issues, coordinating with and escalating to AMP, to ensure timely resolution and proper communication with all stakeholders.

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