Network Supply Planner

Network Supply Planner

Are you a forward-thinking supply chain professional with a passion for patient care and a drive to excel in a global environment? If you thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative setting where your contributions make a significant impact, we want you to join our team at AstraZeneca.

We are seeking an experienced Network Supply Planner to be a key player in our dynamic team at the North Ryde site. Elevate our supply chain performance by enhancing agility, reducing costs, and improving customer service. As part of our transformation journey, you'll engage in a comprehensive approach that spans from procurement to delivery, fostering transparency, accountability, and shared decision-making.

• An exciting full-time, 12-month global role, you will be instrumental in ensuring the smooth flow of materials through our factory, supporting global customer orders and contributing to our Supply Chain Transformation Program.

• Lead and support the delivery of global planning improvements across key sites, focusing on Leadership, Planning, Scheduling, Data, and Flow.

• Collaborate with site leadership to align therapy stream objectives with Performance Management and drive sustained change.

If you are passionate about operational excellence and are eager to make a tangible difference in a collaborative environment, we encourage you to apply and become a vital part of our team at AstraZeneca. Your expertise will help shape the future of our supply chain and ensure that we continue to deliver exceptional value to our customers and patients.

About AstraZeneca

Join a team where everyone feels a personal connection to the people that we impact. From our science labs to manufacturing at scale, we are committed to delivering the highest quality. It’s inspiring and rewarding work, influencing every part of the product lifecycle to deliver life-changing medicines. To ultimately make people’s lives better – from patients and their families to all of us in society.

The North Ryde manufacturing facility remains an important center for both AstraZeneca and manufacturing in Australia.  We are proud of our long heritage in Australia, where for more than 65 years, AstraZeneca has been providing medicines to treat many cancers and chronic diseases, saving lives and extending life for millions of Australians.

What you’ll do

The Network Supply Planner is an above site planning role, part of Global Supply Chain & Strategy, reporting to the Network Supply Planning Lead. In this role, you will have responsibility for planning a group of resources (internal or external). In this capacity, the role creates, develops, and maintains a cross-brand constrained production & capacity plan for assigned resources/products, while facilitating efficient manufacturing operations for the slushy and tactical horizon, according to the monthly planning cycle

As part of these planning responsibilities, you will ensure that relevant resource supply constraints and events are modelled in the system. This role drives the Sales & Operational Execution (S&OE) process by facilitating the relevant meeting and reviews on a weekly basis. The role is a key player in the Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) process by leading the supply consensus meeting with sites and Process Execution Teams (PETS), in which the role supports by providing necessary simulations to support decision making.

You will be a gatekeeper of the operational plan and liaison between site (mainly governed by S&OE) and market companies via demand planners (or Marketing Company Account Managers (MCAMs). Finally, the role ensures that constrained executable plans are seamlessly handed over to Production Planners. Other key responsibilities would include but not limited to:

• Building the tactical plan to execute.

• Creating and owning the capacity-constrained plan that balances service, cost, and inventory in the tactical horizon.

• Partnering with the Global Brand Planner to influence Supply Chain Design for my assets.

• Leading scenario planning to mitigate risk and find opportunities.

• Leading the S&OE process and Supply Consensus forums at the site.

• Partnering with up and downstream node Network Supply Planners to drive alignment across the Supply nodes and secure robust demand signals.

Essential for the role

• Bachelor’s degree required

• Experience in Supply Chain Environment (Manufacturing, Planning)

• Advanced supply chain (inventory, capacity, and network) planning skills

• Digital savvy (data & system minded)

• Operational Experience with planning systems (ie. ERP/APS systems)

• Experience in managing and developing solutions for supply chain events.

• Capacity management & modelling

• Understanding of supply chain planning parameters, master data, and master data integrity & quality.

• Experience in collaboration with the key interfaces within the end-to-end supply chain, with manufacturing, and between supply chain and commercial functions – experience working with third-party suppliers would be a bonus.

• Excellent communication and collaboration skills are required to manage a multitude of customers and stakeholders, both internal and external to AZ.

• Proficient in using key Lean Tools

Desirable for the role

• A degree or equivalent in Business, Logistics, Sciences, or Engineering is preferred, equivalent experience will be taken into account

• APICS / CSCP or equivalent certification

• Lean certification

• Robust understanding of and contributing to an S&OP process.

• Commercial experience

• Leadership experience

Why AstraZeneca

At AstraZeneca we’re dedicated to being a Great Place to Work. Where you are empowered to push the boundaries of science and unleash your entrepreneurial spirit. There’s no better place to make a difference to medicine, patients and society. An inclusive culture that champions diversity and collaboration, and always committed to lifelong learning, growth and development. We’re on an exciting journey to pioneer the future of healthcare.  

Part of an inclusive and giving community, we support and help each other on our journeys –backed by the same personal commitment to each other as we give to patients. Curious problem solvers, we are intellectually stimulated by constant learning. There’s potential for multiple, global careers and great rewards, for those who embrace the diverse opportunities.

AstraZeneca in Australia has been formally recognised as an Employer of Choice for Gender Equality by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) and as a Bronze Tier Employer within the Australian Workplace Equality Index (AWEI). Visit our ANZ Careers Page to learn more about our commitment to fostering a flexible, diverse, and inclusive environment.

So, what’s next?

• Are you already imagining yourself joining our team? Good, because we can’t wait to hear from you.

• Are you ready to bring new ideas and fresh thinking to the table? Brilliant! We have a seat available, and we hope it’s yours.

• Please note that all internal applications must be accompanied by a Talent Card. Please see link to assist you with creating your Talent Card https://nucleusvideo.astrazeneca.com/media/t/1_ul5bvxgy/67879971. Please attach this as part of your supporting document.

• If you’re curious to know more, please contact Dia Dutta.

Where can I find out more?

• Visit AZ Careers Page on https://www.astrazeneca.com.au/

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AstraZeneca embraces diversity and equality of opportunity. We are committed to building an inclusive and diverse team representing all backgrounds, with as wide a range of perspectives as possible, and harnessing industry-leading skills. We believe that the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be. We welcome and consider applications to join our team from all qualified candidates, regardless of their characteristics. We comply with all applicable laws and regulations on non-discrimination in employment (and recruitment), as well as work authorisation and employment eligibility verification requirements.