Network Supply Planner

Job title:Network Supply Planner

Location: Warsaw, Poland

Hybrid Model: 3 days per week from office

Clinical Supply Chain is transforming and as part of that transformation we are building our approach to Capacity Planning. Thisclinicalplanning rolewill be a key part of building that new future. The role holder willlead the weeklySupply & OperationsExecution(S&OE)cycle andplay a key role in the Clinical Supply & Operations Planning(CS&OP)monthlyreview cycleacross AstraZeneca Global Clinical Supply Chain. 

The NetworkSupplyPlanningrolewill ownthecrossclinical studyexternalsupplyplan, overthetacticalplanning horizon, ensuring this is constrained to known asset capacity, flexibility and whererelevantthe contractual agreements. As part of their planning responsibility, they will ensure that relevant supply constraints and events aremodelled.

This role will drive the S&OE process byfacilitatingthe relevant meeting and reviews anddevelopthe inputs intoCS&OPprocess where asset capacity is discussed for the whole clinical portfolio. 

Network Supply Planning will be the gate keeper of the operational supply plan and the liaison between the external supplier /internalassetandinternalCM&Sstudy/projectfacingrolesensuringthataconstrained executable supply plan ismaintained.

The Network Supply Planner is accountable foroperatingthe S&OE and CS&OP processesfor anassigned clinical supply portfolio(e.g. Oral Solid Dose, Parenteral).

This includes:

End-to-end operation of theweekly S&OE cyclefor the portfolio, ensuring:

• A constrained, executable supply plan is maintained

• Near-term supply risks, events, and deviations areidentifiedand managed

• Clear escalation of issues outside agreed tolerances

End-to-end operation of themonthly CS&OP cyclefor the portfolio, including:

• Consolidation and governance of demand inputs

• Application of demand scenarios for capacity testing

• Complete portfolio-level Rough Cut Capacity Planning (RCCP) to createa capacity constrained, achievableNetworkSupplyPlan

• Lead Supply Capability review meetings asa key step withinCS&OP cycle 

• Portfolio-level capacity risk assessment across internal assets and external suppliers

• Preparation of decision-grade outputs for executive review

Acting as thesingle orchestration pointbetween:

• Programme demand owners (CM&S / LCS)

• Planners and CSPLs

• Procurement and asset owners

Ensuring consistent application of:

• Agreed timing and granularity rules

• Capacity risk logic and RAG definitions

• Decision, action, and follow-up discipline

The roleruns the planning governancefor the assigned portfolio.
It doesnotown forecast accuracy, recruitment assumptions, or detailed execution scheduling beyond S&OE scope.