Supply Chain Executive

Education : EQUIVALENTEXPERIENCE

**At Elanco (NYSE: ELAN) - it all starts with animals**

**As a global leader in animal health, we are dedicated to innovation and delivering products and services to prevent and treat disease in farm animals and pets. We’re driven by our vision of ‘Food and Companionship Enriching Life’ and our approach to sustainability - the Elanco Healthy Purpose - to advance the health of animals, people, the planet and our enterprise.**

**At Elanco, we pride ourselves on fostering a diverse and inclusive work environment. We believe that diversity is the driving force behind innovation, creativity, and overall business success. Here, you’ll be part of a company that values and champions new ways of thinking, work with dynamic individuals, and acquire new skills and experiences that will propel your career to new heights.**

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**SCOPE OF WORK**

The Elanco Vietnam Supply Chain Executive is the supply chain representative in the business who represents the knowledge and capability of supply chain principles and techniques that can be applied to a market to deliver product that meets the needs of the market. The role dictates both a strategic approach and a tactical support function. The role needs to integrate within the business and fully understand all the aspects of supply chain to help deliver change, answer questions and coordinate activities within a country. The role considers demand, supply, warehousing, and distribution opportunities within a country.

This role supports the Senior Supply Chain Manager to drive a foundation of strong S&OP processes within the affiliate.

The primary customer for this role is the Commercial Sales & Marketing. Secondary customers are the manufacturing sites, EEM supply chain and Global Logistics organizations. Understanding all the supply chain aspects impacting a country; launch, rationalization, regulatory changes, manufacturing source changes, label changes, product growths and declines, inventory policy and regulations, distribution practices, Supply Chain performance management, customer service, import/export, etc. will allow this individual to well coordinate with all stakeholders to satisfy customer’s needs within a country.

Ensure all activities and conduct within Supply Chain are complying to all company policies, procedures, and local law.

**Key Responsibilities**:
**Demand Planning/Forecasting**
- Manage processes and methods to gather supply chain data.
- Monitor forecast, analyze data to identify problematic areas and suggest improvements with strong ties to financials.
- Play a facilitator role in S&OP processes.
- Utilize key metrics results as leading indicators to identify opportunities for forecasting improvements.

**Supply planning.**
- Create supply plans, place orders and follow these plans that ensure the timely supply of products to market need at an optimum level.
- Monitor back order and shortage of supply issue.
- Import/ Export and local shipments monitoring.
- Vendor/ supply sites management.

**Inventory Management**
- Closely working with LSP on the daily inventory activities
- Manage inventory SOPs.
- Develop inventory strategy and monitor the inventory level to optimize the cost in line with its target.
- Lead, coordinate, and follow up on the excess stock, slow moving item.
- Write off management.

**Process / Project**
- Accountable to monitor and optimize the SC KPIs
- Joining new launch project as a project member offering SC expertise support and ensure new product launches within business / affiliate are aligned with global launch maps.
- Change management i.e. Label change management.
- Participate in every supply chain and logistics improvement/optimization project for the country.
- Other tasks assigned by supervisor.

**Scope**:
No of SKUs in charge: 70-100 SKU

**Minimum Qualification (education, experience and/or training, required certifications)**:

- Bachelor’s degree in business administration/ supply chain
- Minimum 5 years of Supply Chain experience especially on demand supply management and can work independently.

**Skills and Knowledge**:

- Entrepreneur ownership and strong communication skills
- Demonstrated learning agility.
- Excellent interpersonal skills to handle issues impacting the balance of supply and demand within the country and able to network effectively across groups and levels.
- Strategic thinking, with practicability in mind
- Demonstrated ability to negotiate effectively.
- Deep understanding on the SC processes
- Project and Change Management skills.
- Working knowledge of MS Office, relational databases, and SAP systems
- Excellent in excel.
- Analytical mindset with business acumen and attention to detail
- Fluent in English
- Ability to work under pressure and compliance with strict deadlines.
- Knowledge in Animal Health/Pharma industry is an advantage.

Elanco is an EEO/Affirma