Supply Chain Manager

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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**Functions, Duties, Tasks**:

- Demand management and local inventory replenishment.
- Understand the statement of demand and significant changes within the country.
- Understand life cycle management (including divestment and rationalization) and status of all products within the country.
- Provide guidance to the affiliate Sales and Marketing team on improving their forecasting processes and performance by:

- Analyzing forecasts against historical sales, business plan, special commercial projects and challenging the forecast numbers where appropriate.
- Utilizing key metrics results as leading indicators to identify opportunities for forecasting improvements.
- Provide education and training on Affiliate Sales and Operations Planning processes to all local participants of Affiliate S&OP meetings.
- Ensure new product launches within business / affiliate are aligned with global launch maps.
- Works with business and site to establish minimum, maximum and safety stock targets for each item including management of short expiry, slow moving and projected obsolescence.
- Planning: understand the impact of manufacturing onto a country, particularly source changes, regulatory changes, printed packaging changes, managed supply and ensure that these changes are incorporated in affiliate’s plans.
- Understand the needs of the market and communicate supply chain design and distribution opportunities to improve the flexibility and response of manufacturing into the market. Communicate issues back to Cluster Supply Chain Leader to determine the methodology for resolution - project, six sigma effort, etc.
- Create a sense of credibility and effectiveness within the country that both strategic and tactical issues that are brought to your attention for the action plan and resolution.
- Facilitate Affiliate S&OP process and escalate issues and action plans to Regional S&OP. Cascade Regional and Executive S&OP Decisions within the affiliate.
- Participate in central/regional processes that impact the country: such as inventory targeting, business planning, launch, PCAPs, etc.
- Drive and enforce the supply chain strategy for the country.
- Metrics: Provide a series of metrics that determine the overall health of the country from a supply chain perspective (including warehousing metrics), and monitors significant projects or changes that impact supply, demand, and warehousing efficiencies.
- Participate in every supply chain and logistics improvement/optimization project for the country as a key member of the design and implementation team or as the project leader.
- Ensure Supply Agreements are in place and valid for both internal and external suppliers including service providers.
- Monitor and improve overall service level and performance with suppliers and LSP.
- Implement performance governance model to install continuous improvement mindset at LSP.
- Ensure the accuracy of stock between Elanco and LSP systems, inventory records are aligned with audit control requirements, and any non-conformities identified and addressed at the earliest opportunity.
- Ensure the accuracy and timeliness of physical inventory count process for each warehouse.
- Ensure timely update of all local Supply Chain and Warehousing Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and effective implementation of related SOPs within the country.
- Ensure all activities conducted within Supply Chain and Warehousing comply with all company policies and procedures.
- To report adverse events and product complaints as per global and local regulatory requirements.
- Ensuring myself and my subordinates comply with the company rules and regulations including Ethics and Compliance and external laws and regulations.

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

- Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Social Sciences, or any related field.
- Previous experience in supply chain and warehouse management.
- Minimum 5-7 years of Supply Chain experience and have been in a Managerial ro