At VIATRIS, we see healthcare not as it is but as it should be. We act courageously and are uniquely positioned to be a source of stability in a world of evolving healthcare needs.
Viatris empowers people worldwide to live healthier at every stage of life.
We do so via:
Access – Providing high quality trusted medicines regardless of geography or circumstance;
Leadership – Advancing sustainable operations and innovative solutions to improve patient health; and
Partnership – Leveraging our collective expertise to connect people to products and services.
Our global portfolio includes best-in-class, iconic brand-name products as well as global key brands; generics, including branded and complex generics; and other offerings across a wide range of therapeutic areas. We are committed to helping create healthier communities worldwide through education, outreach and better access to treatment.
For those driven to live their lives with purpose, Viatris helps employees realise their full potential by creating a collaborative culture that fosters courage and resilience. Viatris is more than just a place to work. This is a place to make a difference in the world.
The Role & What You Will Be Doing
Based in Dublin reporting directly to Global Supply Planning Director, the Supply Chain Manager is responsible for effectively managing demand and supply for commercially critical molecules for Global Markets and Global Supply Sites.
The Supply Chain Manager is responsible for the inventory management and product supply from internal suppliers and managing a team of supply planners to service markets in the EU, Australia, New Zealand, and Emerging markets.
The Supply Chain will be responsible for overseeing supply plans based on market requirements and in line with inventory strategies, monitoring system generated supply plans, avoiding, and minimizing any supply disruptions and maintaining service levels.
Leadership in Viatris begins with ownership. Our Supply Chain Managers own supply chains and are responsible and accountable for managing those supply chains have a greater ability to work individually bringing specialist knowledge to the role.
Every day, we rise to the challenge to make a difference and here’s how the Supply Chain Manager role will make an impact:
Manage and support a team of supply planners and senior supply planners.
Set and manage annual performance goals for the team and team members. Provide support and clear direction daily.
Manage and balance global demand and supply for assigned supply chains.
Drive Global Sales & Operations Planning. Lead discussions on assigned supply chains and molecules.
Review and level load site demand. Mitigate capacity shortfalls in line with inventory targets.
Be an important stakeholder in projects where supply flows are changing.
Conduct what if analysis and develop recommendations for contingency plans for potential changes to the supply network.
Decide and implement optimal Supply chain Flows for the most efficient product movement within the Viatris Network considering various inputs.
Support global stakeholders with clear communications. Manage stakeholder expectations.
Foster and maintain excellent working relationships with internal stakeholders (production, quality, logistics, procurement, finance, IT, etc) and external stakeholders where applicable.
Cultivate a culture of innovation, engagement, and empowerment.
Promote and communicate a culture of process improvement and the associated benefits cross-functionally within the organization from a Supply Chain Management perspective; actively challenge existing models by proposing alternative practices that will yield greater operating efficiencies and benefits.
Deliver results. Mylan’s supply chain operational metrics assess critical activities and identify actions that will sustain or enhance performance.
Customer service is always the number one priority and operational metrics are designed to drive continuity in supply and reliability in customer service. Supply Chain Managers in Mylan own customer service and are responsible to make reliability and service excellence a habit.
About Your Skills & Experience
For this role, we’re looking for a candidate who has an effective combination of the following qualifications, skills and experiences:
4-5 years relevant supply chain/manufacturing experience. Pharma experience is required.
Previous experience as a Supply Chain Manager is required with experience managing significant site budgets and employees is a distinct advantage.
Qualification in a Business-Related discipline or Supply Chain.
Previous Rapid Response and/ or SAP experience a distinct advantage
Competent knowledge of Microsoft Office systems essential especially Microsoft Excel.
Excellent presentation skills.
Excellent persuasion and influencing skills.
Successful candidates must have strong planning & analytical skills, attention to detail and excellent communication skills. They will need to work on planning process development and roll out. Successful candidates need to be change leaders in Viatris.
At Viatris, we are dedicated to building a truly diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t fully align with every requirement, we still encourage you to apply. You may just be the right candidate for this or other roles.
Why Viatris?
At Viatris, we offer competitive salaries, benefits and an inclusive environment where you can use your experiences, perspectives and skills to help make an impact on the lives of others. You will also have the opportunity to access excellent career progression opportunities and work-life balance initiatives.
Diversity & Inclusion at Viatris
At Viatris, diversity and inclusion are essential to our mission. The diversity we foster in all aspects of our business can be one of our greatest strengths in redefining healthcare not as it is, but as it should be. If you would like to know more about what diversity, equity and inclusion means to us, please visit https://www.viatris.com/en/Careers/Diversity-and-Inclusion
Sustainability at Viatris
Corporate social responsibility is fundamental to the Viatris mission. We work to advance responsible and sustainable operations and leverage our collective expertise to empower people to live healthier at every stage of life, recognizing that our actions affect the stakeholders and communities we serve. To learn more about our efforts, please visit https://www.viatris.com/en/about-us/corporate-responsibility
At Viatris, we offer competitive salaries, benefits and an inclusive environment where you can use your experiences, perspectives and skills to help make an impact on the lives of others.
Viatris is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
