Supply Chain Manager

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Slaithwaite, Huddersfield (Hybrid working)

About the Company:

Thornton & Ross, part of the STADA group, are one of the UK's fastest-growing, leading producers of household pharmaceutical products & own some of the country's most loved brands such as Covonia®, Hedrin®, Cetraben® as well as the leading disinfectant Zoflora®. Many people in the UK will have a product from Thornton & Ross somewhere at home. We are also a trusted & reliable provider of prescription products, including emollients, bone health products & generics to the NHS with over 100 years' heritage behind us and we have ambitious growth plans over the next 3 years.

Role Purpose:

As the Commercial Supply Chain Manager at STADA, you will be responsible for overseeing and optimizing the end-to-end supply chain operations for our commercial products. You will play a critical role in ensuring efficient and seamless supply chain processes, driving operational excellence, and contributing to the overall performance of the business. Your role will be focussed on the medium to long-term planning horizon whilst managing a team of Commercial Supply Chain Channel Leads and Planners ensuring execution of the shorter term objectives.

This role is key in supporting the delivery of our strategic vision of Caring for People as a Trusted Partner. On a day-to-day basis you will:

• Leadership: Lead a team of commercial supply chain channel leads, providing guidance, and support to ensure optimal team performance and professional development
• Strategic Planning: Support the development and execution of comprehensive supply chain strategies aligned with the company's commercial objectives alongside the Commercial Supply Chain Director - UK
• Supplier Relationship Management: Partner with ESO leadership and external partners to ensure reliable and agile supply of products
• Demand Forecasting and Planning: Lead demand forecasting and inventory planning activities to optimize product availability and minimize excess or obsolete inventory
• Process Improvement and Optimization: Drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance supply chain efficiency, reduce costs, and minimize lead times
• Sales & Operations Planning process: To lead the UK S&OP process, aligning commercial, supply and finance feeding into the Regional and Global S&OP
• Cross-functional Collaboration: Collaborate with internal stakeholders including sales, marketing, production, and finance to align supply chain activities with commercial goals. Establish effective working relationships with the Global Supply Chain and be an active member of the community to support standardisation across the STADA SC network
• Compliance and Risk Management: Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements and manage supply chain risks effectively to mitigate potential disruption to customers, consumers and patients
• Performance Monitoring and Reporting: Monitor and deliver against supply chain KPIs and provide regular reporting to senior management
• Master Data: To be a master data owner for commercial supply chain master data. Manage and support the life cycle process owners for all SKUs from NPD/NPL through to product withdrawal

About You:

At STADA we talk about diversity as Uniqueness. Everyone is unique and we recognise our differences as a strength. Our values Entrepreneurship, Integrity, Agility and One STADA ensure our uniqueness thrives, enabling us to care for people's health as a trusted partner. Empower your Uniqueness, bring your whole self to STADA.

If you're keen to add value and see results and enjoy working in a fast-paced environment and have the can-do spirit that's spearheading our success, bring those unique qualities, with the following skills and qualifications:

• Minimum five years experience leading a Supply Chain team in FMCG and\or pharmaceutical
• Ideally degree qualified
• Experience of SAP or similar ERP systems
• Experience of Sales & Operations Planning or Integrated Business Planning (IBP)
• Experience of working with internal and contract manufacturing (CMO) supply

What's in it for you?

Rewarding our employees is important to us, which is why we offer a range of fantastic benefits, such as:

• A recently renovated work environment based in the Colne Valley (Huddersfield).
• 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays) and the opportunity to buy an additional 5 days leave.
• Hybrid working options
• Company Pension Scheme.
• Life Assurance (up to 3 x annual salary).
• Annual company & performance-based bonus for all employees.
• Discounted bus & rail travel throughout West Yorkshire and the surrounding area.
• Free on-site parking with electric vehicle charging points.
• Reimbursement of professional fees, where essential to the role.
• We promote good physical and mental health and can provide additional support to our employees via our Employee Assistance Programme all year round.