Supply Chain Manager
Çerkezköy, TR
Job Purpose
- To carry out supply chain activities within the scope of the company's responsibilities.
Key Responsibilities
- Drive optimal inventory levels to ensure Supply Chain performance and competitive cost in alignment with company objectives
- Ensure the management, follow-up, and reporting of the company’s monthly, quarterly, and annual production planning processes
- Lead the preparation of production planning data during the annual budgeting cycles
- Lead the team within the framework of a phased Materials Planning mission and objectives aligned with global and regional strategies to meet business requirements
- Lead operations related to finished goods, raw material, and packaging warehousing activities, as well as outsourced third-party logistics services, ensuring timely and complete service delivery; prepare and monitor related budgets
- Lead demand forecasting, inventory management, warehouse optimization, and site-wide procurement, planning, and logistics planning processes; collaborate with relevant departments to ensure production planning is aligned with manufacturing site capacities
- Lead demand forecasting, inventory management, warehouse optimization, planning and logistics planning processes; collaborate with relevant departments to ensure production planning is aligned with manufacturing site capacities
- Lead the preparation, monitoring, and reporting of budgets for directly reporting departments
- Oversee strategic sourcing analyses and develop opportunities to improve the efficiency, effectiveness, and capabilities of regional supply chain and sourcing functions
- Take an active role in new product transfer and investment projects
- Recruit, train, assign objectives, coaches, monitor and evaluate achievements and reward his/her direct reports in line with Recordati principles/guidelines
- Attends OHS meetings with Employees representative
- Working closely with all support fonctions such as Plant Human Resources and Finance in Line with Company rules and regulations
Required Education
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Business Administration, Economics, Engineering, Supply Chain Management or a related field,
Required Skills and Experience
• At least 10-15 years of experience in Supply Chain Management preferably in a pharmaceutical industry
• Strong knowledge of procurement processes and logistic operations management. negotiation
• Proficiency in SAP4HANA and MS Office applications
• Strong analytical, planning, and reporting skills
• Excellent negotiation, communication, and stakeholder management abilities
• Ability to work in coordination with global procurement teams and multicultural environments
• Result-oriented, cost-conscious, and capable of driving continuous improvement projects
• Residing in Tekirdağ Çorlu, Çerkezköy, Kapaklı, Ergene districts or Silivri-Büyükçekmece-Avcılar-Beylikdüzü E-5 route or able to move in a short time.
Technical Competencies
Required Behaviours and Competencies
Required Languages
• Fluency in English (written and spoken)
Travel required in %
• No restrictions for international and domestic travel
• Valid driving license with the ability to actively drive