Supply Chain Planner - Unlicensed Medicines

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- ** Supply Chain Planner - Unlicensed Medicine
**** 12 month FTC
**** Citywest Office
**** The role
** This role will support the Pharma Source/Ostomy Source team during the LDR period as part of Project Dawn, a strategic transition involving a new distribution centre and the implementation of SAP EWM S/4

HANA across our depots.
* You will work alongside the Procurement Team to ensure optimal stock holding and management at all times and will cultivate vendor relationships.
* Stakeholder management internally, with emphasis on Customer Service and Warehouse.
* You will be part of a fast-growing sector in Ireland
* You will get opportunities to work on internal projects and process improvements
* You will work as part of a growing team and join an Irish PLC
** Key Responsibilities
*** Ensure department procurement targets are achieved each month
* Effectively run the day-to-day operations of OS stock management and procurement
* Support with stock, sales, and GM analysis as required
* Maintain accurate forecasting with vendors every week
* Ensure relationships with vendors are maintained to the highest standards through a suite of vendor KPIs.
* Measure and track each vendor’s service level, basing procurement decisions on performance
* Work closely with the Warehouse and Wholesale teams to ensure the swift and efficient handling of all products into the Uniphar Warehouse Management System
* Work closely with Uniphar Accounts Payable to ensure the prompt and efficient payment of all vendors, working to release any blocked invoices and regularly check vendor account statements to ensure there is no risk to any vendor accounts
* Maintain a schedule of supplier Out of Stocks and monitor, re-ordering at appropriate dates, and ensuring stock update information is disseminated to retail and hospital teams
* Generate and place orders for vendors in line with the ordering strategy
* Maintain all open POs on the system using outstanding line reports and liaise with the vendor appropriately regarding results
* Establish close relationships with Allphar KAMs and manufacturers, develop a strategy for managing product shortages and discontinuation updates
* Review, monitor, and action excess, lapsed, or expired stock
* Continuously work to identify possible business development opportunities to contribute to growing the OS business
** Key Skills & Experiences
*** 2 years+ Supply Chain experience
* Knowledge of the pharmaceutical or healthcare industry in Ireland is preferred.
* Excellent Forecasting skills and Excel skills
* SAP experience is an advantage
** Uniphar – Who we are
** With a workforce of more than 3000 employees spread across Ireland, United Kingdom, Mainland Europe, MENA, and the USA, Uniphar is a trusted global partner to pharma and Med Tech manufacturers, working to improve patient access to medicines around the world. Uniphar provides outsourced and specialised services to its clients, leveraging the strong relationships with 200+ of the world’s best known pharmaco-medical manufacturers across multiple geographies, enabled by our cutting-edge digital technology and our highly expert teams.  

Uniphar is organised into three key divisions:
Supply Chain Retail & On Demand, Uniphar Med Tech and Uniphar Pharma.
** Supply Chain & Retail
** Supply Chain Services provides both pre-wholesale and wholesale distribution of pharmaceutical, healthcare and animal health products to pharmacies and hospital nationwide. The business supports a diverse customer base through the provision of strong service levels coupled with innovative commercial initiatives. In addition, the business provides services and supports that help independent community pharmacy to compete more effectively in an increasingly difficult environment and runs a network of Uniphar-owned pharmacies under the Life, Allcare, McCauleys and Hickeys symbol brands.
** Pharma – On Demand
** The On-Demand business is a specialist medical supply business that sources and distributes…