Why Patients Need YouOur breakthroughs would not make it to the hands of patients without our pharmaceutical manufacturing team. We rely on a team of dedicated and agile members, who understand the importance and impact of their role in Pfizer's mission. Patients need colleagues like you who take pride in their work and always look to improve outcomes. You will help to ensure that patients and physicians have the medicines they need, when they need them.What You Will AchieveYou will help us manage our suppliers and make sure that the supplies reach us on schedule and with desired good quality. You will undertake activities, such as relationship management, technical issue resolution, vendor selection and evaluation, scheduling conflict, quality issues etc. You will act as liaison between the company and the contractors, ensuring that the contractors are provided with relevant information to meet quality standards. You will respond to cost and feasibility requests and obtain vendor quotations. You will coordinate the development of documentation for contractor manual.As a Associate, your knowledge and skills will contribute towards the goals and objectives of the team. Your ability to meet team targets will help in completing critical deliverables. Being a liaison for the company, your innovative use of communication tools and techniques will facilitate in resolving difficult issues and establishing consensus between teams.It is your hard work and focus that will help in making Pfizer ready to achieve new milestones and help patients across the globe.How You Will Achieve It- Contribute to the completion of complex projects, manage own time to meet agreed targets and develop plans for work activities on own projects within a team.- Update article information with new or changed information, or provide update information to the relevant support function and monitor and verify timely and correct set-up.- Inform the market, and the relevant function at Global Logistics & Supply of expected major supply issues in a timely way, including root cause of the issue, actions being taken for resolution, and expected resolution date.- Monitor and coordinate all activities necessary to achieve timely launch, e.g. artwork initiation, artwork approval, regulatory approval.- Review the trends and changes with the demand management function in the market.- Periodically review the demand forecast to detect important deviations from the information used for the operational plan.- Review the supply chain agreements with the markets on an annual basis to secure continued optimization of inventory and supply parameters.- Monitor delivery, transit and if applicable local release of product until the product is available for distribution in the market.- Manage the supply chain between the markets and the external contract manufacturers as well as the inbound flows to the external contract manufacturers in case of tolling.- Use Opex methods and tools to solve issues, eliminate inefficiencies and continuously improve the quality and the effectiveness of the work.- Identify potential issues due to significant forecast changes and develop appropriate and effective preventive, corrective or mitigating actions.- Verify and critically review toll reports received from suppliers in view of bill of materials and standard/actual consumption.**Qualifications**:Must-Have- Bachelor's Degree- 3+ years' experience- Experience working with supply chain systems- Experience in projects that require collaborative approaches, strong analytical skills & solid ability to understand business issues and processes- Strong working knowledge of data management systems- Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English, including a demonstrated ability to participate in teams with well-developed interpersonal skillsNice-to-Have- Master's degree- Experience in a planning environment of a production plant, preferably in the pharmaceutical industry- Knowledge of aseptic manufacturing processesPfizer is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable equal employment opportunity legislation in each jurisdiction in which it operates.EEO (Equal Employment Opportunity) & Employment EligibilityPfizer is committed to equal opportunity in the terms and conditions of employment for all employees and job applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, gender identity or gender expression, national origin, or disability.ManufacturingLI-PFE
