Randstad Inhouse Services is looking for a Sales & Operations - Center of Excellence Specialist (m/f/d) for Lonza AG (100%). This is a temporary position for 24 months. The position is based in Basel, remote work also possible.
Today, Lonza is a global leader in life sciences operating across three continents. While Lonza works in science, there’s no magic formula to how they do it. Their greatest scientific solution is talented people working together, devising ideas that help businesses to help people. In exchange, they let their people own their careers. Their ideas, big and small, genuinely improve the world. And that’s the kind of work Lonza wants to be part of.
In this role, you will perform all duties to ensure the monthly S&OP processes are completed to support the Integrated Business Planning. Furthermore, you will be accountable for implementing and enforcing global S&OP processes and tools to support business planning in fulfilling all business KPI’s: Service, Revenue, Cost (Profitability) and Inventory. You will drive implementation of agreed S&OP blueprint (organization, processes & activities, roles and responsibilities). You will also be accountable for the demand planning & management, supply planning, plan execution, and you will continuously support data accuracy at quality standards.
Key responsibilities
Acting as first line of contact between SC Transformation and Divisional Leadership Team (Commercial, Finance, Operations, Supply Chain Organization) and liaise with all relevant stakeholders and functions to ensure IBP Demand & Supply plan represents consensus
Deploy S&OP processes, policies, tools, methodologies through communication and training to enable continuous improvement of the Division KPIs.
Secure process adherence in Division (tracking and assessment)
Enable these processes through tools in alignment with existing systems.
Sustain Divisional S&OP through training new team members and Liaise with the GSCM V – Sustain to improve the S&OP training package
Division knowledge user on SAP/IBP and acting as interface between Division and CoE
Drive Division integrated planning improvement initiatives and connect with CoE
Ensuring the IBP tool is used to its full potential
Review demand & Supply related KPIs and use as basis for planning improvement initiatives including analytics knowledge/capability to provide effective reports
Deep understanding of the data flows between all systems used in driving business results: IBP, SAP, BW, SFDC, Omni, etc. to troubleshoot or analyze
Key requirements:
University degree (MSc preferred) in Business Management / Supply Chain Management
Extensive work experience in the area of Sales & Operations
Excellent oral and written communication skills in English; knowledge of additional languages advantageous
Strong analytical skills with the ability to define metrics (KPI’s) and identify issues through root cause analysis
Strong statistics skills and ability to define and select models fit to Divisional process
Ability to influence business Functional leaders to support Demand Planning/Management and S&OP initiatives
Good communication and presentation skills. Ability to present ideas in a clear and concise manner
Ability to develop and deliver training material to a wide multicultural audience
Competent using MS Office suite, particularly Excel and PowerPoint
Ability to utilise Business Intelligence systems to extract data and generate reports
Ability to use IBP Demand Planning system and identify the tool is being used correctly
Every day, Lonza’s products and services have a positive impact on millions of people. For Lonza, this is not only a great privilege, but also a great responsibility. How they achieve their business results is just as important as the achievements themselves. At Lonza, they respect and protect their people and their environment. Any success Lonza achieves is no success at all if not achieved ethically.
People come to Lonza for the challenge and creativity of solving complex problems and developing new ideas in life sciences. In return, Lonza offers the satisfaction that comes with improving lives all around the world. The satisfaction that comes with making a meaningful difference.