Supply Chain Manager Demand Planning (Bogotá)
Job Summary
Join Amgens Mission of Serving Patients
At Amgen if you feel like youre part of something bigger its because you are. Our shared missionto serve patients living with serious illnessesdrives all that we do.
Since 1980 weve helped pioneer the world of biotech in our fight against the worlds toughest diseases. With our focus on four therapeutic areas Oncology Inflammation General Medicine and Rare Disease we reach millions of patients each year. Amgen is advancing a broad and deep pipeline of medicines to treat cancer heart disease inflammatory conditions rare diseases and obesity and obesity-related conditions. As a member of the Amgen team youll help make a lasting impact on the lives of patients as we research manufacture and deliver innovative medicines to help people live longer fuller happier lives.
Our award-winning culture is collaborative innovative and science based. If you have a passion for challenges and the opportunities that lay within them youll thrive as part of the Amgen team. Join us and transform the lives of patients while transforming your career.
Supply Chain Manager - Demand Planning (Bogotá)
What you will do
Key responsibilities include but are not limited to:
Demand Planning / Integrated Business Planning
- Lead the end-to-end demand planning process for Colombia based on integrated business planning principles ensuring product availability compliant execution appropriate inventory positioning and proactive mitigation of supply and obsolescence risks.
- Lead Colombia Demand Reviews with commercial leadership and own Supply Chain inputs to the local IBP process ensuring decision-ready recommendations documented actions clear ownership and timely escalation of material risks and trade-offs.
- Own the demand planning process and lead consensus forecast definition by integrating statistical forecasting historical performance customer-level insights commercial assumptions tender opportunities launches market access developments and scenario analyses.
- Partner with Commercial Finance Market Access to challenge assumptions identify forecast drivers and risks and translate agreed business decisions into the operational plan.
Inventory & Variation Management
- Develop demand inventory and supply scenarios; and risk-mitigation actions so that every-patient every-time supply is ensured; and drive end-to-end execution of agreed decisions across local regional global and manufacturing-site stakeholders.
- Lead Colombias variation and launch implementation governance ensuring early assessment of regulatory approvals packaging and BOM readiness IDP and component constraints implementation timing bridge-inventory needs and potential compliance supply or scrap exposure.
Supply Planning
- Influence and negotiate with Manufacturing Sites Regional Operations Leads Regulatory Affairs Quality Lifecycle Management and other global stakeholders to secure timely compliant execution of Colombias supply requirements and escalate unresolved risks appropriately.
Continuous Improvement
- Drive planning excellence through sound master-data governance KPI performance management decision-oriented analyses and continuous-improvement initiatives across forecasting inventory supply planning and lifecycle processes.
- Act as the planning subject-matter expert for Colombia and provide leadership coaching and functional guidance to relevant stakeholders and business partners.
Outputs
- Reliable product availability and inventory levels aligned with demand requirements service objectives shelf-life constraints and financial targets.
- Timely unbiased and consensus-based demand forecasts and planning assumptions.
- Effective local IBP governance with clear decisions actions ownership and risk escalation.
- On-time and compliant implementation of launches and regulatory variations.
- Proactive mitigation of supply interruptions excess inventory and scrap exposure.
What we expect of you
We are all different yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The vital attribute professional we seek is a type of person with these qualifications.
Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelors degree in engineering Supply Chain Business Administration Industrial Engineering or a related field and 5 years of progressive experience in Demand Planning Supply Planning IBP/S&OP inventory management or end-to-end supply chain planning within the pharmaceutical biotechnology medical device or another highly regulated healthcare industry.
- Advanced proficiency in English and Spanish both written and verbal.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Demonstrated experience managing product launches regulatory variations packaging or labeling changes and their supply-chain implications.
- Proven ability to influence and negotiate with cross-functional regional global and manufacturing-site stakeholders at Manager/Senior Manager level.
- Experience developing scenarios and recommendations involving supply continuity inventory expiry compliance and scrap risk.
- Advanced knowledge of SAP and planning tools; Kinaxis and Anaplan experience preferred.
- Knowledge of GMP/GDP principles regulatory lifecycle management import processes and cold-chain or controlled distribution environments.
- APICS/ASCM IBF Lean Six Sigma or project-management certification.
- Experience working with global manufacturing sites and complex international supply networks.
- Strategic and end-to-end supply chain thinking.
- Strong business acumen and ability to translate market dynamics into operational decisions.
- Ability to lead through influence across cross-functional and multicultural teams.
- Excellent stakeholder management communication and executive presentation skills.
- Strong analytical problem-solving and scenario-planning capabilities.
- High ownership sound judgment and ability to make decisions under uncertainty.
- Ability to manage multiple tasks and projects prioritizing as required to successfully manage workload to timelines.
What you can expect of us
As we work to develop treatments that take care of others we also work to care for your professional and personal growth and well-being. From our competitive benefits to our collaborative culture well support your journey every step of the way.
In addition to the base salary Amgen offers competitive and comprehensive Total Rewards Plans that are aligned with local industry standards.
Apply now and make a lasting impact with the Amgen team.
As an organization dedicated to improving the quality of life for people around the world Amgen fosters an inclusive environment of diverse ethical committed and highly accomplished people who respect each other and live the Amgen values to continue advancing science to serve patients. Together we compete in the fight against serious disease.
Amgen is an Equal Opportunity employer and will consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin protected veteran status disability status or any other basis protected by applicable law.
We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process to perform essential job functions and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.
.Required Experience:
Manager
About Company
Amgen, a biotechnology pioneer, discovers, develops and delivers innovative human therapeutics. Our medicines have helped millions of patients in the fight against cancer, kidney disease, rheumatoid arthritis and other serious illnesses. As an organization dedicated to improving the ... View more