Description
Position Summary
As the Supply Planner and S&OP Coordinator, you will lead planning, purchasing and inventory management for externally manufactured and packaged finished goods. The role works cross-functionally ensuring inventory availability, supply continuity, and alignment with commercial demand forecasts.
In addition, the position facilitates and manages the execution of the Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) process by coordinating cross-functional activities, maintaining planning discipline, facilitating decision-making forums, and ensuring alignment across commercial, supply chain, finance, operations, and leadership teams.
How You'll Spend Your Day
• Develop and provide monthly forecasts for external manufacturing and packaging partners.
• Create, issue, and manage purchase orders for APIs, finished goods, raw materials, and packaging components.
• Collaborate with Commercial Operations to review demand forecasts, inventory strategies, and business requirements.
• Support new product launches, technology transfers, and external manufacturing transitions in partnership with Project Management and cross-functional teams.
• Coordinate the monthly S&OP process and planning calendar.
• Consolidate demand, supply, inventory, and financial inputs into a unified business plan.
• Develop inventory, capacity, and supply scenarios to support executive decision-making.
• Facilitate cross-functional planning reviews and governance meetings.
• Prepare executive presentations and decision-support materials.
• Monitor planning KPIs and identify emerging risks and opportunities.
• Support inventory management and working capital optimization initiatives.
• Partner with Commercial and Finance teams to align operational and business assumptions.
• Ensure inventory-related risks, constraints, trade-offs, and opportunities are effectively communicated through the planning process.
• Develop inventory recommendations that balance customer service, growth objectives, and working capital performance.
• Track actions, decisions, and commitments generated through the S&OP process.
• Drive continuous improvement of planning processes, tools, reporting capabilities, and business planning maturity.
Skills and Experience
• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Business, Operations, Finance, Engineering, or related discipline.
• 5+ years of experience in supply chain planning, S&OP, demand planning, or business planning.
• Pharmaceutical industry experience preferred.
• Strong analytical, modeling, and scenario planning capabilities.
• Experience supporting executive decision-making processes.
• Understanding of inventory management and supply planning principles.
• Experience working in cross-functional business environments.
• Strong PowerPoint, Excel, and data analysis skills.
• Excellent communication, facilitation, and presentation skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Willingness to travel approximately 10%.
Benefits
Hired applicants will be eligible for benefits, including but not limited to, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, 401(k) match, flexible spending accounts, health saving account, employee assistance program, tuition reimbursement program, parental leave, wellness program, paid time off, volunteer time, and holidays.
Physical Requirements
This role will follow a hybrid work schedule, requiring three (3) onsite days per week at our Bridgewater, NJ office.
