Supply Chain Associate Manager, Materials

About Us

Founded in 1908, Merz is a successful, family-owned specialty healthcare company with a rich history. As a leading global aesthetics business, our award-winning portfolio of injectables, devices, and skincare products empowers healthcare professionals to enhance confidence through aesthetic medicine. Our purpose is to fuel confidence by helping people look better, feel better, and live better. We believe you do not have to choose between living life and making a living. Live your best life with Merz Aesthetics.

A Brief Overview

Responsible for local supply and inventory planning of raw materials, components and chemicals for finished goods made at contract manufacturers and our manufacturing facility in Wisconsin. Plans supply to ensure sufficient finished goods inventory. Reviews material availability and lead times, inventory carrying costs, and customer demand when managing replenishment. Consults with other managers and key personnel in Sales & Marketing, Production and Supply Chain to gather information necessary to develop and maintain supply.

What You Will Do

• Supply Planning and Demand Alignment: Develop and maintains supply plans for raw materials, chemicals and components required to make finished goods at contract manufacturers, using established planning procedures, parameters, and guidelines. Monitor and review forecasts, sales trends, customer demand, production requirements, lead times to ensure adequate inventory is available to meet customer demand while minimizing excess and obsolete inventories. Escalates non-routine supply risks, significant shortages, or issues requiring exceptions to established processes to the Manager, Supply Chain Planning, with relevant analysis and recommended options.
• ERP/MRP Data Management and New Product Launch: Support Maintain accurate ERP/MRP master data in accordance with established standards and procedures, periodically reviewing planning data maintained in the system to identify inaccuracies or opportunities for improvements. Support new product launches by coordinating assigned material, supplier, and ERP/MRP setup activities with cross-functional partners and ensure material and vendor set-up is completed efficiently.
• Inventory Optimization and Backorder Management: Maintain minimal to no backorders on all products released to market. Identifies potential shortages and communicates risks to the Manager and relevant cross-functional partners. Build and maintain inventory to levels agreed upon in management objectives. Perform analysis of materials and determine optimum safety stock.
• Additional Duties: This job description is an overview intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by individuals assigned to this job. The descriptions above are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of the job. All employees may have other duties assigned at any time. This job description may be altered at any time during employment with functions added, deleted and/or altered as necessary.

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree (in Sciences, Engineering, Supply Chain Management, Business or applicable)
• Experience in supply chain such as purchasing, supplier management, demand planning and/or supply planning
• 2+ years of work experience, or an equivalent combination of training, education, and experience which demonstrates the ability to perform the duties of the position
• Ability to effectively interact cross-functionally with Marketing, R&D, Purchasing, Finance, Quality, etc.

Technical & Functional Skills

• Experience dealing with suppliers and ability to multi-task, prioritize work and implement process and efficiency
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, effective presentation skills.
• Identifies potential shortages and communicates risks to the Manager,
• Knowledge of established supply-planning, inventory-management, and material-replenishment methods, procedures, and guidelines.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, particularly Excel, Word, and PowerPoint, sufficient to analyze planning information and communicate results.
• Excellent English communication skills (oral and written).
• Working knowledge of ERP/MRP systems and common business applications, including the ability to maintain planning data, review system outputs, identify routine data issues, and coordinate corrections in accordance with established procedures.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional areas, including Sales and Marketing, Manufacturing, Engineering, Purchasing, Finance, Quality, and Supply Chain, and to seek appropriate input to accomplish shared goals.
• Experience coordinating multi-discipline activities, track dependencies, communicate status, and escalate issues outside of established procedures or individual decision authority
• Demonstrated commitment to accurate, timely, and complete work that supports the quality and effectiveness of the immediate Supply Chain team and related workflows.

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