Demand Planner

6 months ago


Brampton, Canada Taro Pharmaceuticals INC, Canada Full time

**Taro Pharmaceuticals Inc.** is a multinational, specialty pharmaceutical company with a vision of reaching people and touching lives globally as a leading provider of valued medicines. We are dedicated to meeting the needs of our customers and the overall community through the innovation, development, manufacturing and marketing of the highest quality healthcare products.

Established in 1950, Taro’s world class production facility is located in Brampton, Ontario, with a current team of over 600 Canadian employees. Our company’s focus on the dermatology sector has made us a leading manufacturer and supplier of specialized topical products with a diverse portfolio of creams, ointments, liquids, and gels.

With support from our parent company, Sun Pharma, one of the world’s largest specialty generic pharmaceutical companies, we are committed to providing a healthy, safe and rewarding environment for all of our employees.

What we offer:
A safe and clean; GMP regulated work environment

Opportunities for career growth and development

A competitive wage/salary

Incentive bonus programs that are designed to reward employees for their individual contributions

Benefit programs designed to support our employees and their families, including a comprehensive health & dental benefits package, group RRSP matching program, direct access to healthcare and well-being programs, and paid time off

Employee training and organizational development programs including tuition reimbursement, internal mobility programs, and employee recognition programs

**General Summary**:
The purpose of this role is to analyze, forecast, demand and recommend necessary adjustments to production plans at the plant level. The role is also responsible for responsible for finished goods ordering and monitoring activities to ensure that customer demands are met at all times. The Demand Planner will communicate critical items or shortages to supply chain members and develop alternate solutions.

**Principal Duties and Responsibilities**:

- Continuously analyze and evaluate current Finished Goods inventory to avoid market shortages.
- Share monthly production plans from different production sites.
- Define and implement demand strategy for optimum batch size,
- Review historical sales trends, research demand drivers, prepare forecast data, develop statistical forecast models, and evaluate forecast results.
- Utilize a collaborative and consensus approach by working with Sales, Marketing, Customer Service and Finance to obtain and ensure that current and accurate information is used for demand forecasts.
- Provide input to the Supply Planning organization in developing inventory strategies on existing items, new products, and product phase-outs.
- Achieve consensus for operational demand forecasts by facilitating a collaborative planning process incorporating stakeholder input from Sales, Marketing and Finance.
- Develop a back order shortage report and confirm plant’s availability.
- Prepare and maintain relevant reports pertaining to the demand planning process.
- Improve relationships among planners, sales, marketing and finance, which will lead to effective knowledge sharing and an optimal consensus forecast to better guide the company.
- Communicate shortages or critical items required to execute committed plan (supply vs. commit).
- Manage and monitor potential short dated inventory to avoid obsolesce.
- Meet on a monthly basis with respective teams to review sales and future opportunities.
- Monthly S&OP’s meeting with respective plant’s to review master production schedule.
- Manage consignment inventory with customers.
- Manage Logistics infomation and clearance
- Manage import permits for Controlled drugs
- Manage Inventory analysis and reconciliation on monthly basis
- Develope a dashboard of performance

**Other duties and responsibilities**:

- Responsible for maintaining constant relationship with the plants
- Review Month on Hand, update comments as required.
- Complete all GMP Documentation correctly and in a timely manner
- Complete all training assignments and maintain personal training records
- To work with the plant’s validation team to confirm validation and exhibit batches status.

**Knowledge, Skills and Abilities**:

- Proven ability to interface with diverse business groups and excellent customer service skills.
- Strong multitasking skill with ability to manage multiple projects.
- Effective interpersonal skills with strong ability in developing business and cross functional relationships.
- Ability to develop project timelines in order to meet set targets.
- Demonstrated negotiation skills with the goal of reaching outcomes that gain the support and acceptance of all parties.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

**Background and Experience**:

- University degree in a business or accounting discipline.
- Three (3) to five (5) years of relevant experience in a purchasing and planning capaci


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