The role

This role will support the Pharma Source/Ostomy Source team during the LDR period as part of Project Dawn, a strategic transition involving a new distribution centre and the implementation of SAP EWM S/4HANA across our depots.

You will work alongside the Procurement Team to ensure optimal stock holding and management at all times and will cultivate vendor relationships.
Stakeholder management internally, with emphasis on Customer Service and Warehouse.
You will be part of a fast-growing sector in Ireland
You will get opportunities to work on internal projects and process improvements
You will work as part of a growing team and join an Irish PLC

Key Outcomes

Ensure department procurement targets are achieved each month
Effectively run the day-to-day operations of OS stock management and procurement
Support with stock, sales, and GM analysis as required
Maintain accurate forecasting with vendors every week
Ensure relationships with vendors are maintained to the highest standards through a suite of vendor KPIs.
Measure and track each vendor’s service level, basing procurement decisions on performance
Work closely with the Warehouse and Wholesale teams to ensure the swift and efficient handling of all products into the Uniphar Warehouse Management System
Work closely with Uniphar Accounts Payable to ensure the prompt and efficient payment of all vendors, working to release any blocked invoices and regularly check vendor account statements to ensure there is no risk to any vendor accounts
Maintain a schedule of supplier Out of Stocks and monitor, re-ordering at appropriate dates, and ensuring stock update information is disseminated to retail and hospital teams
Generate and place orders for vendors in line with the ordering strategy
Maintain all open POs on the system using outstanding line reports and liaise with the vendor appropriately regarding results
Establish close relationships with Allphar KAMs and manufacturers, develop a strategy for managing product shortages and discontinuation updates
Review, monitor, and action excess, lapsed, or expired stock
Continuously work to identify possible business development opportunities to contribute to growing the OS business

Key Skills & Experiences

2 years+ Supply Chain experience
Knowledge of the pharmaceutical or healthcare industry in Ireland is preferred.
Excellent Forecasting skills and Excel skills
SAP experience is an advantage

Uniphar – Who we are

With a workforce of more than 3000 employees spread across Ireland, United Kingdom, Mainland Europe, MENA, and the USA, Uniphar is a trusted global partner to pharma and MedTech manufacturers, working to improve patient access to medicines around the world. Uniphar provides outsourced and specialised services to its clients, leveraging the strong relationships with 200+ of the world’s best known pharmaco-medical manufacturers across multiple geographies, enabled by our cutting-edge digital technology and our highly expert teams. Uniphar is organised into three key divisions: Supply Chain Retail & On Demand, Uniphar Med Tech and Uniphar Pharma.

Supply Chain & Retail

Supply Chain Services provides both pre-wholesale and wholesale distribution of pharmaceutical, healthcare and animal health products to pharmacies and hospital nationwide. The business supports a diverse customer base through the provision of strong service levels coupled with innovative commercial initiatives. In addition, the business provides services and supports that help independent community pharmacy to compete more effectively in an increasingly difficult environment and runs a network of Uniphar-owned pharmacies under the Life, Allcare, McCauleys and Hickeys symbol brands.

Pharma – On Demand

The On-Demand business is a specialist medical supply business that sources and distributes pharmaceuticals, medical equipment, and consumable supplies to healthcare professionals in over 160 countries worldwide. We have offices in Ireland, the UK, Europe, the USA, and New Zealand. The company’s main divisions encompass everything from International Sales through Sales to NGO’s and Charities, Clinical Trials Supply, Imported (Unlicensed Medicines), Sexual Health Supplies, and the storage and distribution of medical products and devices for third parties.

Click here to find out more: About Us - Who we are | Uniphar

Culture at Uniphar

Uniphar is a combination of many businesses, each with its own identity, culture, values, and ways of working. Our overarching culture narrative is inclusive of each of these stores. Uniphar lives and breathes four key pillars that unpin and support our culture.

We have a people-first approach - we do the right thing. We support entrepreneurial spirit where adaptability, commitment & resilience are embodied in our way of working. We have a Common Purpose that connects our diversified businesses and people. Finally, Trust is at the heart of how we operate.

Everything Uniphar does is enabled by our people, and as we continue to grow domestically and internationally, we become more diverse. This diversity fuels our business and culture.

Sustainability

Sustainability is at the core of what we do and is deeply embedded in our business strategy. We want to contribute positively to the people and the world around us. Sustainably running our business ensures that Uniphar will continue to prosper in the long term. We are focused on ensuring that each of the five pillars of our sustainability strategy is a fundamental part of our decision-making process.

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Supply Chain Planner - Unlicensed Medicines

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