HOW MIGHT YOU DEFY IMAGINATION?

Amgen is one of the world’s leading independent biotechnology companies. For over 4 decades, Amgen has pioneered biotechnology breakthroughs, to bring state-of-the-art medicines from laboratory to the patient. Amgen has not only discovered and developed innovative human therapeutics but has invested in cutting edge manufacturing capability and support services to deliver these exciting therapies to medical teams around the world. Japan and Asia Pacific (JAPAC) is the fastest growing region in Amgen. Now we are hiring a Supply Chain Manager in Malaysia.

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What you will do

Responsibilities:

• Establishment of Malaysia Affiliate model

  • Participate in project to transition Amgen’s business in Malaysia from a Distributor to an Affiliate business model. Ensure that process design is aligned with Malaysia regulations and mitigates risk.

  • Responsible for ensuring that Malaysia regulations and requirements are clear and incorporated into regional process.

• Supply and Demand Planning

  • Responsible for supply security, risk assessment and mitigation planning.

  • Responsible for S&OP /IBP for full Malaysia portfolio.

  • Strong partnership with Commercial and Finance, to gather information and insights to develop and maintain accurate demand forecasts. Use Anaplan for integrated demand planning.

  • Conduct supply planning in global RapidResponse system.

  • Understand and balance enterprise requirements across the value chain to support continuous supply with optimized inventory levels and costs.

• Customer Service and Wholesaler engagement

  • Collaborate with the Wholesaler to ensure that supply replenishment is handled in accordance with the Distribution Agreement.

  • Responsible for fulfilment process of Wholesaler’s Purchase Orders. This includes creation of Sales Orders in SAP and liaison with the GSH-JAPAC, supply Site or planned Regional Distribution Hub.

• Launch and Lifecycle Management

  • Develop strategy and implementation plan of product launches and lifecycle changes together with internal (Regional/Country Operations Lead, Regulatory Affairs, Quality, Marketing, Value Access & Policy) and external (Wholesaler) parties. Ensure supply plan is aligned with the variation changes. Risks are identified, communicated, and mitigated to achieve supply continuity.

• Logistics - Partner with, and provide advice to Global Supply Hub (GSH-JAPAC) to:

  • ensure logistics, warehousing and distribution activities are compliant to GDP and other relevant standards.

  • ensure trade compliance (e.g. Import License, Declarations, Reporting requirements, etc.) of imports and delivery to the Malaysia Wholesaler.

• Continuous Improvement

  • Proactively identify Operational Excellence opportunities to drive productivity and enable perfect execution of supply chain activities.

  • Develop and maintain Standard Operation Procedures or other form of work instructions.

• KPI/Reporting

  • Ensure performance management is timely, accurate and provides important insights to stakeholders.

  • Responsible for KPI generation according to Distribution Agreement with Wholesaler.

  • Responsible for reporting and KPIs for internal stakeholders.

• Other activities as required

  • Lead and participate in projects, within Supply Chain and cross-functional to achieve business objectives: ie: e-labelling, Supply model change

  • Participation in Business and Quality Audits

  • Business Continuity Planning

  • Financial planning and performance

  • Some travel

  • Some out-of-hours teleconferences

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What we expect of you

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in business, Supply Chain Qualification, MBA or similar

• 5-7+ years functional supply chain experience, preferred with major pharmaceutical companies

• Fluent in English, in both speaking and writing; Chinese/Malay fluency

Knowledge

• Pharmaceutical supply chain management

• Local market knowledge, industry trends, industry associations, business landscape

• GMP/GDP

• Cold chain management

• Market entry

• Experience in dealing with major pharmaceutical distributors and logistic service providers

• Interaction and working in diverse cultures

• Above-country reporting and collaborator management

• Service level agreements and legal contracts  

• Measure and inspire change through data analysis  

• ERP system, experience in SAP implementation is preferred

• Planning systems such as Anaplan, SAP/APO or RapidResponse

Skills

• Motivated self-starter, able to influence change in an ambiguous environment

• Ability to recognize strategic implications of complex development activities and manage them cross-functionally

• Proactive networker and relationship builder with a whole-company mentality

• Prioritize effort to deliver results

• Excellent Analytical and problem-solving skills with a curiosity to learn new technologies and systems

• Effective verbal, written, and listening communications skills, with the ability to present effectively for different audiences

• Motivated, persistent, resilient, eager to optimize and drive for excellence

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What you can expect of us

As we work to develop treatments that take care of others so we work to care for our teammates’ professional and personal growth and well-being.

• Vast opportunities to learn and move up and across our global organization

• Diverse and inclusive community of belonging, where teammates are empowered to bring ideas to the table and act

• Generous Total Rewards Plan comprising health, finance and wealth, work/life balance, and career benefits

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for a career that defies imagination

In our quest to serve patients above all else, Amgen is the first to imagine, and the last to doubt. Join us.

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Amgen is an Equal Opportunity employer and will consider you without regard to your race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status.

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