Analyst - Supply Chain

At Elanco (NYSE: ELAN) – it all starts with animals!

As a global leader in animal health, we are dedicated to innovation and delivering products and services to prevent and treat disease in farm animals and pets.

At Elanco, we are driven by our vision of Food and Companionship Enriching Life and our purpose – all to Go Beyond for Animals, Customers, Society and Our People.

At Elanco, we pride ourselves on fostering a diverse and inclusive work environment.

We believe that diversity is the driving force behind innovation, creativity, and overall business success.

Here, you’ll be part of a company that values and champions new ways of thinking, work with dynamic individuals, and acquire new skills and experiences that will propel your career to new heights.

Making animals’ lives better makes life better – join our team today!

Your role :

Generate and maintain an achievable production plan for Manufacturing in SAP over a 24 month horizon.

To purchase raw materials and packaging materials in SAP to support the agreed manufacturing Production Plan.

Represent Supply Chain within assigned Process Team, advocating CORRS principles.

Your responsibilities:


* Develop, optimise and manage the weekly Master Production Schedule (MPS), meeting global KPI targets around MPS stability, conformance and customer service


* Perform Materials Requirements Planning and Buying, to ensure components and raw materials are procured in line with MPS need dates.


* Ensure global KPI targets are met around supplier delivery, order date maintenance etc.

Liaise directly with external vendors to communicate and resolve issues around purchase orders and supplier performance.


* Create detailed weekly Capacity Plans to optimise performance of critical resource/work centres within APO and Business Objects tools


* Work collaboratively with all operational work centres/customer service to adhere to MPS dates through site processes such as production daily meetings, Capacity planning, Shop floor control, inventory review meetings etc.

Hold factory accountable for delivering plans.


* Maintain key SAP Master Data relating to planning parameters: ensuring data sets reflect latest assumptions around performance and are optimising supply chain.


* Manage and effect packaging changes and other product changes within the production planning process (e.g.

source changes, new product launches)


* Be accountable for the development of the monthly S&OP Production Plan in SAP: defining assumptions, demand consolidation and analysis, preparing data pack, creating inventory projections, performing “what-ifs”.

Presenting data in the S&OP forums.


* Liaison with Regional/Global Supply Chain Leaders across the organisation to escalate/resolve supply issues and provide data for Business Planning and Global S&OP processes.


* Determine and manage Strategic Inventory targets, liaising with Regional Supply chain leaders to set strategy acr...