Main Accountabilities:

- Establishes optimal master production schedule for the tactical horizon from month 3 / 4 to 24 months, including Production volumes based on demand, rough cut capacity analysis and resources allocation resulting in anticipated operational costs and inventory levels
- Coordinates action plans to remediate to resources constraints and manages supply Key Performance Indicator reporting and analysis
Confirms supply orders, firmed production orders at the entry point of the time fence
- Leads action plans to achieve supply performance target and drives for continuous improvement
- Ensures that the customers have clear visibility of the current valid supply plan and monitor the delivery commitments in terms of quantities and timelines, in accordance with Service Level Agreements
- Manages backlog and back orders between the Site and customers/ next supply points and ensures direct communication with Customer/CMO/CMS -Organization and internal and external stakeholders
- Responsible for Monthly Demand Review Meeting (midterm horizon 3 to 24 months) incl. demand assumptions, recognizing trends, showing variances to last demand submissions, as input to Supply Review meeting and Monthly Business Review meeting within Sales & Operations process
- Manages demand control activities (short term -3/4 months, within the timeframe) and provides inputs to Master Planning Schedule and detailed scheduling

What you will bring to the role:
Essential:
- Bachelor’s degree in either Business Administration or in Economics, or completed a professional training or qualification at either HAK or HTL
- Fluency in spoken and written English
- Experience of providing excellent customer service as well as an ability to manage multiple and diverse stakeholders
- Previous exposure to business planning and knowledge of the business lifecycle  
- Precise and structured working style
- Quick at adapting to change combined with resilient personality
- Full working proficiency with Excel

Why Novartis?

Our purpose is to reimagine medicine to improve and extend people’s lives and our vision is to become the most valued and trusted medicines company in the world. How can we achieve this? With our people. It is our associates that drive us each day to reach our ambitions. Be a part of this mission and join us! Learn more here: http://www.novartis.com/about/strategy/people and culture

Imagine what you could do here at Novartis!

In addition to a market-competitive base salary, we offer an attractive incentive program, a modern company pension scheme, childcare facilities, learning and development options as well as worldwide career opportunities within the Novartis group. In accordance with Austrian law, we are obliged to disclose the minimum salary as stated in the collective bargaining agreement. For our regular Manufacturing Systems' Expert position the minimum salary is €64,023.54 per year (on a full-time basis). The actual salary will be significantly higher, as we strive to maintain a competitive position in the market and consider your previous experience, qualifications and individual competencies.

Disabilities: Accessibility and Reasonable Adjustments:

Novartis is committed to working with and providing reasonable adjustments to individuals with disabilities. If because of a medical condition, physical disability, or Neurodivergent condition you need an adjustment for any part of the recruitment process, please reach out to disabilities.austria@novartis.com  and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. The support which we can provide will include advice on suitable positions as well as guidance at all stages of the application process. Austrian law provides candidates the opportunity to involve the local disability representative, Behindertenvertrauensperson (BVP), in the application process. If you would like to request this, please let us know in advance as a note on your CV.

Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion:

Novartis is committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse team’s representative of the patients and communities we serve. Our recruitment decisions are based on selecting the best person for the job, regardless of gender, religion, age, colour, race, sexual orientation, nationality, or disability.