Senior End-to-End Supply Chain Planner – Biologics

About the role

Takeda is looking for a Senior End-to-End Supply Chain Planner in Zurich to help ensure the reliable supply of biologic medicines to patients. The role covers a complex, multi-site manufacturing network and requires end-to-end supply-chain planning across multiple products, markets and planning horizons. It reports to the End-to-End Supply Chain Lead.

Key responsibilities

• Develop and own end-to-end supply plans for assigned biologic brands across short-, medium- and long-term horizons.
• Translate demand, market changes, manufacturing constraints and portfolio priorities into feasible supply plans.
• Coordinate supply planning across multiple manufacturing sites, including capacity, production sequencing, product variants, lead times and release constraints.
• Lead supply reviews with manufacturing sites and cross-functional stakeholders.
• Identify supply risks and imbalances and develop scenarios and mitigation plans.
• Manage the supply-chain implications of lifecycle activities such as launches, transfers, process or product changes, geographic expansion, discontinuations and capacity changes.
• Build stakeholder relationships across manufacturing, quality, regulatory affairs, finance, commercial, procurement, logistics and manufacturing sciences, and influence alignment across sites and functions.
• Ensure supply continuity during operational, portfolio and manufacturing changes, and drive improvements in planning processes, governance, data quality, inventory performance and service levels.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in supply chain, logistics, business administration, industrial engineering, pharmaceutical sciences or a related field.
• At least 5 years of experience in supply chain planning, production planning, supply network management or a related pharmaceutical operations discipline.
• Strong pharmaceutical industry experience, including biologics, biotechnology or other complex regulated products.
• Experience managing supply planning across multiple sites, products, markets or production stages, and in product lifecycle management.
• Fluency in English; additional languages are an advantage.

Required skills

• SAP and/or advanced planning systems such as IBP or OBP.
• Strong Excel skills and reporting tools such as Qlik or Power BI.
• Scenario planning, analytical and problem-solving skills.