Undergraduate Uk Market Demand Planner - Sandwich, United Kingdom - Pfizer

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Pfizer UK Undergraduate Programme 2024/2025

Undergraduate UK Market Demand Planner

Global Supply Chain (GSC)

Who can apply?


Applicants must be completing placement as part of a degree course at a UK University, either through Year in Industry/Industrial Placement or Gap Year.

Undergraduate Vacancies | Pfizer UK

Department Overview


Pfizer Global Supply Chain (GSC), part of the Global Supply organization (PGS), is a source of competitive advantage for Pfizer, driven by patient needs, and enabled through integrated, digitized, and autonomous platforms.

PGS is on a mission to be the premier, innovative, biopharmaceutical global supply organization, delivering value. Our purpose is to supply high quality breakthrough products to patients that significantly improve their lives.

Our objective, is to ensure continued strength of PGS's value proposition, increase flexibility, build ability to adapt over time, and enhance capabilities to deliver recognized value and transform into a world class supply organization.

Our aspiration is quality/compliance/safety, and we never compromise them as we work to achieve supply reliability. Ensuring quality of our products, compliance of our actions and operations and safety of our colleagues and communities always comes first

What can I achieve and what will I be accountable for whilst completing a placement at Pfizer?


You will join the UK Demand and Replenishment team with assignments to plan and execute demand and supply strategies and tactics in partnership with commercial teams.


Responsible for demand forecasting, co-leading Sales & Operation Planning (S&OP) process, product change management, inventory planning, and supply assurance in partnership with the Above Market Planning Hub (AMP).

The role requires effective management of issues and recovery plans with communication and key stakeholders.

You will be coordinating colleagues, information, and processes and leveraging digital technologies to perform thorough data analysis in order to provide value for the business, support commercial strategies, and provide key insights to the Demand and Replenishment team.

Role Assignments

  • Generate demand forecasts for an assigned product portfolio across multiyear horizon. Become a key user of systems supporting this process and automate demand planning where possible, working in partnership with the Above Market Forecasting teams.
  • Support the local S&OP process with crossfunctional team participation to ensure mutual accountability, visibility and alignment on key decisions to ensure supply continuity.
  • Partner with commercial, finance teams and if appropriate, senior demand planners to analyse and highlight the major gaps between unit and financial forecast and identify alignment actions
  • Partner with Above Market Planning to ensure continuous supply and escalation of supply issues to deliver recovery plans
  • Manage and convey supply issues to local crossfunctional teams and contribute to Drug Shortage reporting to Board of Health and Government Agencies as needed.
  • Monitor performance against KPIs (Forecast Error/Bias, inventory, etc)
  • Review tender submissions and documentation in a timely manner. Coordinate with AMP hub to ensure ability to meet additional demands and increase forecasts as necessary. Highlight any delays or barriers to meeting tender commitments.


A placement year in the UK Demand and Replenishment team provides excellent industrial experience and practical use of supply chain information systems and demand planning tools to see exactly what it takes to run a successful supply chain.

You will enjoy working with systems and data but also have an attitude to get involved and get things done.

Every day will bring a different challenge.

  • Pfizer also offers a diverse environment which allows employees numerous opportunities to grow and develop. This is a great chance to be part of the bigger picture, and to assist in ensuring Pfizer maintains a strong and diverse workforce as well as developing a talent pipeline of future Pfizer colleagues. It is also a fantastic way to obtain a better appreciation of the pharma industry and the type of roles it has to offer._
What other opportunities and benefits do Pfizer offer?

In this role, you will have the opportunity to network with colleagues across Europe virtually.

In addition to developing your communication and project delivery skills, you will have the opportunity to learn more about other groups under global supply chain and operations management.

We also encourage colleagues wishing to develop their competency skills to a high level through our internal training programmes. You will receive a competitive salary along with benefits, including 25.5 days annual leave.

When can I start?

Placements will start on 2nd September 2024 and will run for 12 months.


PERSON SPECIFICATION
Type of person we are looking for, in relation to 'Skills', 'Knowledge' and 'Motivation':

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