Supply Planning Transformation Lead

Position Title: Supply Planning Transformation Lead

Duration: 24 months

Department: Digital Strategy Team (as part of Future Focused Planning Program)

Location: Global

I. Purpose & Strategic Leadership

• Lead a team of Supply Planning Transformation Specialists to successfully deploy the Future Focused Planning program across a cluster of manufacturing sites.
• Ensure each assigned site transitions fully to the new Target Operating Model (TOM).
• Act as a senior transformation champion, embedding sustainable change and new ways of working across site supply planning teams.
• Drive consistency, quality, and speed of deployment across the site cluster, reporting progress to Program Leadership.

II. Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and develop a team of Supply Planning Transformation Specialists, providing day-to-day direction and support.
• Oversee end-to-end deployment of the Future Focused Planning program across all assigned manufacturing sites.
• Ensure each site achieves full adoption of the new Target Operating Model (TOM) within agreed timelines.
• Act as the primary escalation point for site-level deployment issues, risks, and blockers.
• Manage deployment timelines, milestones, and site readiness assessments across the cluster.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with site leadership, supply chain, and operations stakeholders, ensuring sustained engagement and alignment throughout the transformation journey.
• Report progress, risks, and issues to Program Leadership on a regular cadence.
• Drive consistency in deployment approach across all sites, sharing best practices and lessons learned.
• Champion change management best practices to embed sustainable behavioral change at site level.
• Collaborate with the second Deployment Lead to align on approach, share learnings, and resolve cross-cluster issues.
• Partner with the project team to build and maintain process playbooks and blueprints, gathering site-level input and testing the validity of playbooks to ensure they reflect real-world deployment requirements.

III. Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, Industrial Engineering, or related field (required). Master's degree or professional specialization in Supply Chain/Operations (preferred).
• Supply Chain Planning Experience - 8-12 years in supply chain planning, S&OP, IBP, MPS, or manufacturing operations at a senior level in Big Pharma Companies. Preferably a combination of both at a manufacturing site and global supply chain.
• Transformation / Operating Model Deployment - Proven track record of leading (not just contributing to) end-to-end Target Operating Model (TOM) deployment or supply chain transformation programmes, ideally across multiple sites.
• People Leadership - Demonstrated experience managing, coaching, and developing a team of supply chain or transformation professionals. This role requires leading a team of Transformation Specialists.
• Strong background in supply planning, S&OP, or Integrated Business Planning (IBP) with a practical knowledge of SAP, Blue Yonder/JDA, or equivalent planning tools.
• Senior Stakeholder Engagement - Experience engaging and influencing at executive and cross-functional levels
• Change Management Knowledge - Formal certification (e.g. Prosci/ADKAR, APMG) or demonstrated structured change management methodology applied at programme level (Desirable).
• Positive mindset and ability to drive non-direct reports in a matrix organisation

IV. Ownership, Accountability & People Leadership

• Fully accountable for the successful deployment of the Future Focused Planning program across all sites within their cluster.
• Responsible for the performance, development, and wellbeing of Supply Planning Transformation Specialists.
• Ensures deployment quality, TOM adoption, and milestone achievement across assigned sites.
• Identifies and mitigates risks, escalating issues to Program Leadership as needed.
• Fosters a collaborative, business-first culture within the deployment team and at site level.

V. Influence & Decision Making

• Acts as the senior transformation representative for their site cluster, with broad influence over deployment approach, pace, and site readiness decisions.
• Drives alignment across global supply chain teams, site leadership, supply chain teams, and program stakeholders to enable smooth TOM adoption.
• Presents deployment progress, risks, and value realization updates to senior stakeholders to support informed decision making.
• Champions new ways of working and supply planning transformation across manufacturing network.

VI. Additional Information

• Location: Global
• Contract Type: Fixed-Term (24 months)
• Travel: This role involves regular travel to assigned manufacturing sites, estimated at 15-35% of working time depending on deployment phase and site requirements.