Tactical Planner

**Summary**:
In this position you will be part of the supply chain and you will be responsible mostly for planning and coordination activities as well as process and IT tools optimization. You will work in a team of 15 people. You will have other 3 colleagues in the team who work as tactical planners to support you.

This position is temporary until end of 2025.

**About the Role**:
**Location**:Schaftenau, Tirol, Austria #Hybrid

**Key Responsibilities**:

- Responsible for production capacity, resource planning and inventory on a tactical level.
- Active management of demand planning with CMO (contract manufacturing organization)
- Coordinate the Supply Planning Review and action plans that resolve resource constraints and shortages.
- Optimize local planning processes: Investigate and develop functionalities of new planning tools in order to optimize planning processes.
- Lead the planning parameters and master data in an ERP system.
- Prepare action plans to achieve the supply performance objective.
- Handle supply important metric reporting and analysis.

**Essential Requirements**:

- University degree in economics, life sciences or any other relevant education
- 5 years of working experience in planning (production) or supply chain
- Fluent in English is a must, German is a plus
- SAP knowledge is a must, APICS certification is a plus
- Learning agility, great communication skills, collaborative

**Benefits and Rewards**:
**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 this position the minimum salary is € 64,023.54 /year (on a full time basis). In most cases, the actual salary will be higher, as we strive to maintain a competitive position in the market and consider your previous experience, qualifications and individual competencies. We are open for part-time and job sharing models and support flexible and remote working where possible.

**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.
Hiring decisions are only based on the qualification for the position, regardless of gender, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, age and disability.

**Adjustments for Applicants with Disabilities**:
Division

Operations

Business Unit

Innovative Medicines

Location

Austria

Site

Schaftenau

Company / Legal Entity

AT33 (FCRS = AT033) Novartis Pharmaceutical Manufacturing GmbH

Functional Area

Technical Operations

Job Type

Full time

Employment Type

Temporary (Fixed Term)

Shift Work

No

**Adjustments for Applicants with Disabilities**:
Novartis is committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams' representative of the patients and communities we serve.