Material Management Analyst

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Job Description

About the role:

Join us as our Materials Management Analyst. You will be responsible for planning and purchasing raw materials and components used to produce life-sustaining medicines at the Neuchâtel Facility. You will work in a fast-moving manufacturing environment, collaborating with internal stakeholders, suppliers, and cross-functional teams to maintain supply continuity and support business priorities.

How you will contribute

Reporting to the Supply Chain Head, you will own a portfolio of auxiliary materials and ensure material availability to support site production requirements through material planning and purchasing, raw material inventory management and material issue resolution and risk management. Your responsibilities will include:

• Reviewing purchasing messages in a timely manner and taking appropriate action to ensure material availability for production needs
• Creating and maintaining purchase orders in the ERP system, including order confirmations and expected delivery dates
• Communicating regularly with suppliers to ensure purchase orders are fulfilled and delivered as expected
• Coordinating with Takeda Buyer/Planners at other sites to transfer inventory between plants when needed
• Leading cross-functional discussions to prioritize material release activities to meet business objectives
• Providing visibility on stock-out dates to other departments to support their own activities, such as sampling, testing, and release
• Leading the daily “Raw Material Tiers” meeting and taking or assigning actions as needed
• Supporting new or revised material qualification efforts and placing purchase orders in relevant purchasing systems
• Escalating material supply risks to the manager and informing internal stakeholders
• Documenting and sharing supplier performance issues with appropriate internal functions, such as Procurement and Supplier Quality
• Reviewing receiving errors with suppliers and Accounts Payable, and resolving issues
• Resolving invoicing discrepancies related to quantities with Accounts Payable
• Monitoring inventory on hand to ensure proper status and availability
• Monitoring lot hold codes and release status, and escalating issues when needed
• Driving periodic reviews of safety stock levels for BOM and non-BOM materials to ensure adequate coverage
• Identifying and resolving excess, slow-moving, and obsolete inventory
• Updating master data fields and MRP parameters, such as supplier lead times and safety stock levels
• Gathering, analyzing, and reporting key performance data
• Proposing, developing, and implementing planning strategies and scorecards that ensure quality, optimize cost, delivery, and service, and secure continued supply
• Driving continuous improvement initiatives to increase efficiency and support corrective actions
• Working with teammates and stakeholders to identify pain points and implement solutions
• Leveraging software and digital tools to automate administrative and repetitive tasks and reduce paper waste
• Identifying financial savings and cost avoidance opportunities
• Participating in special projects and other relevant assignments as needed

What you bring to Takeda:

• Bachelor’s degree in business, Supply Chain, Finance, or a related field
• MBA and/or APICS certification is an asset
• Strong proficiency in Microsoft Office
• Knowledge of Power BI is an asset
• Advanced level of English
• Solid understanding of GMP environments and requirements (past experience in the biotech, pharmaceutical, or a similarly regulated industry)
• Minimum 4 years of experience in Procurement or Supply Chain, including transportation, warehousing, distribution, planning, purchasing, or related technical experience
• Experience using ERP systems
• Strong quantitative skills with experience in data management, analytics, and reporting
• Experience in a manufacturing environment
• Strong commitment to compliance with business and regulatory standards, including SOX, GMP, and departmental SOPs
• Ability to develop digital tools and reports that simplify work and can be easily shared with others

What Takeda can offer you:

We want our employees to succeed in everything they do – at work, at home, and in the community. This is why we offer world-class benefits and access to resources that can support people.

Our sector and the needs of our patients are constantly changing, which is why we emphasize continuous training. We actively support and invest in the development of our employees through a 70/20/10 training model.

We offer a comprehensive benefits package, prioritizing wellbeing, career growth, and work-life balance.

More About Us:

With over 650 employees, Takeda Neuchâtel is one of the ten largest employers in the Canton of Neuchâtel, and one of the leading biopharmaceutical production sites in Switzerland. Operating 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, the site employs a wide range of professionals trained in biotechnologies and their application to industrial production. With over twenty nationalities, Takeda Neuchâtel offers an international, diverse and innovative working environment within a company that is firmly rooted in and committed to its local ecosystem.

Takeda Neuchâtel is certified as a Training Company by the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs. We train young apprentices in a variety of fields, including laboratory quality control, logistics, IT and biopharmaceutical production.

At Takeda, we are transforming patient care through the development of novel specialty pharmaceuticals and best in class patient support programs. Takeda is a patient-focused company that will inspire and empower you to grow through life-changing work.

Certified as a Great Place to work in many countries including Switzerland, Takeda offers stimulating careers, encourages innovation, and strives for excellence in everything we do. We foster an inclusive, collaborative workplace, in which our teams are united by an unwavering commitment to deliver Better Health and a Brighter Future to people around the world.

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Locations

CHE - Neuchatel

Base Salary Range:

CHF85,400.00 - CHF117,700.00

For information about our benefits, please click here.

Worker Type

Employee

Worker Sub-Type

Regular

Time Type

Full time